Post Cereal Games for Kids

Alphabits Spell-A-Thon

• If your child is learning how to spell, Alphabits cereal can make letters even more fun! Pour the Alphabits into a bowl, and take turns closing your eyes and choosing one. Continue choosing until you can make a word. The person to make the most words before the bowl is finished is the winner.

  For a child who is just learning how to sound out words, try placing two letters on the table, such as "at." Then, encourage your child to find other letters in the bowl that can be used to complete the word, such as "c," "r" or "b."

Golden Crisp Bingo

• Make enough 9-by-9 grids for each kid to have one. Buy a pack of small stickers (found at a dollar store or teacher's supply store) and have kids put a small sticker on each square. Limit the selection to one sheet of stickers, if possible. Give out 20 pieces of Golden Crisp to each child. Then, look at the remaining stickers on the sheet and call out a description of the picture on a sticker. If a child has that sticker on her board, she can place a piece of Golden Crisp on top of it as a marker. The child who wins the round gets to keep all of the Golden Crisp from that round. Play continues until a child has no more pieces of Golden Crisp remaining.

Fruity Pebbles Fossil Dig

• This game is a fun activity for a birthday party-especially one that has a dinosaur or Flintstone theme. Pour a box of Fruity Pebbles (or several boxes, depending on the age and number of kids) into a large cardboard box. Hide different "treasures" in the box beneath the Fruity Pebbles, and give each child a chance to search for them within a given time limit. Possible "treasures" include small tokens that can buy a prize later in the day, scraps of paper with fortunes written on them, or tiny toys to put in the goody bags.