Make Reindeer Food With Your Kids!
Want to get in the Christmas Spirit – plan ahead and get the kids excited too! Make some reindeer food so Santa isn’t the only one with a full belly on the way back to the North Pole!
Here’s how you do it:
In a small ziploc bag or baby food container, mix:
1/4 cup oatmeal
1/4 cup sugar
sprinkle of red or green sugar crystals (for cake decorating)
Put the ingredients in a small container and put it out for the reindeer on Christmas Eve! Keep it out as decoration before the big day — and a great conversation piece!
OPTIONAL: You can cut a circle of cloth or felt a bit larger than the lid. Place over the lid and tie a ribbon around it to decorate. We actually used tissue paper cut in a circle and tied on with wool for the top of our lid and it turned out really nice.
(the amounts don’t have to be exact)
If you use a baby food jar, you can layer the ingredients for a “sand art” look.
Reindeer Poem to go with:
Sprinkle on the lawn at night
The moon will make it sparkle bright
As Santa’s reindeer fly and roam
This will guide them to your home.
Of if you don’t celebrate Christmas:
Winter Rabbit Poem to go with:
Sprinkle on the lawn at night
The moon will make it sparkle bright
Winter Rabbits hop and roam,
This will guide them to your home
