Christmas is the perfect time to get the whole family together for fun activities like making reindeer food!

Children instinctively love animals and want to make sure they are treated well, and reindeer are no exception! The following "recipe" will ensure that, along with cookies for Santa, your family will also have a little something tasty to leave for his hard-working reindeer.


Ingredients:


1/2 cup regular oats (such as Quaker Oats).
1 Tbsp. clear decorative sugar crystals, 1 Tbsp. red or green decorative sugar crystals, or 1 tsp. glitter.


Instructions:


Mix oats and sugar (or glitter) together in a small zip-top bag.
Print the poem below on a gift tag or slip of paper and staple it to the top of the bag. A decorative ribbon curl or two, taped to the bag, also makes a nice presentation.


On Christmas Eve, let your kids sprinkle their Magic Reindeer food on the lawn to help entice Santa's reindeer. They can then go to sleep, confident in the knowledge that Santa's sleigh will most certainly find its way to their house and that Santa's reindeer will receive a nice reward for their efforts.
Reindeer food poem:


“Sprinkle this in your yard on Christmas Eve night. The light of the moon will make it sparkle bright. As Santa’s reindeer fly and roam, this will guide them to your home!”


Magic reindeer food takes very little effort to prepare, yet it never fails to delight the younger set. Parents and grandparents will surely find themselves on Santa's "Nice" list if they make some this Christmas!











Caution:Glitter is not good for small animals or birds to ingest. If you use glitter instead of sugar, help your kids to sprinkle the reindeer food over a large area so that animals can eat only the oats and leave the glitter behind.