Speaking Of Crafts

It’s a holiday tradition for small children across America to leave out milk and cookies for Santa to enjoy on Christmas Eve night. When you think about it, it’s a small price to pay in exchange for a stocking full of treats and a boxes of presents overflowing beneath the tree. Still, it doesn’t seem quite fair to leave a treat for Santa while neglecting the loyal reindeer that helped him reach his destination in the first place. When my own kids were young, I taught them one of my favorite Christmas crafts: magical reindeer food.

First we would gather up the supplies, which included raw oatmeal, some colored glitter, snack baggies, paper and ribbons. We would combine the oatmeal and glitter inside a baggie and close it, attaching a ribbon to the front of the bag with a message. Then I would have the kids sprinkle the food around the yard in hopes of attracting Rudolph and the rest of his reindeer friends.