This reindeer meals recipe is a enjoyable and straightforward Christmas craft that youngsters 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!
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 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 to any extent further:
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 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 buddies, neighbors, and academics. I used to make the youngsters in my son’s class slightly bag of reindeer meals to go of their goodie luggage earlier than the vacation break.
The way to Make Reindeer Meals
To make reindeer meals, all you want is oats (any sort) plus white, purple, 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 luggage with sugar and oats.Tie the baggage closed and luxuriate in!
Prep. Place your piping luggage into cups and fold the tops over, as if you happen to 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 baggage closed. Add a ribbon and notice of your selection, and get gifting! You can too retailer your reindeer meals for later, see beneath.
Ideas and Variations
Shade the sugar your self. In case you have granulated sugar however not purple or inexperienced sugar within the pantry, you possibly can coloration white sugar utilizing purple and inexperienced meals coloring. Simply add a couple of drops to a bowl of sugar, and blend.
Make certain it’s biodegradable. Oats and sugar are secure for sprinkling on the bottom. In the event you swap or change the components 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. You can too layer white and inexperienced sugar to lure a leprechaun on St. Patrick’s Day.
The way 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 means! Don’t neglect to have cozy mugs of hot chocolate ready whenever you are available in from the chilly.
Reindeer meals is non-perishable, so it lasts within the pantry for months. In case you wish 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 straightforward Christmas craft thought. It makes use of solely two components: 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!
