Once you've gathered your your supplies, you're ready to get started. To make the ladder, use hot glue to hold the wooden craft sticks together, then paint them green.

Next, cover them with gold glitter. You can use glue but I just added another quick layer of paint and sprinkled glitter over the top.

Set the ladder aside and grab your St. Patty's Day hat. I love that this was only $1!

Cut a hole in the top. The leprechaun will fall through this hole and be trapped forever...or at least until you decide to let him go.

Cut a small slit on each side of the hole. Bend the chenille into a curved shape, slide ends into the slits and bend at the bottom to hold in place.

Cover the hole with the gift bag filler.

Hot glue a piece of string in between two gold coins. Wrap the top of the string around the rainbow, so that the gold coin is dangling just enough to taunt the leprechaun.

Glue the ladder to the side of the hat. Add a few gold coins around it to get the leprechaun's attention.

Glue your sign to the top of the ladder, with the arrow pointing up. Get the free printable signs here and choose a favorite.

Now you're finally ready to catch a leprechaun!