CHARMS CEREAL ACTIVITIES
What cereal do you buy/eat in March? Lucky Charms of course! Have fun with your cereal before you eat it! Check out the activities below:
Materials:
- Charm Cereal Activities
- Lucky Charms Cereal (original) or Lucky Charms with Honey
- bowl
- pencil with eraser
- crayons/markers/colored pencils
- black maker (optional)
Sorting
Measure out about 2 cups of cereal. Place in a bowl. Have your child pick out the marshmallows and place on the correct picture.
Note: You may need to additional marshmallows to your bowl.
Graphing
Use the marshmallows from the sorting sheet. Place them on the graph in the row that matches. Once complete, add the total of each marshmallow and record at the end of the far right column.
Questions
By looking at the graphing worksheet, answer the questions on page #3.
Drawing
Have your child look at each marshmallow and then try to draw it. Before beginning, talk about the different marshmallow shapes and colors. They can copy exactly or make their own unique version.
Draw a Leprechaun
The mascot of Lucky Charms, created in 1963, is Lucky the Leprechaun.
Use this handout to help your child draw a Leprechaun. Or watch a video- basic shape Leprechaun or a more challenging video for older kids here.
Every Leprechaun is unique, so your child’s doesn’t have to look just like the examples.
After the Leprechaun is complete, challenge your child to include some of the shapes from the marshmallows in their picture. Rainbow? Balloons? Moon? Falling star? Unicorn? Heart? Horseshoe? Hat?
Bonus Game: Have your child draw a lucky leprechaun and then cut out. Hide on St. Patrick’s Day and have them find it! *I took a picture of my daughters, printed the picture out, then cut out around it to create our little lucky Leprechaun.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day & snacking!
MAT Create 