St. Patrick’s Day Rainbow Necklace

Yall, March is here!!! Bring on Spring. I am ready for the flowers to start blooming, flip flops to be my shoe of choice, and long evening walks where it’s still light outside! And St. Patrick’s Day is coming. I’ve never been one to really LOVE the holiday, but it is the day when sparks first flew between III and I almost 11 years ago so I guess it holds a little place in my heart!

I wanted to share a fun little necklace the kids and I made yesterday. It was raining here (I don’t love that part of March) and so we needed some indoor fun! Well, the kids saw it as fun…I saw it as a great way to work on fine motor skills, color recognition, and patterns. The teacher in me, just never goes away!

Supplies: Fruit Loops, String (I used baker’s twine), tape, six bowls

First, I had the kids sort the colors to match the coordinating bowl. This was great for Sprout (almost 2) who knows his colors but can always use the reinforcements & the bowl matching aspect was great too!

Next, I cut a long piece of baker’s twine and wrapped a piece of packing tape around one end to keep the string from fraying and to make a stiff point for the kids to thread through the center of the Fruit Loop. Tie a couple of knots, making one thick knot on the other end to keep the Fruit Loops from slipping off.

For Chickadee (who is 3) I drew out a pattern that I wanted her to follow (the rainbow order ROYGBIV = red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple) as she strung on the Fruit Loops. We have just started working on patterns, so this was great practice.

Once they are finished tie off the end and let them show off their St. Patrick’s Day necklace creations.

And of course, now it’s time to eat it. They should be rewarded for their hard work, right! My kids loved this activity and are already asking to make another necklace tomorrow! Well, at least Chickadee…Sprout just wants to eat some more Fruit Loops.

Happy almost Saint Patrick’s Day!