This reindeer meals recipe is a enjoyable and simple Christmas craft that youngsters love! You possibly can whip up this vacation custom in minutes with oatmeal and sugar. We now have 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 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 after 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 offer this reindeer meals recipe a Christmassy spin.
Simple gifting. Reindeer meals is a straightforward last-minute hostess present, or you can also 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 baggage earlier than the vacation break.
Tips on how to Make Reindeer Meals
To make reindeer meals, all you want is oats (any variety) plus white, crimson, and inexperienced sugar. You possibly can combine the components and add all the things 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 baggage with sugar and oats.Tie the luggage closed and luxuriate in!
Prep. Place your piping baggage into cups and fold the tops over, as for those who have been going to fill them with frosting. Collect your reindeer meals components.
Scoop. Scoop the components 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 luggage closed. Add a ribbon and word of your selection, and get gifting! You can even retailer your reindeer meals for later, see under.
Suggestions and Variations
Shade the sugar your self. If in case you have granulated sugar however not crimson or inexperienced sugar within the pantry, you’ll be able to shade white sugar utilizing crimson and inexperienced meals coloring. Simply add just a few drops to a bowl of sugar, and blend.
Be certain that it’s biodegradable. Oats and sugar are secure for sprinkling on the bottom. When you swap or change the components on this reindeer meals recipe, take care that something you utilize isn’t dangerous to the atmosphere. 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 crimson and inexperienced coloured sugar for pink, purple, and/or yellow. You can even layer white and inexperienced sugar to lure a leprechaun on St. Patrick’s Day.
Tips on how to Use Reindeer Meals
On Christmas Eve, sprinkle reindeer meals exterior on the garden or subsequent to the chimney to beckon Santa’s reindeer your manner! Don’t overlook to have cozy mugs of hot chocolate ready while 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, be sure you retailer it in an hermetic container in a cool, dry location.
This reindeer meals recipe is a enjoyable and simple Christmas craft concept. It makes use of solely two components: oats and sugar. Children have a lot enjoyable sprinkling this “meals” exterior as a snack for Santa’s reindeer on Christmas Eve!
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/4 cup white sugar
1/8 cup of crimson/inexperienced sugar
Combine the oatmeal and sugars collectively, pour them right into a plastic bag, and sprinkle them exterior on the bottom for the reindeer!
