Feeding the Reindeer on Christmas Eve has been a yearly tradition in our home. Every year as soon as we put the tree up, my kids ask to make the food. It is SUPER easy to make and it keeps for a long time. So I wanted to share this DIY project with you.
What You’ll Need:
- Snack size zippered baggie – one for each kid – or a large glass jar
- 1 cup of Oatmeal per bag
- 1 TSBP of glitter per bag
Instructions:
- Put the oatmeal & glitter in the zippered baggie.
- Seal the baggie & shake well.
That’s it! You have a baggie of Reindeer food. You can let your kids make it as early in the month as you’d like – just don’t forget where you put it.
We made Reindeer Food to share with friends.
I bought cute little jars for $0.99 cents at Hobby Lobby, filled them with Reindeer Food and tied a ribbon around the neck of the jar.
Then on Christmas Eve, let the kiddos sprinkle the Reindeer food in the yard!
Note: Reindeer food does not work well with snow – you’ll have to shovel it under! If you are sprinkling it in the grass, most of it will seep into the earth before the kids go outside in the morning.
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I love that even I, the crafting impaired, could make this. My kids have done this in years past with the reindeer food and it’s so much fun and such a cute idea.
This is such a cute tradition to start with the kids! I love how super easy it is, too.
What a fun idea this is. Reindeer need a special kind of food!
Aw how cute is this idea! I love it so much- what a great way to add a little magic to the holidays !
So cute! I love this idea! I’ve always don milk and cookies, but never reindeer food before!
It’s been our tradition to make reindeer food on the 23rd with all of the neighborhood friends. It’s so much fun to get together and get ready for the reindeer…oh yeah, and Santa!
I love that you make the food with your neighbors! I bet that’s a blast!
I love doing this with the kids, the take this reindeer food and sprinkle it all over outside, and even in the backyard, my son even said what about on the roof, cause that’s where they land, but I told him we don’t need to put it on the roof cause they can smell it on the ground.
This is such a cute idea! My grandsons would LOVE to help make this!
I pinned this, because my kids always bring a bag of reindeer food home from school and then I either forget all about it or lose the bag somewhere. Now we can just make it ourself.
What a neat idea! We never did reindeer food with our kids. Those jars are really cute. I am thinking they would be perfect for dried spices. 😉
What a sweet idea and beautiful presentation. I love that it naturally disappears 🙂
What a super cute idea! I’m going to have to hunt around Hobby Lobby again because the last time I looked for jars like this, I failed miserably!
They were down the glass aisle by the paint in my store … not sure if that helps! 😉