My son loves Blippi, so when I saw a little elf Blippi costume for sale at a second-hand toy shop (Wonder + Kind), I had to get it. The elf dressed as Blippi made his own mini indoor play gym to enjoy. My son thought it was hilarious.
Day 22’s activity is to make some reindeer food. In keeping with the reindeer theme, 2 Schleich reindeer (special editions 2022 and 2023) were gifts in the Maileg Santa Advent Calendar.
We’ve never made reindeer food before, but I always thought it looked like a cute, sensory idea for the kids. I didn’t buy anything special. I knew I had rolled oats in the cupboard and I just scrounged around for anything else Christmas-y in the baking cupboard. I found some green sugar sprinkles and some old candy canes that I crushed up. Hopefully none of the ingredients are too offensive to our wildlife.
I gave the kids small spoons to scoop the ingredients into their bowls. It’s a Friday afternoon after a very busy week and I wasn’t feeling overly enthusiastic about doing an activity, but I was pleasantly surprised. The whole activity took 5 minutes, max. It was easy, fairly mess free and the kids enjoyed it. I stored the reindeer food in ziplock bags until the kids can sprinkle it outside on Christmas Eve.
