This reindeer meals recipe is a enjoyable and straightforward 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 simple reindeer meals recipe additionally makes an ideal home made present for mates, academics, 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 provides 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 once they’re sprinkling it over the garden afterward!
Pantry components. You want solely two components: oats and sugar. I take advantage of coloured sugar to provide this reindeer meals recipe a Christmassy spin.
Straightforward gifting. Reindeer meals is a simple last-minute hostess present, or you can also make it for mates, neighbors, and academics. I used to make the youngsters in my son’s class just a little 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 type) plus white, purple, and inexperienced sugar. You possibly can combine the components and add every thing to a present bag, or, do what I love to do and layer the components 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 for those who had been going to fill them with frosting. Collect your reindeer meals components.
Scoop. Scoop the components into the bag. Beginning with the coloured sugar, high 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 alternative, and get gifting! You may as well retailer your reindeer meals for later, see under.
Ideas and Variations
Colour the sugar your self. In case you have granulated sugar however not purple or inexperienced sugar within the pantry, you may coloration white sugar utilizing purple and inexperienced meals coloring. Simply add a number of drops to a bowl of sugar, and blend.
Be certain it’s biodegradable. Oats and sugar are protected for sprinkling on the bottom. In case you swap or change the components on this reindeer meals recipe, take care that something you employ isn’t dangerous to the setting. 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 purple and inexperienced coloured sugar for pink, purple, and/or yellow. You may as well 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 method! Don’t neglect to have cozy mugs of hot chocolate ready once you are available 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, you should definitely retailer it in an hermetic container in a cool, dry location.
This reindeer meals recipe is a enjoyable and straightforward Christmas craft concept. It makes use of solely two components: oats and sugar. Children 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 purple/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!
