Leprechaun Shakes {& Trapping a Leprechaun!}

It may be hard to trap a leprechaun, but it's easy to whip up Leprechaun Shakes!  Made with vanilla ice cream and lemon-lime soda, enjoy these tasty little shakes for one super easy St. Patrick's Day treat.

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It's that time of year!  Yes, the time of year when rascally little leprechauns make their appearances in all the craziest of places.  And last year ... we had one turn up in my 1st grade classroom!  Can you believe it?

He turned over the chairs in our classroom.  Threw little shamrocks all over everything.  Left us silly notes on the whiteboard.  Dropped his hat one day ... and his sock the next.  He even tried to steal our pot of gold, leaving our carpet littered with little gold pieces ... how dare he.

So, of course, my students decided we needed to try to trap him - I mean, he did try to take our gold and all.  And here's how we decided to do it.

Now, I didn't really plan to design and make a leprechaun trap with my students - it just sort of evolved.  And sometimes those are the absolute best classroom activities.

Leprechaun Shakes are a fun and easy St. Patrick's Day treat kids can pretty much make themselves.

On the first day our leprechaun made his presence known, a couple of students said, "Hey!  Maybe we can catch him!"  After a bit of "classroom chatter," it came to light that the class thought it would be a great idea to build a trap.  So I just very off-handedly said, "That might be a good idea.  If anyone thinks of a good way to design a leprechaun trap, we could consider doing that."

The next morning, one of my sweet little 1st grade boys walked in with a drawing of a leprechaun trap he had designed.  And it was a good design drawing, complete with arrows of how things would work and everything!  (I think we may have a future engineer in the works.)

As a teacher, how could I possibly resist that?

So, as a class, we set about building the leprechaun trap this creative little boy had designed.  He shared his design drawing with the class, and then we brainstormed a list of the things we would need ... a box, a stick, some string, and some leprechaun bait.  We decided a gold coin would be great bait.  I brought all the stuff in the next day and a-building we went.

Here's how our leprechaun trap turned out:

Looks pretty good, don't you think?

And I loved that we didn't just slap it together willy-nilly ... No, not this class.  I had brought in several sticks as possibilities.  And they didn't just want to pick one.  Nope.  They wanted to test each one to see which one would work best.  Love it.

It may be hard to trap a leprechaun, but it's easy to whip up Leprechaun Shakes!  Enjoy these tasty little shakes for an easy St. Patrick's Day treat.

When the trap didn't catch the leprechaun on the first day, conversations ensued about how they could make their great trap even better.  So sweet!

It was decided that the things Mr. Leprechaun dropped in our room needed to be added to the trap as more bait ...



... along with a rainbow that lead straight to the pot of gold we assumed he was after.  Clever.



Alas, we did not succeed in trapping the leprechaun.

But we did succeed in gobbling up some delicious shakes that he inspired.  Leprechaun Shakes, to be exact.

Leprechaun Shakes are a fun and easy St. Patrick's Day treat kids can pretty much make themselves.  All you do is scoop some vanilla ice cream into a glass and squeeze in about 4 drops or so of green food coloring ...

Top off the glass with some lemon-lime flavored soda (that part should probably be done by an adult).

Then stir away and watch the color transform into beautiful swirls of greens!

Top the shake with a squirt of whipped cream and a few rainbow sprinkles ... and, voila! ... you've got Leprechaun shakes to enjoy.  So simple and so delicious.

We decided ours were especially great when enjoyed with a St. Patrick's Day word search.

So whip up one of these super easy Leprechaun Shakes to enjoy yourself for St. Patrick's Day.  

Just don't wait until you catch your leprechaun!  You might be waiting a long time ... because, as we found out, leprechauns are sure tricky little things.

Check out these other perfect for St. Patrick's Day drinks:

• Grasshopper Cocktail
• Thin Mint Cocktail
• Peppermint Pattie Cocktail
• Peppermint Pattie Hot Chocolate
• More beverage recipes

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Leprechaun drinks, St. Patrick's Day drinks, kid drinks, green drinks, green milkshake

Beverages

American

Yield: 1 shake

Author: Tracey | The Kitchen is My Playground

Leprechaun Shakes

It may be hard to trap a leprechaun, but it's easy to whip up Leprechaun Shakes! Enjoy these tasty little shakes for an easy St. Patrick's Day treat.

prep time: 5 Mcook time: total time: 5 M

ingredients:

For Each Shake:

• 2 or 3 scoops of vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt
• 4 or 5 drops of green food coloring
• rainbow sprinkles
• lemon-lime soda (such as Sprite or 7-Up)
• whipped cream

instructions:

How to make Leprechaun Shakes

1. Place ice cream in a tall glass. Drip the green food coloring drops on top of the ice cream.
2. Slowly pour soda into the glass until the glass is nearly full. Sprinkle on a few rainbow sprinkles, and stir until the shake turns green.
3. Top with a squirt or dollop of whipped cream and additional rainbow sprinkles, if desired.

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You might also enjoy these other fun-for-St.-Patrick's-Day dishes:

New England Boiled Dinner {Corned Beef, Cabbage & Root Vegetables}

Corned Beef & Cabbage

Grasshopper Cheesecake Squares

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