Your kids can make their own snack while learning about colors with this fun Fruit Loop Marshmallow Rainbow Snack. A few simple ingredients and your kids are on their way to learning the colors of the rainbow and working on their fine motor skills while eating their favorite cereal snack.

This is a fun way to teach kids about how rainbows are made on a rainy afternoon. I have a whole list of great rainbow books below. You can also have a whole Rainbow theme week with rainbow crafts like this easy construction paper Rainbow Cloud & Chain, and rainbow activities like drawing a giant rainbow out of chalk.

This fruit loop rainbow snack is a great St. Patrick’s Day snack idea or try out this yummy Candy Bark Rainbow Treat that kids love. If you’re looking for some fun St. Patty’s Day Kids Craft ideas I have several I think you will love!

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What you need to make Fruit Loop Marshmallow Rainbow Snack

Wooden coffee stirring sticks (you can also use skewers, skinny straws, etc.) or
Twizzlers Pull and Peel or
Pipe Cleaner to make an arch shape
Froot Loops Cereal
Marshmallows regular size
Paper plates

How to make Fruit Loop Marshmallow Rainbow Snack

This simple rainbow craft is a great activity for young kids to learn the rainbow color name ROY G BIV which stands for red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Let’s start this fun rainbow activity by grabbing a paper plate, fruit loops cereal, regular or mini marshmallows, and something to hold the rainbow together. I’m going to use wooden coffee sticks, this is a great fine motor activity for kids. Sometimes it’s difficult to learn how to thread things or use the pincher grasp so this is not only good exercise for them to practice but also an important skill to learn.

**Fruit loops can be a choking hazard so keep a close eye on your kids while they make their cute rainbow crafts, If you don’t have one, grab one of these Choking Rescue Devices by LifeVac. I have one at my house just in case.

To make this rainbow activity idea a different way or if you have bigger kids and would rather have them make a rainbow arch then you will need to use either Twizzlers Pull and Peel stings or a pipe cleaner would work in a pinch. Push the Twizzler or end of the pipe cleaner into the marshmallow instead of using the coffee sticks as I advised above. The marshmallow will act as a base to hold your rainbow fruit loop treats up in the air, like a real rainbow. If you are choosing to not eat the rainbow later on you can add a line of glue to hold the cereal in place and a dot of glue on the marshmallow to hold the pipe cleaner in place.

Need some St Patty’s Day Fun? To make this fun activity for St. Patricks Day then just add a pot of gold or gold wrapped delicious treat. It could be a gold wrapped candy like Milky Way or Rolos or even a chocolate gold coin would be the perfect sweet treat to add to the crunchy texture of the fruit loops.

Your fruit loop rainbow should go red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple capped off by a regular sized marshmallow. Indigo is missing but Kellog’s didn’t make one of those fruit loops. So send all complaints to them, please!

Want to fill up the whole stick?

Let the kids practice their pincer grasp by repeating the rainbow over and over again. Create a fun rainbow snack by just putting all of one color like all of the red fruit loops onto the stick ending and beginning with a marshmallow and continuing until you have the entire Roy G BIV (minus the indigo) lined up, each color on its own stick.

Rainbow Fruit Loop Activity Ideas for Kids

Rainy day? Kids acting crazy and you need them to calm down? A fruit loop and marshmallow snack mat activity perfect for those cold rainy days. Need dinner ideas with the same theme? If you want to continue the rainbow theme into dinner I have a great way to get your kids to eat their veggies! This Rainbow JokeYou can find a digital download for rainbow foods here along with some fun

Working on the alphabet with your kids? Use leftover cheerios or fruit loops and have your kids make letters or make the letters for them to practice letter recognition. Make a curvy line with the fruit loops like a caterpillar or snake across the table while counting each piece as you go. If they can count to 10 let them have the whole line of cereal. You can make just about anything into a fun craft for learning.

Rainbow Learning Units for Kids

Learning about the rainbow can be so fun. If your kids are smaller and you’re still working on their letters this Rainbow Toddler Pack is perfect for them. Older kids would love to learn about how rainbows are formed in this Mini Rainbow Nature Study for kids.

If your kid loves weather then grab this Weather-Themed Rainbow Activity Packet! It even comes with a fun rainbow craft to make while you eat your fruit loop rainbow snack.

Rainbow Book Ideas for Kids

These are our favorite Rainbow books that I think your kids will love to read! I’ve linked them for you below

God’s Very Colorful Creation -how God made all the colors of the rainbow.
Rainbow Moments -a book about hearing from God.
How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow -a fun book about crayons.
The Hidden Rainbow -a book about bees and how they look for beautiful colors.
How to Catch A Unicorn -a fun book about catching a unicorn.
Light Makes a Rainbow -how rainbows are made.
Rainbow: Ready to Read -a great book for beginning readers
Rain Before Rainbows – is a beautiful book about rain before the rainbow comes.
I Can Eat a Rainbow -a fun way to look at rainbow colored food.

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Keep in mind if you use smaller marshmallows then the cloud at the bottom of the Fruit loop rainbow will be the same size as the fruit loops and won’t stand out as much as if you used a larger marshmallow.

I Can Eat a Rainbow (Children’s Book Collection)Rain Before Rainbows God’s Very Colorful Creation (Very Best Bible Stories)How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow (1)Rainbow Moments Teacher Created Materials – Science Readers: Content and Literacy: Light Makes a Rainbow – Grade 1 – Guided Reading Level H

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