This reindeer meals recipe is a enjoyable and straightforward Christmas craft that youngsters love! You’ll be able to whip up this vacation custom in minutes with oatmeal and sugar. We’ve a lot enjoyable sprinkling this festive “meals” over the yard as a snack for Santa’s reindeer!
Identical to my homemade hot chocolate mix and puppy chow, this simple reindeer meals recipe additionally makes an ideal do-it-yourself present for buddies, academics, and classmates throughout the vacation season.
Why You’ll Love This Reindeer Meals Recipe
It’s a convention 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 further:
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 present this reindeer meals recipe a Christmassy spin.
Simple gifting. Reindeer meals is a simple last-minute hostess present, or you may make it for buddies, neighbors, and academics. I used to make the children in my son’s class just a little bag of reindeer meals to go of their goodie baggage earlier than the vacation break.
Make Reindeer Meals
To make reindeer meals, all you want is oats (any type) plus white, purple, and inexperienced sugar. You’ll be able to combine the elements and add every little thing 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 in the event you 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, 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 word of your alternative, and get gifting! It’s also possible to retailer your reindeer meals for later, see beneath.
Suggestions and Variations
Colour the sugar your self. When you have granulated sugar however not purple or inexperienced sugar within the pantry, you may shade white sugar utilizing purple and inexperienced meals coloring. Simply add a couple of drops to a bowl of sugar, and blend.
Be sure it’s biodegradable. Oats and sugar are protected for sprinkling on the bottom. When you swap or change the elements on this reindeer meals recipe, take care that something you employ 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 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.
Use Reindeer Meals
On Christmas Eve, sprinkle reindeer meals outdoors on the garden or subsequent to the chimney to beckon Santa’s reindeer your approach! 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, make sure to retailer it in an hermetic container in a cool, dry location.
This reindeer meals recipe is a enjoyable and straightforward 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!
