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How stinkin’ cute are these candy canes? They are so easy to make and perfect for the little ones to help out with for Christmas. They will love all the colors and eating them too! This craft is perfect for working on colors, patterns, and fine motor skills. All you need is 2 items. Pipe cleaners and.. you guessed it. Fruit Loops cereal. You can decorate your Christmas tree with these Froot Loop candy canes and even make Froot Loop garland! Did you realize Fruit Loops are spelled Froot Loops? I totally didn’t realize until now! Froot Loops cereal was one of my favorite cereals as a kid. Ok, ok, it’s still a favorite now! It comes home every now and then as a special treat to relive my childhood. So when I was thinking of making candy canes, I knew these little loops had to be involved. So much more fun than dare I say Cheerios? Although the classic Cheerios work just as well. This Christmas craft is also so cheap to make. I spent maybe $5 on it all and you can make tons of candy canes. Teachers can use this craft in their classroom as well. I never knew how versatile cereal could be. I’m so excited to share some great ideas of using cereal for a variety of different educational and fun activities including some great freebies! Below are some of the ways you can use cereals like Froot Loops: These make for a great snack for kids to come home and enjoy. They can drop the cereal in a bowl with milk or they can eat it dry straight off the pipe cleaner. A box will give you the opportunity to make them every day during the Christmas season, but you can also use them for other crafts all year round, like the ones below! Don’t forget to download all the freebies for you and your little one! Have your child split all the froot loops into different colored bowls to practice learning concepts like same/different, color identification, and counting. Click here or click the picture below to download this free printable! Practicing math has never been more fun, especially when you can involve food. Bribery at its finest. 😉 Simple addition by rolling the dice and adding them up. Color identification with adding the proper amount of same-colored Froot Loops. Fine motor skills are targeted along with the same/different concepts. You can even ask about the smallest/largest, least/most, etc. Check out Tammy from Housing a Forest’s Rainbow Math Game here. Double “oo” Words Worksheet Let your child use their favorite cereal to complete words that have “oo” in them. This is perfect for those kids who are just starting to read. You can have them glue the Froot Loops on the page or just place them there to eat later. Once they have placed the cereal on all the words. Have them read each word for you. Simple, easy, yet fun! Click here or click the picture below to download this free printable! One of the best parts about Froot Loops is all the colors. It really gives you a variety of activities to do with colors. You can do this rainbow activity any time of year, but I like it best for talking about weather, colors or in March around St. Patrick’s Day. You can also incorporate counting in like the Rainbow Math Game link above from Tammy with Housing a Forest. If you were just like to make a rainbow using rainbow cereal, like above, check out Growing a Jeweled Rose for more details! https://www.craftymorning.com/fantastic-kids-crafts-using-cerea l/ Want some seasonal activities with Froot Loops? Try these fall craft of using fruit loops as the leaves on trees. This is one of those activities for using a lot of recycled material like paper plates and toilet paper rolls. You can use red and green Froot Loops to depict green leaves and red apple in the apple tree. Michelle from Crafty Morning has tons of cute crafts you make with cereal like these! Get more info here. When you’re about to let out for Thanksgiving break and you’re running low on ideas for what to do with your kids/ students. You can make some Thanksgiving Turkeys! How cute are these?! For how to make these, go here. Spring into springtime with making some flowers. These are perfect gifts for children to take home from school to give to their mom on Mother’s Day. One of the many crafts ideas from Crafty Morning! Basically a craft for all seasons with fruit loops, so just keep your pantry well-stocked, you can’t go wrong. 😉 Making necklaces and bracelets have always been a thing to do with cereal, even bird feeders. This one still ranks at the top for fun, except I bring a new way to make your jewelry fully edible. Instead of using a yarn string or a pipe cleaner, try using Twizzlers Pull and Peel. These are the perfect size for stringing their Froot Loops on and can gobble it down after. Rockin’ Mama has it going on with tons of cute crafts to do with your littles including these fancy jewelry pieces. Perfect craft and snack all in one! sand art by crushing the fruit loops. Rockin’ Mama has it going on with teaching you about 3 different activities you can do with your kids that use Froot Loops! From jewelry bracelets to picture frames to sand art, it’s hours of entertainment for you and your kiddos. Check them all out here. Another rendition of sand art from Rockin’ Mamas version. Your kids will love crushing up the cereal in bags to use in their artwork. All you need is construction paper, glue and Froot Loops to make some colorful artwork. This sand artwork lets your child explore all their creativity! Just look at all the different ones Meaningful Mama has done! Are your kids a bit older? Try some of these games for entertaining! Heidi has some fantastic games with the theme of “A Minute to Win it!” Some of these games include Fruit loops cereal along with some other items. Two of the games just use chopsticks and fruit loops. That’s it! You can two different variations. The first game, have your child try to use the chopsticks and move the cereal from one bowl to another. The most moved wins! The second game increases the difficulty! Have your child place one chopstick in their mouth and try to move the cereal from one bowl to the other. Just try not to laugh! I, of course, couldn’t be a food blog and not include some delicious recipes to make with Fruit Loops. Sugar and Sparrow give you a fantastic recipe for making your favorite breakfast cereal in the morning come to life! She even teaches you how to make the milk splash on top. Talk about creative! Get the recipe here A breakfast cereal cookie you can eat any time of the day! It’s a soft-baked colorful sugar cookie stuffed with Froot Loops for an amazing alternative to the typical sugar cookie. Don’t believe me? Try this recipe out! Jennifer from Peanut Butter and Peppers has it going on! Froot Loop Treats… why have we never thought of this! A fantastic alternative to rice krispies treats! You can probably use any of your favorite cereals but ones like Froot loops or Fruity Pebbles just make them so colorful and fun! Get the recipe here. All the delicious flavors and colors in this snack mix, with sweet and salty! Combine some of your favorite things together for the ultimate snack! Some white chocolate, pretzels, goldfish and a few marshmallows for a delicious after school snack or party mix! There are many ways to make it and make your party mix your own, but definitely try Teaspoon of Goodness mix, it’s a crowd-pleaser! These are what every kid dreams up to use in their cereal. The incredible, edible cereal straw. Easy to make but I would make ahead since they need time to dry. For all you mommas out there who want to re-live childhood yet be an adult all at the same time. Have yourself a momma beverage. And because you can sip it through the Froot Loops straw you just made with your kids. 🙂 Need more delicious recipes? Go here Feeling crafty? Go here Feel like spicing up date night? Go here Visiting New Orleans? Go here Starting a bucket list? Go here Share with friends! Froot Loop Inspired Crafts and Educational Games Your Child Will Love!
Educational:
Practice Colors:
Practice Math with a Math Rainbow Game
Practice Spelling:
Arts and Crafts:
Make a rainbow.
Fall Trees
Thanksgiving Turkey
Flowers for springtime
Jewelry
Sand Art
GAMES:
Recipes with Fruit Loops:
Froot Loops Cake
Froot Loops Sugar Cookies
Froot loops Treats
Froot loops snack mix
Froot Loops Straw
Bonus: Froot Loops Cocktail
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