Reindeer Food with Reindeer Topper Printable.

 

Aside from the usual making of the Christmas cards, we kicked off our Christmas creativity this year by making some Reindeer Food.  I first stumbled across the idea of Reindeer food about 3 years ago when a friend of mine made some for the kids to sprinkle on the lawn.. Last year I bought some from a shop, but this year I decided to give it a go and make some myself..

I still had the poem tucked away in the draw so I simply created my own bag topper to go with it. 

 

Download your copy of Reindeer Food Topper for free: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7pe3wq93TPRcHNfSzV1Q0NERnc

 

What you will need;

 

* Bag of rolled oats.

* 2 ramekins or small bowls 1/2 filled with raw sugar

* Food colouring of your choice (we used red and green)

* Glitter in assorted colours of choice

* Some festive sequins (optional)

 

How to make:

 

Start by placing your rolled oats into a mixing bowl.  You can add as many as you like, depending upon how many packets/jars you plan on making of the Reindeer food.

 

Next add a few drops of the food colouring to the ramekins of raw sugar, mix it in until the sugar turns the desired colour.  Set them aside to dry.  (Instead of this you could also use jelly crystals also)

 

Once the sugar is dried out, add the sugar, glitter and festive sequins to the mixing bowl and give them a good mix through.

 

Once all mixed and your happy with the amount of goodies you have through your rolled oats, you can start placing it into your ziplock bags...

 

Once you have closed them all, print out the provided topper and staple it over the top :)

On Christmas Eve, take the kids outside and sprinkle it all over the lawn, leaving a beautiful sparkly trail for the reindeers to find your home :)  We even recite the poem while we are doing so..

 

Because it makes quite a lot of mixture, why not give some to friends, family or neighbours to spread the magic around.

 

Enjoy & Merry Christmas.

xoxox