Leprechaun Treasure Hunt – A Fun St. Patrick’s Day Activity for Kids!
Get ready for some mischief and magic this St Patrick’s Day with a fun-filled activity that will have your little ones giggling with excitement! Everyone will have so much fun with our Leprechaun Treasure Hunt. Whether you’re planning a surprise for your kids, hosting a classroom celebration, or just looking for a fun activity to add to your holiday traditions, this printable leprechaun footprints craft will make the day extra special.
With a few simple supplies, you can create a sneaky leprechaun scene in your home. Complete with little leprechaun feet leading to a hidden pot of gold filled with gold coins and little treats. If you’re feeling extra creative, you can build a DIY leprechaun trap to try and catch one of these tricky little guys!
Let’s dive into this St. Patrick’s Day blast of fun!
Set the Scene with Printable Leprechaun Feet
The key to pulling off a magical St. Patrick’s Day surprise is all in the details. That’s why we created these adorable printable leprechaun footprints to make it look like a mischievous little visitor stopped by during the night!
Here’s how to set up the perfect trail of leprechaun footprints in your home:
Supplies You’ll Need:
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✔ Printable leprechaun feet (download below!)
✔ Scissors
✔ Laminator (optional for durability)
✔ Tape or sticky tack
✔ Green food coloring (for extra magic!)
✔ Gold coins or chocolate treats
✔ A small pot of gold (a black bowl or container works great!)
✔ Printable poem clues from the leprechaun (download below)
How to Create a Leprechaun Treasure Hunt
Step 1: Print and Cut Out Your Leprechaun Feet
Start by downloading and printing our printable leprechaun footprints onto white paper or laminate them for reuse. Cut out each footprint to create a trail of leprechaun footprints leading to the treasure.
Step 2: Leave a Trail of Mischief
Place the little leprechaun feet on the living room floor, up the stairs, across the counters, or even around the kitchen table. Make it look like a sneaky leprechaun has been running around causing all sorts of mischief!
Pro tip: Sprinkle a little green food coloring in the toilet bowl for a funny surprise—your kids will love it!
Step 3: Hide the Pot of Gold
At the end of the footprints, place a small pot of gold filled with gold coins, chocolate, or small little treats. You can also add a cute poem or riddle to make it even more magical.
Step 4: Set Up a DIY Leprechaun Trap (Optional)
For even more fun, encourage your kids to build their own DIY leprechaun trap using craft supplies, shoeboxes, or LEGOs. The idea is to try and catch the leprechaun before he escapes—though he always manages to leave behind some gold coins and a cheeky note!
Extra Fun Ideas for Your Leprechaun Treasure Hunt
? Toddler-Friendly Fun: Turn this into a sensory activity by letting toddlers follow the leprechaun tracks to their pot of gold filled with soft toys or stickers.
? Classroom Mischief: Teachers, this is a great way to bring St. Patrick’s Day magic to your students! Use the printable leprechaun feet to create a classroom scavenger hunt with fun clues.
? Add More Magic: Leave small signs of mischief, like overturned chairs, missing shoes, or green milk in the fridge! The sneaky leprechaun is always up to something!
? Bundle the Fun: Pair this with other St. Patrick’s Day crafts and printable activities for an entire morning of creative fun.
?Build Leprachuan Trap: Snag this printable Leprechaun Trap bundle and make the traps super easy. Or you could make Nikkala’s Leprechaun Trap and then hide the first clue inside the trap! They may not catch the leprechaun, but at least he could leave a note! How fun would that be?!
Download Your Printable Leprechaun Feet
Ready to bring some St. Patrick’s Day magic into your home? Click below to grab your printable leprechaun footprintsand start your leprechaun treasure hunt today!
If you would like to download these “Rainbow Shamrocks” and send your little ones on a leprechaun hunt, here is the link:
***After downloading the zipped file to your computer, right click on it and then select extract. It should open the file and you are good to go! Remember, these downloads are for personal use only please***
Share the Fun!
We’d love to see how you use these printable leprechaun feet in your St. Patrick’s Day celebrations! Share your setups, traps, and pot of gold surprises on Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook. Tag us so we can see your creative ideas.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, and may the luck of the Irish be with you! ??
For other fun St. Patrick’s Printables…17 Amazing ones! (Details for the St. Patricks Kit)
St. Patrick’s Day Mega Kit in our Crafting Chicks Shoppe!
The link says it is invalid – thanks for the good idea though
Try the clicking on the link a few times-it should be working:)
how fun! these are the days i miss the classroom…sigh…
here are some fun ideas to incorporate on st. patty’s day {from my 2nd grade class, but it worked when i was in preK as well}
st. patty’s classroom ideas
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Thanks for the cute ideas!
I am so in love with this idea.
My son will not be in school on St. Patrick’s Day…but I think he (and his little sister) will love this activity!!
Thanks so much for sharing!!
I love it Jamie. I am definitely doing this with my boys this year. Thanks for sharing friend.
Thank you so much for this post. I want to let you know that I posted a link to your blog in CBH Digital Scrapbooking Freebies, under the Page 7 post on Mar. 11, 2011. Thanks again.
I couldn’t get the link to work either. I tried it a bunch of times
these are four leaf clovers a shamrock has three leaves, St. Patrick used them to teach the holy trinity.I love the idea though!
This is awesome! Pinning it! 🙂 LOVE it!!!
Going to do this with my girls! Can I post this on my blog?
I also think this is a way cute idea but can not get it to print. Love your site!
We did this today with our moms’ group! The kids had a great time. We had one “big kid” who did all the reading, and the little ones looked around for the shamrocks. Thanks for sharing the printables!
thank you so much! I’m using some of your clues & ideas for a hunt for a rainbow bday party.
I would love to do this for my kids at home, but the link is not valid. Is there another way you could send these or another way I could upload them. [email protected]
The link is fixed now, so you can download and enjoy! Thanks! 🙂
Brilliant! Thank you so much!
i realize that this is older, but i’m LOVING it and would love to do it for my boys… but the linkage isn’t working 🙁 any suggestions? thank you!
The link is fixed now, so you can download and enjoy! Thanks! 🙂
Thank you so much!
Love this idea! I could not get the download. Could you email to me perhaps? Planning a Kinder party and this would be PERFECT!!!
The link is fixed now, so you can download and enjoy! Thanks! 🙂
Our Easter Hunt is on St. Patty’s Day this year. I hiding these is the eggs!
I also love this, but cannot get them to print. Would you be willing to email them? Thanks!
The link is fixed now, so you can download and enjoy! Thanks! 🙂
I am a Kindergarten teacher in Florida….love this idea but couldnt get them to download/print. Any suggestions or can you email the file to me? Love…love…love! I am also using your Mother’s Day questionaire with my Kinders – their answers are a hoot! 🙂
The link is fixed now, so you can download and enjoy! Thanks! 🙂
Can you email me the link? mine is also saying it is invalid. Came across this on another website that linked me here. Love this!
The link is fixed now, so you can download and enjoy! Thanks! 🙂
Ok everybody, I’ve fixed the link! It definitely works now. Download away and enjoy! 🙂
Thank you for sharing your hard work. Love this idea to do with my boys!
SO fantastic! I’m sharing this in a 5 for Friday roundup of St. Patrick’s Day Treasure Hunt ideas on my blog tomorrow, including one pic and a link back to this post. Thanks for sharing such great printables!!
I download the files but it won’t let me print them. Print is not an option.
They’ll need to be unzipped before they can be printed.
I am having same problem. Printing is not an option and I have unzipped the file.
Love this idea!!! I want to do it for my son’s preschool class but having problems downloading?… Any suggestions? Thank you for posting!
I downloaded and unzipped but it only prints a blank page 🙁