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Reindeer Food Recipe

christmas activity for kids

This simple Reindeer Food Recipe is so easy to make-using only two ingredients and will make Christmas Morning even more magical.

 

Reindeer are so busy on Christmas Eve-it’s important that we remember to feed them as well as Santa!

 

Place the Reindeer Food in an adorable Rudolph inspired Reindeer Mason Jar.

 

The DIY Reindeer Mason Jar makes an adorable keepsake for kids and can be reused every year-turning the act of feeding Santa’s reindeer into a treasured Christmas tradition!

 

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purpose

  • Magical Christmas Fun!

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directions

Reindeer Food Recipe

  • Pour uncooked oats and Christmas sprinkles into a bowl- enough to fill your mason jar

  • Mix ingredients

  • Add mixture to your mason jar

  • Put on the lid

  • You will need two brown pipe cleaners to make antlers

  • Cut two small segments of pipe cleaner from one pipe cleaner

  • Bend the other pipe cleaner in half

  • Bend the two small pipe cleaner segments around the top 1/4 of each side of the folded pipe cleaner (see photo)

  • Using a hot glue gun-glue the antlers to the back of the lid

  • Using a hot glue gun-glue two googly eyes and the jingle bell nose to the front the jar

  • Wrap your twine or ribbon around the top of the jar!

  • Invite your child to sprinkle the Reindeer food outside Christmas Eve night for Santa’s Reindeer!

  • These jars can also be set out with Santa’s cookies-be sure Santa uses it to feed his Reindeer-so the jar will be empty Christmas morning 🙂

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