Reindeer food

When Miss 4 received candy canes and cards from child care it made me think that we really should be doing something similar but I don't like feeding other people's kids sugar. I decided that we'd go with an idea I've used before: Reindeer Food.

 I made 45 Bags of Reindeer Food using 1 1/2 kg rolled oats (Miss 4 wanted regular and the quick cooking oats becasue she thought the reindeers would prefer that!!!), 1/2 cup of green sugar, 1/2 cup of red sugar and a packet of cake decorating sprinkles. Each bag used about 3 tablespoons of oats and a bit under a spoon of sugar (both colours combined) and a teaspoon of sprinkles.

I made my own coloured sugar by adding a few drops of food colour to 1/2 cup of sugar and stirring it through.

 I've seen lots of variations for this mix on the internet including: with glitter or sequens and without the coloured sugar.
I used a label and poem downloaded from this blog.

These are the packs I made last year.