I love this time of year with so many special days and anniversaries to celebrate. I’ve always enjoyed sharing the Dr Seuss books with my children. We’ve tried a few different crafts to celebrate Dr Seuss Day, which falls on the 2nd of March, such as the Grinch paper plate craft. Today we’re sharing another Dr Seuss craft, with our one fish two fish Rice Krispies treats, inspired by One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, a 1960 children’s book by Dr. Seuss. It is a simple rhyming book about a boy and a girl named Jay and Kay and the many amazing creatures they have for friends and pets. These treats are simple to make and really fun to eat.
one fish two fish Rice Krispies treats ingredients:
6 cups Rice Krispies cereal
15oz marshmallows
3 tablespoons softened butter
red and blue food colouring
large candy eyes
1/2 cup frosting
fish shaped cookie cutter
9×13” pan
non-stick cooking spray
How to make one fish two fish Rice Krispies treats:
1. Grease a small 9×13” pan with butter or a non stick cooking spray.
2. In two large microwave safe bowls, separate your marshmallows in half with 1 1/2 tablespoons of butter and heat for 1-2 minutes until the marshmallows get puffy
3. Mix in a couple drops of red food colouring in one and a few blue in the other to achieve two different colours.
4. Now mix in three cups of Rice Krispies cereal into each bowl.
5. Scoop each coloured mixture into your pan, press down firmly so the mixture is flat and freeze for 15 minutes.
6. Then use the fish-shaped cookie cutter to cut out your treats.
7. Use a dab of frosting to stick the candy eyes on your fish and you have a fun selection of one fish two fish treats – perfect for celebrating Dr Seuss Day!
You may be interested in our other Dr Seuss crafts:
The Grinch and Max paper plate craft
Thing 1 and Thing 2 craft for kids
These look amazing, if I was making them the marshmellows would not have survived the cooking process without me eating them!
These are so much fun to make (and then munch), I can remember making these with my Granny although not in fun shapes and colours like these fish.