Item of the Week: FROOT LOOPS!

This week's Item of the Week (IOW) is none other than... FROOT LOOPS!

Earth Day is a worldwide annual event celebrated on April 22nd. A few years ago, we decided to honor this day by make rainbow art using only Froot Loops cereals, white paper, white school glue, cotton balls, and kid power.. Easy peasy lemon squeezy! Here's how we created this beautiful masterpiece, or as we call it, "MasterTreat!" (see more on MasterTreats here).

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The fun part about creating this activity was sneaking a few nibbles of Loops here and there throughout the entire “lesson.” The kids just have to remember not to munch on the ones with glue on the bottom. :)​

All we did was this:

1. Sort Froot Loops groups for each color of the rainbow into small bowls (and nibble along the way)
2. Lightly draw six (6) rainbow rows (arched or diagonal) (or draw/provide a template for smaller ones)
3. Dab a thin layer of glue per rainbow row (one row at a time, preferably the red or purple row first, working inside to outside, or vice versa)
4. Place a row of red Froot Loops side-by-side neatly on the top or outside row, one at a time (see image above)
5. Continue each color row until complete
6. Glue a few cotton balls at both ends of the rainbow
7. Allow to dry flat before hanging or mounting
8. Frame or mount for art wall viewing

This was SO MUCH (TASTY) FUN! You should try it, too!

This is also a wonderful, delicious exercise for youngsters when teaching them various concepts and motor skills like:

• sorting or categorizing
• learning basic colors
• learning basic shapes (arch, semi-circle, circles, etc)
• learning colors of the rainbow (minus indigo)
• using glues/adhesives
• learning about Earth Day

​An item as simple as Froot Loops has just been converted into a fun, crunchy, tasty homeschool activity.

​Other delightful arts and crafts you could make using this cereal include:

• bracelets - thread the cereal onto yarn, string, or twine and knot the two ends together when complete
• garland - for a colorful Christmas tree - same as bracelet, but much, much longer yarn, string, or twine
• flowers - draw the stems of flowers, but use Froot Loops as the petals and stigma to create a new 3-dimensional flower

We hope you are inspired to put these delectable Froot Loops to heavenly use by making your own Froot Loops Rainbow! Let us know in the comments section below how YOU academically and/or artistically enjoy Froot Loops cereal. Enjoy! :)
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"I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions."
Stephen Covey