St. Patriick's Day

You may remember from last year, but I have a leprechaun friend and his name is Lucky.  I tell my students about him every year and then very seriously and genuinely believe he is real.  This year, I found something on-line that was so much fun.  I read my students a legend that I said Lucky had left for them.  It talks about leaving hats out for leprechauns and the leprechaun that comes will magically shrink them.  I had my first graders make hats with permanent marker on Styrofoam cups and then took them home that night.  I put them in the oven for 2- 4 minutes and they shrunk!  Needless to say, the class was thrilled and it was another successfully St. Patrick's Day!