Cooking with kids is the best. Cooking with kids for kids is even better.
This fall, thousands of Canadian families got together to make some Kellogg’s Rice Krispies treats, and turn them into toys for the #TreatsForToys campaign to support The Salvation Army. Each treat toy made and submitted to treatsfortoys.ca before December 21, 2016, became a $20* donation to The Salvation Army for the purchase of an actual toy for a child in need.
My boys and I tried our hand at a variety of different #treatsfortoys, but none of them came close to the magic created below. But that didn’t matter. We spent time together laughing, and getting creative.
While the charity aspect of #TreatsForToys has been completed for this year, you can still have festive fun with Kellogg’s Rice Krispies over the holidays making toy shaped treats!
Here are my picks for the 10 best #TreatsForToys Rice Krispies Creations from this year:
In the end, it didn’t matter how awesome or how awful the the #TreatsForToys were, it just mattered that you spent an afternoon in the kitchen with your kids imagining, playing, laughing, and creating. Parents spending time with their kids to help other kids, is always a win.
Thanks to the other blog partners on this campaign for helping to spread the #TreatsForToys word, check out the posts by Natalie Bell from Winnipeg, Tina Barkley in Vancouver, Chris Read in Ottawa, and Jenn McNeely in Toronto. 
This post is sponsored by Kellogg’s Rice Krispies
For each photo uploaded before December 21, 2016, Kellogg’s donated $20* to the Salvation Army, so that a toy could be donated to a Canadian child in need.
Must be a Canadian resident and 13+ to participate. By submitting your photo to Kellogg, you agree that Kellogg can use your photo and/or post for promotional purposes.
Limit of one donation per toy treat, regardless of the number of original photos taken of it. Visit treatsfortoys.ca for full terms.
* up to a maximum of $30,000
The checkers game was so smart, totally doable and the kids would like it too.