This fun, easy, homemade magical reindeer food is a special Christmas tradition you can create with your kids. This simple recipe is edible and safe for birds with oatmeal, colored sugar, and sprinkles. Packaged in bags with our cute little printable Rudolph tags, this will become a favorite Christmas Eve memory!
Try making these tasty Christmas cookies and Christmas candy recipes for humans to munch on as well.
Reindeer Food
I love this simple and special Christmas Eve tradition — leaving magic reindeer food to steer Rudolph and Santa straight to your house.
You can create this easy, homemade recipe in just a few minutes with ingredients you’ll have in your cupboard.
Then, on Christmas Eve, head out to your lawn with your kids and sprinkle liberally.
Bonus: this is safe for birds and edible.. just in case Rudolph and his reindeer buddies leave any behind. 😉
Pro tip: if you REALLY want to make it extra magical, you could get a recording of reindeer hooves to play after your kiddos head to bed to make it all seem very real.
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Ingredients to Make Reindeer Food
- 1/2 cup of oats
- 1/3 cup sprinkles
- 1/3 cup colored sugar
Substitutions: you could also make this with edible glitter. You can find it in the craft store baking section.
I used fairly traditional red and green sprinkles, but you could also use fun shapes like snowflakes or snowmen.
If you like doing themed Christmas decorating, you could use any color sprinkles that match your decor that you’d like.
How to Make Reindeer Food
It doesn’t get easier than this: just mix your ingredients together.
Divide evenly and pour into your bags then staple our free printable reindeer food tag to shut each bag.
How cute is that?!
This would be such a fun idea to create and distribute to your child’s school or to your neighbors so everyone can get in on the fun.
CHRISTMAS TREATS: Christmas Crunch | Candy Cane Pie | Keto Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls | Homemade Turtle Chocolates | Ritz Cracker Toffee | Chocolate Chip Cookie Bowls | Peanut Brittle | Christmas Fudge
CHRISTMAS COOKIES: | Christmas Pinwheel Cookies | Peanut Butter Balls | Cinnamon Roll Cookies | Peanut Butter Cookie Cups |
I hope you’ll enjoy this sweet little reindeer food recipe with your family this Christmas season!
Reindeer Food
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup of oats
- 1/3 cup sprinkles
- 1/3 cup colored sugar
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients, then distribute evenly in bags.
- Attach the printable tag and staple each bag shut.
- Sprinkle liberally across your lawn Christmas Eve.
