A rainbow you can eat!
You know that old story about how there’s supposed to be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?
Well, that sounds nice, but I’ve found something even better…an edible craft activity that will keep my kids busy and happy for an hour. And I guarantee, yours will love it too, because what kid doesn’t want to be able to play with their food?
The main thing you need for this is a big box of Froot Loops (or any other cereal that comes in six bright colors). Your kids get to arrange these into a colorful rainbow on a piece of waxed paper…with a big, puffy cloud of marshmallows on either side. To keep it in place on the paper, they can stick the pieces down with a little dab of powdered-sugar glue.
But as long as they’re happy, that’s a perfect St. Patrick’s Day present for me. Gives new meaning to the phrase “taste the rainbow,” doesn’t it?
ST. PATRICK’S DAY EDIBLE RAINBOW CRAFT
(printable recipe at bottom of post)
INGREDIENTS:
fruit loops separated into like colors
1 cup mini marshmallows
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk
DIRECTIONS:
1. Start by having the kiddos separate all their cereal into colors.
2. In a small bowl combine powdered sugar and milk. Mix and add to a pastry bag or sandwich baggie with corner cut off. The powdered sugar acts as a glue and will hold the cereal and marshmallows to the wax paper. Squeeze a line of icing into a half circle shape on the wax paper. Place the red fruit loops on the line, then repeat this process for each color of fruit loops. This will make the rainbow!
3. Squeeze a the icing all over in a big circle at each end of the rainbow.
4. Place the marshmallows on the icing, let it dry. EAT!
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St Patrick's Day Edible Rainbow Craft
Ingredients
- fruit loops separated into like colors
- 1 cup mini marshmallows
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
Instructions
- Start by having the kiddos separate all their cereal into colors.
- In a small bowl combine powdered sugar and milk. Mix and add to a pastry bag or sandwich baggie with corner cut off.
- The powdered sugar acts as a glue and will hold the cereal and marshmallows to the wax paper.
- Squeeze a line of icing into a half circle shape on the wax paper. Place the red fruit loops on the line, then repeat this process for each color of fruit loops. This will make the rainbow!
- Squeeze a the icing all over in a big circle at each end of the rainbow.
- Place the marshmallows on the icing, let it dry. EAT!
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Corey, Darryl, Big D & Little D
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