Easy Mardi Gras Crafts for Kids for Elementary

Easy Mardi Gras crafts for kids are here! Using cereal you can make fun and cheap arts and crafts for Preschool, Kindergarten and children of all ages here. Then make Mardi Gras cupcakes or an easy cake mix Mardi Gras Cake with a hidden baby inside them one too.

Mardi Gras is near! If your ready to celebrate this, but are looking for some activities that are fun for kids too I have a few using cereal…..that is easy to find! Here are a few Mardi Gras crafts for kids using cereal. Simple crafts and baking ideas are always fun as long as you’re doing them together, no need to go out and spend a lot of money. (affiliate links present)

Easy Mardi Gras Crafts for Kids

We will start with something EASY, just print these Mardi Gras coloring pages. They’ll keep kids busy for a while. Fruit Loops cereal is great when creating Mardi Gras crafts for kids because it has just the right colors in it….and a few extras for snacking along the way. 😉

Yes….Mardi Gras colors are purple, green, and yellow. Fruit loops have these colors as well as red, orange, and blue…those can be for snacking!

Activity #1, Sorting – You know when you do a fun Cheerios activity, or you use marshmallows in the classroom or at home to create something cute but inevitably the children have a HARD time not snacking along the way.

Well this is a great one where half can be snacked on, and the other half, the Mardi Gras colored cereal, can be set aside for the activities.

Activity #2, Who has the baby? – You know how traditional King cakes have a baby hidden inside and whoever gets the piece with the baby in it is the “winner”.

If you give each child a bowl full of Fruit Loops you can hide one of these small babies (found at party stores or you can order plastic babies here – affiliate link) in one of the bowls and before sorting them out you can see who the “winner” is.

Activity #3 , Make jewelry – Use string, ribbon, or lanyard and let them string the 3 Mardi Gras colored cereal on to make a necklace or bracelet. Easy and inexpensive activity that will keep them busy for a bit!

Activity #4, Trace your Name – You can write their name LARGE on a piece of paper and let them glue the Mardi Gras colored cereal on the lines.

As an extra activity have them create a pattern using the 3 colors as they glue them on the line. You could print out a simple picture instead that they glue the cereal on instead of their name too. If you’re looking for a Mardi Gras dessert, use the idea linked above but make into cupcakes like you see here.