Happy St. Patrick's day! Why not have some fun in your garden this St. Paddy's Day and sow a clover lawn. "But why would I want a clover lawn?" I hear you ask.

Answer: to give your leprechaun a nice place to frolic, of course! Or think of it as your way to honor the famous saint of the Emerald Isles, whose emblem is -- as we all know -- the shamrock, or three-leaf clover.

According to WikiHow, the best kind of clover to grow here in the US is actually White Dutch Clover. (Don't worry, it still looks very Irish!) A good place to sow your seeds is anywhere that your pre-existing lawn was struggling due to unfavorable conditions, such as too much shade or poor drainage.

For even coverage, mix the clover seeds with soil and then spread that mixture around, raking it smooth as you go. Next, gently cover your seeds with a very thin (quarter inch) layer of soil. The last step is watering, which should be done every day until the seeds can be seen sprouting. Use only a very fine mist to water--anything more vigorous will disturb your baby seedlings.

Leprechauns are notoriously difficult to spot. These tiny little shoemakers are too busy squirreling away their gold at the elusive end of the rainbow. But if you can catch one and keep it in your sites, legend has it that it must take you to its treasure.

Open-ended construction projects are a great way to get a look into your child's imagination. That's what makes building a leprechaun trap an ideal family craft. Though there's no one right way to catch a leprechaun, below is a simple trap will get you started. Variations are limited only by the supplies you have in your home, and you can check out these inventive traps for ideas.

Take an old shoe or tissue box and paint it green. Be sure to decorate it with plenty of shamrocks. Fill it with tissue paper or paper towel. Leprechauns are small, so fashion a ramp or a ladder for them to climb. Place a gold coin or another treasure on top of the tissue. The idea is that the leprechaun will get greedy and climb over the tissue for the coin, then fall inside and be trapped.