This reindeer meals recipe is a enjoyable and simple Christmas craft that children love! You possibly can whip up this vacation custom in minutes with oatmeal and sugar. We have now a lot enjoyable sprinkling this festive “meals” over the yard as a snack for Santa’s reindeer!
Similar to my homemade hot chocolate mix and puppy chow, this straightforward reindeer meals recipe additionally makes an ideal home made present for associates, lecturers, and classmates through the vacation season.
Why You’ll Love This Reindeer Meals Recipe
It’s a practice in our home to sprinkle “reindeer meals” on our garden on Christmas Eve, to draw Santa’s reindeer. It additionally offers Dancer, Prancer, and firm one thing to eat whereas Santa is inside leaving us presents (and consuming cookies)! Right here’s why you’ll be making this enjoyable craft each Christmas any longer:
Fast to make. This magical reindeer meals recipe is such a enjoyable exercise for youths, whereas they’re making it and after they’re sprinkling it over the garden afterward!
Pantry substances. You want solely two substances: oats and sugar. I exploit coloured sugar to offer this reindeer meals recipe a Christmassy spin.
Simple gifting. Reindeer meals is a simple last-minute hostess present, or you may make it for associates, neighbors, and lecturers. I used to make the children in my son’s class slightly bag of reindeer meals to go of their goodie luggage earlier than the vacation break.
How one can Make Reindeer Meals
To make reindeer meals, all you want is oats (any sort) plus white, pink, and inexperienced sugar. You possibly can combine the substances and add all the pieces to a present bag, or, do what I love to do and layer the substances right into a piping bag for a fairly presentation. Right here’s how:
Fill luggage with sugar and oats.Tie the baggage closed and revel in!
Prep. Place your piping luggage into cups and fold the tops over, as when you have been going to fill them with frosting. Collect your reindeer meals substances.
Scoop. Scoop the substances into the bag. Beginning with the coloured sugar, prime that with a layer of white sugar, and eventually, add the oats.
Seal and retailer. Twist and seal the baggage closed. Add a ribbon and be aware of your selection, and get gifting! You too can retailer your reindeer meals for later, see beneath.
Ideas and Variations
Shade the sugar your self. You probably have granulated sugar however not pink or inexperienced sugar within the pantry, you may shade white sugar utilizing pink and inexperienced meals coloring. Simply add a number of drops to a bowl of sugar, and blend.
Make certain it’s biodegradable. Oats and sugar are secure for sprinkling on the bottom. When you swap or change the substances on this reindeer meals recipe, take care that something you utilize isn’t dangerous to the surroundings. Keep away from glitter, for instance. You don’t need any actual woodland creatures choking in your magical reindeer meals!
Change up the vacation. Flip this reindeer meals into bunny meals at Easter. Swap the pink and inexperienced coloured sugar for pink, purple, and/or yellow. You too can layer white and inexperienced sugar to lure a leprechaun on St. Patrick’s Day.
How one can Use Reindeer Meals
On Christmas Eve, sprinkle reindeer meals outdoors on the garden or subsequent to the chimney to beckon Santa’s reindeer your manner! Don’t neglect to have cozy mugs of hot chocolate ready while you are available in from the chilly.
Reindeer meals is non-perishable, so it lasts within the pantry for months. In case you need to get a head begin in your vacation gifting, remember to retailer it in an hermetic container in a cool, dry location.
This reindeer meals recipe is a enjoyable and simple Christmas craft thought. It makes use of solely two substances: oats and sugar. Youngsters have a lot enjoyable sprinkling this “meals” outdoors as a snack for Santa’s reindeer on Christmas Eve!
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/4 cup white sugar
1/8 cup of pink/inexperienced sugar
Combine the oatmeal and sugars collectively, pour them right into a plastic bag, and sprinkle them outdoors on the bottom for the reindeer!
