Comments on: Leprechauns Strike Again with Green Water

By: kevin

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By: The World’s Geekiest Leprechaun Traps (GeekDad Wayback Machine) | Best Cyber Monday Deals 2011

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:57:29 +0000

[...] making him a true GeekDad, and talks about his PVC-based trap there. Also don’t miss a great green-water trick where he made all the water faucets in the house dispense green water using fizzy [...]

By: St. Patrick's Day Projects | How Does She...

St. Patrick's Day Projects | How Does She... — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:05:09 +0000

[...] Steve Spangler takes this to a new level with his green trick… [...]

By: Leprechaun Traps For St. Patrick’s Day | TakePart Social Action Network™

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:15:28 +0000

[...] Building leprechaun traps for St. Patrick’s Day seems to be a popular activity for kids, but sadly, capturing the little Irish men was never an assignment where I went to school. Fortunately, it’s never too late to act like a kid, which is why I was excited to stumble upon The World’s Geekiest Leprechaun Traps from Wired magazine. Some of them are really clever, some involve slime, and some are low-tech like the one in the video below, but my favorite story is when the leprechauns amazed science geek Steve Spangler’s kids by turning their water green. [...]

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:03:49 +0000

I have so enjoyed you and your love of science.
I have used MANY of your ideas over the years with my own children as well as the children I teach.
Thank you for sharing your love of science. You have made many children wonder and smile.

By: It Turned Green! Cool Science Tricks for St. Patrick’s Day | Steve Spangler's Blog

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:24:43 +0000

[...] Read about Leprechauns taking over the Spangler House! [...]

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:28:19 +0000

Steve, thanks a lot for the ‘blog’. I can just imagine your kid’s faces glowing when they found out about the ‘magic’ green faucet water. Again, thanks so much for sharing us the great story.

By: Shirl

Shirl — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:54:04 +0000

My students enjoy building their own individual leprechaun traps. I have the students build a cube using flexible straws as a fun extension activity for our geometry unit. To entice the leprechaun, students color a styrofoam cup green and black to resemble a hat for the leprechaun. The day before our celebration, students put their trap with the hat on their desk before they leave school. I collect the cups after they have left for the day and take them home. I put them in the oven, which causes the hats to shrink to the perfect size for the tiny leprechaun! My students are amazed and of course believe that the leprechauns visited our classroom and left them the tiny hat and a few gold covered chocolate coins. Since their signature is on the hat too and it is now reduced to a tiny size on the hat makes it even more convincing that it was leprechaun magic. I was wondering if you could give me a scientific explanation of what happens to the styrofoam when it is heated to make it shrink to a perfect duplicate of the orignal?

By: Cathi Lucy

Cathi Lucy — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:49:16 +0000

For the last few years, I have read a story about a very clever leprechaun and the tricks he played on people and animals. At the end of the story, I have a “letter” that falls out of the book and it is from the crafty leprechaun himself! It tells us that he has left some magic for the class to discover and to add some milk to the white powder that is in the jar right next to the teacher’s chair (pistachio pudding mix – instant of course!). We add the white milk to the white powder and PRESTO – it turns green right before their eyes. They love the magic and some even find out they like pistachio pudding!

By: Vicki

Vicki — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 02:41:23 +0000

I had no idea that Leprechaun adventures were so active in today’s homes and classrooms. I am writing a one act play involving a Leprechaun and during the research, came upon this site. I now have a new tradition that I will add to my St. Patrick holiday. My birthday is close to St. Pat’s Day and I have always called it my special holiday and now with all of these wonderful ideas, I will share the fun and joy even more. Thanks everyone for telling others of your Leprechaun adventures. And, I will pass this site onto my oldest daughter as she begins her adventure as a 1st grade teacher. I think she’ll love it.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 15 May 2006 14:47:29 +0000

Wow that is really cool! Maybe we could use that in our eigth grade science class as a prank!

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 23:05:40 +0000

This is pretty sweet!! I will try it sometime!!

By: Margie Lamb-Duff

Margie Lamb-Duff — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:52:42 +0000

The minute Steve told me that he did this with his kids I ran home, with tub tints in hand, and placed them in every toilet and every faucet in the house. It was a huge hit! They searched for the leprechauns for the rest of the evening. Blake (my 9 year old, if you can believe it) swears that he saw a leprechaun in one of our heating vents. It was great to see him still so excited about it at his age. They are still talking about it and plan on setting up a trap next year to catch the little guy!

By: Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:21:19 +0000

I felt like I was right there with Mark, Scott, and Jack running around the house finding all the “evidence” the leprechauns left behind-it was exciting!! I need Tub Tints for next year…..

By: Steve Mertz

Steve Mertz — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:12:37 +0000

Steve, Great blog with very cool ideas. Thanks for sharing!

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:43:02 +0000

Elen – You asked about the coloring tablets. They’re available on our website. Visit http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/product/1156

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:41:35 +0000

Rose – Thanks for your comments. The “little balls” of color are actually globules of soap and fat molecules interacting on the surface of the milk. They disappear quickly, but it’s fun to watch.

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 05:00:52 +0000

I was one of the lucky ones that was able to see Steve at Celebrating Connections in Charleston, WV in February! The experience was unforgettable!

We also had a visit from the Leprechauns at our school…we went so far as to remind the children all week to lock the doors and windows in their class so that the leprechauns wouldn’t play while they were away!

Imagine their suprise Friday morning when their class was a mess, the toilets were green, there were green footprints all over the walls, tables, floors, etc. and little green handprints on the window that they “forgot” to close! Luckily he had left a “POT OF GOLD CHOCOLATES” for the children in the class and down the hall. I have never seen them so excited! They were more than happy to clean up HIS mess and to tell all what had happened overnight!

It’s great to know that others enjoy the magic of encourging a child’s imagination!!

THANKS!!

BOOMER CENTER

By: rose

rose — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 01:45:49 +0000

I love your ideas and products. We always have science birthday parties and use things we get from your website. Today I did the Color Changing Milk project with my homeschooled boys and we really enjoyed it. I have a question about it. I hope you can help explain why the boys were able to make little balls of the colored milk roll across the surface of the milk on the plate when they were playing with the cotton swabs.

By: Debbie Smith

Debbie Smith — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:32:27 +0000

I do believe in Leprechauns! Your story reminded me of the year my oldest (now 24 –then about 9) was old enought to surprise her little sister with a leprechaun trail. My daughter and good friend took baby powder and green gliter and sprinkled it all over our house. Everywhere the leprechaun had danced we found leprechaun dust. He danced on top of the covers on her little sister’s bed, he danced in the bathroom, and in the kitchen…..

It was a blast to see her so excited about surprising her sister, but what a mess leprechaun dust is to clean up….but the FUN was worth every minute.

I think next year we’ll have to have the leprechaun come visit again for the youngest of our children. Thanks for sharing your families fun and wonder with all of us.