Simple, easy and fun! This St Patrick’s Day Snack for the kids to create quickly to do and they will have lots of fun. Using cereal and marshmallows this is a classic snack activity that your preschoolers can do this year! So here you go a Rainbow on a stick snack for spring and St Patrick’s Day fun!

rainbow coloured fruit loops in front of 3 rainbow snacks made by kids threading the fruit loops onto coffee stirers and adding marshmallows to the end.

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Rainbow on a Stick

With just 3 things needed this quick snack activity for your kids is so simple to make. Create a pretty rainbow and then enjoy! There is a bonus the threading of the cereal onto the stick is a fantastic fine motor activity for your kids as well.

colourful rainbow fruit loops in a pile at the front with 3 fruit loop rainbow sticks for a snack for kids behind holding the fruit loops in place are 2 marshmallows to look like clouds

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If you would like a printable version of this snack activity it can be found at the bottom of the article.

Ingredients and Materials for the Rainbow Snack

A skewer or wooden coffee stirer
Large Marshmallows
Fruit Loops

How to Make your Rainbow Stick Snack

Give your child a handful of rainbow coloured fruit loops, 2 marshmallows (for the clouds) and some skewers (make sure that the skewers are blunt both ends so not sharp bits for kids to hurt themselves with).

Materials for making rainbow snacks laid out on a paper plate for kids to make, fruit loops of different colours, coffee stirers and marshmallows

Then let them create a rainbow on the skewer. It’s an ideal time to teach them the colours of the rainbow – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.

a coffee stirrer threaded with a red orange and yellow fruit loop behind them is a paper plate with colourful fruit loops on

Once they have their rainbow on the stick let them add their clouds to either end.

Completed rainbow on a stick snack with marshmallows holding the colourful fruit loops in place.

And that’s it!

Don’t you just love a really quick craft?

Long image of rainbows on a stick made from fruit loops and marshmallows

Rainbow Books to Read with the Snack

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Why not take a moment and enjoy a book with your preschoolers whilst they eat their snack. Here’s 3 of my personal favourite Rainbow Books that I add to our book box in spring and for St Patrick’s Day especially.

Collage of St Patrick's Day Books for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Or add some of our favourite St Patrick’s Day Books to your book box. We’ve picked the best so you can pick from that selection yourself.

St Patrick’s Day Activities

Are you making this snack for St Patrick’s Day then check out these other ideas to do today!

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Free printable St Patrick’s Day Game to Play.

More Rainbow Activities for Preschoolers

A fun and mess-free way for toddlers and preschoolers to explore colour mixing and connect what they see in the world around with them with real-life experiences. This Rainbow Sensory Bag allows children to create their own rainbow of colours whilst using their senses.

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3 rainbow snacks on a stick made with fruit loops and marshmallows on a paper plate with fruit loops in front.

Rainbow on a Stick Snack for St Patrick’s Day

Cerys Parker

A quick and easy snack for St Patrick's Day that kids can make themseleves, these fruit loop rainbows are ever so simple to do!

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Prep Time 1

Total Time 6

Course Snack

Cuisine st Patrick’s Day

Servings child

Calories 242 kcal

Equipment

3 Coffee Stirrers

Ingredients

1 handful Fruit Loops
6 Marshmallows

Instructions

Provide the materials including the coffee stirrers or skewers on a plate for your child
Thread the fruit loops onto the coffee stirrer in rainbow colour order.
Once threaded on finish each end with a marshmallow

Nutrition

Serving: 3SticksCalories: 242kcalCarbohydrates: 60gProtein: 2gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.2gSodium: 170mgPotassium: 36mgFiber: 3gSugar: 34gVitamin A: 500IUVitamin C: 15mgCalcium: 4mgIron: 5mg

Keyword Rainbow Fruit Loop Snack for Kids to Make, Rainbow on a Stick, Rainbow Snack, St Patrick’s Day Snack