Easy Christmas crafts are the best. You can use them as decoration, give them as gifts, or turn them into a Christmas tree ornament. This easy Christmas craft is a wine cork reindeer, and you might already have the materials on hand.
How to Make a Wine Cork Reindeer as an Easy Christmas Craft
Required Material:
- Four wine corks
- Red, red sparkly, and 2 brown pipe cleaners
- Googly eyes
- Pompoms (small red and regular-size green)
- Hot glue gun
- Hot glue sticks
- A knife
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How to Make It:
Step 1
Using a knife, cut one wine cork in half crosswise. Then cut each half lengthwise to make four legs. It’s okay if they are uneven, mine were and the reindeer still stands. 🙂
Step 2
Cut two skinny slices of a second wine cork, crosswise again. One slice will be used for the neck, and the other will be cut to make the tail and ears.
Step 3
Set aside the slice for the neck, and then cut the other slice in half. Set aside one half for the tail, and then cut the other half in half again. These two pieces will be used for the ears.
Step 4
Using your hot glue gun, glue the four legs to one side of a full wine cork.
Step 5
Flip the cork over so that the legs are pointing down as if the reindeer is standing. Then glue the slice of cork intended for the neck on the end of the same full cork.
Step 6
Take another full cork and clue one end of it to the neck, with the rest of the cork hanging over the front of the “body”. This cork is the head.
Step 7
Take the half slice and glue it to the back of the “body” cork, with the curve of the cork facing outward.
Step 8
Find the two ear pieces (the half slice that you cut in half again), and glue them to the “head” cork, on the end where it’s glued to the neck.
Step 9
Twist two brown pipe cleaners around your pinky finger or a pencil to make spirals for antlers. Glue the tips of these pipe cleaners directly in front of the ears.
Step 10
Twist together one red and one sparkly red pipe cleaner to make a scarf for your reindeer. You can use any colors you want, but I used red. Green would be another cute option.
Step 11
Wrap the pipe cleaner scarf around the neck, adding a little hot glue to make sure it covers the neck.
Step 12
Add a green pompom to the front of the scarf (if you want).
Step 13
Place a small red pompom on the tip of the “head” cork to make a red reindeer nose.
Step 14
Add googly eyes.
Other Easy Christmas Crafts
If you love making easy Christmas crafts or doing sensory activities, check out these posts:
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- DIY Easy Christmas Sensory Bottle – Mom Wife Wine
Recap: Easy Christmas Crafts – Wine Cork Reindeer with Pipe Cleaners
Now that you have your easy Christmas craft planned, you can get started making homemade ornaments and celebrating with your family.
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