One of Adrianna’s favorite memories from her preschool days was when a “leprechaun” came to visit their classroom during the night and made some mischief in the room. She talked about it at length after it happened and still mentions it from time to time. So for St. Patrick’s Day this year, I thought it would be fun to do some fun leprechaun mischief at our house.
We had Jeremy and Amy over for dinner, along with their two girls, Rhys and Zoe. While the girls were playing downstairs, I went up to our loft and turned over the desk chairs in the middle of the room and sprinkled green sequins all over them and the floor. Then I left a note on the whiteboard, which was the first “clue” for a scavenger hunt.
The girls seemed to enjoy the scavenger hunt quite a bit. I purposely designed many of the clues to alternate between upstairs and downstairs so they’d have to do a bit of running around. They did find the end of the hunt, which was a bunch of candy.
A couple of mornings later, I awoke to find clues to a new scavenger hunt put together just for me by Adrianna. I just have to share, as they are too cute.
“Hi there. I am Sally. Are you looking for treasure? If you are, follow me. (On back)”
“The first step is something that is above us. Here is another hint. Who turned out the lights?” (The next clue was by a light switch.)
“Your next clue is a place where you cook. And it is pretend.” (Her pretend kitchen set)
“The next place is under a pillow.”
“The next clue is a place where you’ll see the days of the week.” (My calendar)
“The next clue is sometimes warm and sometimes cold.”
“Good job, you found the leprechaun’s gold!” (Which happened to be a bunch of the leftover sequins from St. Patrick’s day.)
She is so creative and precise! What a fun adventure!