Saturday, March 19, 2011

Leprechauns Beware!

The first graders at our school always set up traps in hopes of catching that pesky leprechaun.  Alas, every year, he manages to destroy the classroom while avoiding all the traps.  After two failed attempts, Dave has been working on ideas for a couple years.  He decided that Zack's trap should include a laser trip system.  So, after many hours and more than the average $$, we (at the very last hour) were able to make a working leprechaun trap.  Unfortunately, Zack came home empty-handed.  That little leprechaun better watch out for when Matthew gets to 1st grade.  

Here, Dave demonstrates the trap.  This video was taken at midnight on the night before it was due.  We wanted to prove that it did in fact work in case something happened by morning.  And, for the record, the top will be covered with plexi-glass.  We left it off for the video because of the glare.  

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