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’ve got 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 reward for pals, academics, and classmates in the course of 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 more:
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 elements. You want solely two elements: oats and sugar. I take advantage of coloured sugar to provide this reindeer meals recipe a Christmassy spin.
Simple gifting. Reindeer meals is a straightforward last-minute hostess reward, or you can also make it for pals, neighbors, and academics. I used to make the youngsters in my son’s class slightly bag of reindeer meals to go of their goodie baggage earlier than the vacation break.
Methods to Make Reindeer Meals
To make reindeer meals, all you want is oats (any form) plus white, purple, and inexperienced sugar. You possibly can combine the elements and add every part to a present bag, or, do what I love to do and layer the elements right into a piping bag for a reasonably presentation. Right here’s how:
Fill baggage with sugar and oats.Tie the baggage closed and revel in!
Prep. Place your piping baggage into cups and fold the tops over, as if you happen to have been going to fill them with frosting. Collect your reindeer meals elements.
Scoop. Scoop the elements into the bag. Beginning with the coloured sugar, high that with a layer of white sugar, and at last, add the oats.
Seal and retailer. Twist and seal the baggage closed. Add a ribbon and notice of your alternative, and get gifting! It’s also possible to retailer your reindeer meals for later, see beneath.
Ideas and Variations
Colour the sugar your self. When you’ve got granulated sugar however not purple or inexperienced sugar within the pantry, you’ll be able to coloration white sugar utilizing purple and inexperienced meals coloring. Simply add just a few drops to a bowl of sugar, and blend.
Be certain it’s biodegradable. Oats and sugar are secure for sprinkling on the bottom. In case you swap or change the elements 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 purple and inexperienced coloured sugar for pink, purple, and/or yellow. It’s also possible to layer white and inexperienced sugar to lure a leprechaun on St. Patrick’s Day.
Methods to 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 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, make sure you 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 elements: 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 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!
