In my four year old classroom each year, the leprechauns visit us for Saint Patrick's Day. They turn over chairs and toys, spill gold coins all over our carpet, and leave us a box of Lucky Charms under our leprechaun trap...even our toilet water magically turns green. The kids love this tradition every year, but what they love the most are our magic green milkshakes. When they aren't watching, we put green food coloring gel in the very bottom of a blender (where they can't see it). When they're all on the carpet, we put vanilla ice cream in the blender and point out that it is white, then we pour milk in, also pointing out that it's white. When we hit the blend button, their faces are priceless! They come up with some interesting theories as to how the milkshakes turned green, even going as far as thinking that a leprechaun got stuck in there and now we're drinking him...a bit morbid, but funny at the same time. :) This gets them riled up and it makes for a crazy day, but it's totally worth it to see all of those smiling faces!
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