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Elf idea: Reindeer food to sprinkle outside

The elf leaves a bag of oats and sprinkles with instructions to scatter it outside on Christmas Eve. It takes about 5 minutes and hardly any effort; you need plain flour, icing sugar, oats or rice, cake sprinkles or hundreds and thousands, paper, card and envelopes, felt tips, crayons and a marker pen.

Time
5 minutes
Effort
Easy (1 of 3)
Mess
Low
Ages
3 and up
What you need
  • Plain flour, icing sugar, oats or rice (anything that scatters like snow)
  • Cake sprinkles or hundreds and thousands
  • Paper, card and envelopes
  • Felt tips, crayons and a marker pen

How to do it

  1. Mix a handful of oats with a few sprinkles in a small bag or cup.
  2. Write a label: 'Reindeer food. Sprinkle outside tonight.'
  3. Sit the elf holding the bag.

Photo tip

Close up on the bag and label with the elf behind it.

A morning line from your elf

Reindeer snacks. Oats, not glitter, because the birds eat it after. Scatter it tonight.

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