This reindeer meals recipe is a enjoyable and simple Christmas craft that youngsters love! You may whip up this vacation custom in minutes with oatmeal and sugar. Now we have 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 straightforward reindeer meals recipe additionally makes an ideal selfmade present for mates, lecturers, and classmates throughout 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 offers 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 substances. You want solely two substances: oats and sugar. I exploit coloured sugar to offer this reindeer meals recipe a Christmassy spin.
- Straightforward gifting. Reindeer meals is a straightforward last-minute hostess present, or you can also make it for mates, neighbors, and lecturers. I used to make the children in my son’s class a bit bag of reindeer meals to go of their goodie baggage earlier than the vacation break.
Learn how to Make Reindeer Meals
To make reindeer meals, all you want is oats (any form) plus white, purple, and inexperienced sugar. You may combine the substances and add every thing to a present bag, or, do what I love to do and layer the substances right into a piping bag for a fairly presentation. Right here’s how:
- Prep. Place your piping baggage into cups and fold the tops over, as in the event you had been going to fill them with frosting. Collect your reindeer meals substances.
- Scoop. Scoop the substances 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 notice of your alternative, and get gifting! It’s also possible to retailer your reindeer meals for later, see beneath.
Ideas and Variations
- Shade the sugar your self. When you have 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 a number 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 substances on this reindeer meals recipe, take care that something you utilize 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. It’s also possible to layer white and inexperienced sugar to lure a leprechaun on St. Patrick’s Day.
Learn 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 if you are available from the chilly.
Reindeer meals makes a enjoyable and festive present for family and friends, both by itself or along with a plate of sugar cookies, fudge, or peanut butter balls. Try my best Christmas cookies for extra inspo.
Learn how to Retailer
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, you’ll want to retailer it in an hermetic container in a cool, dry location.
Description
This reindeer meals recipe is a enjoyable and simple Christmas craft thought. It makes use of solely two substances: 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 purple/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!