I was busy last night assembling 21 reclosable bags of Magic Reindeer Food for a classroom full of Kindergartners. It's an easy and fun little project that I thought you might enjoy doing for your children or classroom too. It's perfect for preschoolers and early elementary children who have fun believing in Santa and the reindeer.
To make the Magic Reindeer Food I used about 4 tablespoons of dry oatmeal per reclosable bag and then mixed in about 2 teaspoons full of glitter. I mixed a few colors of the glitter together for extra color. I then attached a note to each bag telling the children to sprinkle the magic reindeer food on their lawn on Christmas Eve night. The smell of the food will help guide the reindeer to their house. Be sure to verbally explain to the children not to eat the food themselves as it does have glitter in it! Last year on Christmas Eve just before bedtime, my husband took our kids outside all bundled up in their PJ's and they sprinkled the mixture onto our snow covered lawn. We're looking forward to doing it again this year.
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We did this one year and it rained. We were left with lumpy nasty wet oatmeal to scrape out of the yard after the kids went to bed. We've done carrots every year since then :p.
That sounds rather yucky Kelly! Did you have snow that year? I guess if you ever do it again, check the weather forecast first. It was snowy here last Christmas and no rain that I remember so it turned out great for us and it had disappeared by the time we went out again :-)
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