A Gift For The Reindeer
Every year my kids make reindeer food at school. It usually consists of a scoop of oatmeal mixed with a little glitter and is packaged in snack size ziplock bags with instructions taped to the front and decorated with ribbon or stickers. This year, my four year old came home with this bag of reindeer food decorated to look like a reindeer, made from a brown paper bag, brown construction paper ears, google eyes, and a red pompom nose. The instructions were typed out and glued to the back of the bag. I am looking forward to opening the bag tomorrow night to see what the food looks like since this is the first year we haven't been able to see it and my daughter tells me it is made out of "sprinkles," but can't tell me what they are sprinkles of. If you want to make these with your kids, the instructions that go along with the reindeer "chow" follow:
REINDEER FOOD
It's the night before Christmas, and since every year, you feed Santa Claus, now feed his reindeer!
Instructions:
- Wait until Christmas Eve.
- Open the bag and sprinkle Reindeer Food on the lawn.
- Hop into bed.
- Shhh...listen for Santa.
- Close your eyes and watch for the sugarplums to dance.
Contents: Enough Reindeer Food for 8 tiny reindeer and Rudolph.
[The post above is a rerun. It was originally posted in this space on 12/23/2004]