Taste the Rainbow

With the recent celebration of St. Patrick's Day and spring looming in the near future, Kate and her class have been learning all about rainbows.  ROY G BIV adorns Kate's classroom decor, they've made rainbow art projects, learned about all the colors and pretty much basked in the idea that soon, very soon, they will see real rainbows outside!!!  To top it all off, her class decided to commemorate all the colorful fun by celebrating "Rainbow Day" today!

I lieu of Rainbow Day, Kate and I embarked on a little rainbow project ourselves to bring to her party: an edible rainbow!!

No, seriously, TASTE the rainbow.  It's real.

Our edible marshmallow rainbows turned out so FANTASTICALLY that even we were impressed!  And it was SO EASY to make these fun little guys!  We accomplished this task in five easy steps (repeated 75 times because we made 15 rainbows):

ONE: Gather your ingredients - marshmallows, sanding sugar,
a bowl of water, skewers, and toothpicks.

TWO: Dip your marshmallow stuck on a toothpick in water.
(We chose mini marshmallows but you very well could use big ones.)

THREE: Roll your dipped marshmallow in sanding sugar.

FOUR: Let your marshmallows dry for a few hours.

FIVE: Stick 'em on a skewer!

And voilà!  Your very own tasty rainbow!  The incredible things about these edible rainbows are 1.) they are easy to make, 2.) they are so cool when they are done, 3.) you can choose any colors to combine - not just the colors of the rainbow, and 4.) they are a HUGE hit with any crowd!

We stuck ours in a little bag with a note that said, 'Taste the
rainbow! ♥ Kate xx!'

Plus, they are so colorful and fun that they just make you smile when you see them!  We are kind of glad that the rainbow goldfish and the rainbow fruit kabobs were already taken when we signed up to participate!  It allowed us to explore something new and have fun while we were at it!

For your viewing pleasure because we took a gazillion pics with this project, here are some more that are too fun, cute, pretty, or colorful to pass up!

Kate played with her [clean] spoons and forks in the dishwasher.

While I got busy sanding marshmallows!

Shortly thereafter, she was very interested in the toothpicks.

So I put a few in a bowl that she could play with and asked
her to please not poke her eye out.

Then I got back to sanding!

Meanwhile, Kate moved on to the tupperware cabinet.

And I kept sanding...here is a close up!

Our drying rainbow!

We have a ton of sand...er, sugar...er, sanding sugar left!

The note on Kate's bag!

The final products!

Kate's goodie bag from class included:
rainbow stickers, an egg full of rainbow goldfish,
a necklace made of fruit loops, and our tasty treat!

Kate literally gets to taste her rainbow!

And trust me when I say it was a good rainbow!

This is what we were left with!

For the record, this is more or less what Peeps are made of.  And those who know me know that it's hard for me to pass up a Peep!  I will say that the store bought Peeps have really perfected their sanding and sugar.  Their sugar is a bit finer than what I was working with and their sanding is even overall.  (I suppose being in business for over 50 years and having automated machines process your sanding could help.)  Still, this could be dangerous knowledge in the wrong hands!

Happy Rainbow Day!