How to Make a Leprechaun Trap Out of an Empty Wet Ones Canister

Capture the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day with a DIY leprechaun trap from @dreamalittlebiggerblog. With Wet Ones® Big & Strong - specially formulated to remove paint, glue, and glitter - by your side, this homemade leprechaun trap offers a pot of golden opportunities for family fun.  

Enlist the help of your trapsters-in-training and gather the following supplies:

• Empty Wet Ones canister
• Cardboard
• Craft paints
• Glue
• Green felt
• Green and gold glitter
• Cotton balls or polyester stuffing
• Craft sticks
• Wooden toothpick
• Hot glue gun
• Scissors
• White cardstock
• Crayons or markers (optional)
• PDF printable

CREATING THE BASE:

• Cut out two circles (apx 8” each) of cardboard. Glue the two disks together, making sure the edges line up.
• Glue the canister centered on top of the circles.

• Paint the canister and board green (2–3 coats may be necessary). Allow paint to dry in between each coat.
• Spread glue onto a section of the canister and board. Sprinkle green glitter onto the glue. Repeat until you have your desired amount of glitter on the project. While the glitter and glue dry, you can get started on the bait!

 

SETTING THE BAIT:

• Print out this PDF file of a rainbow, pot of gold, and "Free Gold!" sign on cardstock paper and cut out each piece. If you don't have a printer, you can draw your own!

• Add glitter to your pot of gold to make it extra shimmery.
• Here’s where we tease the pot of gold to tempt our leprechaun! Apply glue on the back of the “Free Gold!” sign and attach it to the wooden toothpick. Hot glue the toothpick onto the cardboard circle. 

DISGUISING THE TRAP DOOR:

• Trace the Wet Ones canister lid onto a piece of green felt. If you don’t have felt, you can use construction paper.
• Cut out the circle and then fold in half. Create a cut of about ¾” over the fold. Unfold and fold in the opposite direction and make another small cut. You should have a circle slightly larger than the open end of the Wet Ones canister with an X cut out of the middle.

• Glue the trap door onto the top of the canister and let dry.
• Hot glue the bottom of the pot of gold onto the edge of the felt/canister top and hold steady until dry.

BUILDING THE LADDER:

• Cut craft wood sticks into five 1.25” pieces for rungs and two 8” pieces for the sides.
• Glue the pieces together as shown. Allow glue to dry.

• Paint the ladder gold and set it aside to dry.

SOME EXTRA MAGIC:

• Trace the cut-out rainbow on a piece of cardboard.
• Cut out the cardboard shape slightly smaller than the traced line.
• Glue the piece of cardboard and color rainbow together and allow to dry.
• Place the flat edge of the rainbow onto the back of the cardboard circle, behind the canister. Situate so the rainbow is placed behind the pot of gold.

 

• Hot glue the rainbow to the pot of gold and cardboard circle. Hold steady until dry.
• Glue cotton balls around the rainbow and the sign for a bit more magic.

• Finally, glue the ladder into place and your homemade leprechaun trap is set!

Wipe your hands clean with Wet Ones® Big & Strong and sit back to admire your work. Be sure to tag us @WetOnes  and let us know if you caught your leprechaun.