Making Reindeer Food
By: Saima Yasin
Reindeer food is a Christmas Eve tradition - children love to make this and sprinkle
outside for the reindeer.
You will need:
• Rolled oats
• Cake sprinkles or coloured sugar
• Edible glitter
• Cellophane bags
• Labels
• Stapler or double-sided tape
How to colour sugar:
• Colouring your own sugar is simple and
fun to do. Put some cane sugar in a bag
and add 5 drops of liquid food colouring
to 1/3 cup of sugar and mix in the bag.
• To dry the sugar, lay a thin layer on a
baking tray and allow to dry for 24 hours
at room temperature, or pop in the oven at its
lowest temperature for 5 minutes
• If you don’t want to go to the trouble of colouring your
own sugar, you can buy it pre coloured in the shops or
you could just add a selection of cake sprinkles to the
oats.
• Then place the reindeer food in clear cellophane bags
and double fold the end down, add a folded label and
staple closed.