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DLTK's Chrismas for Kids
Reindeer Candy Cane Craft

This is a cute reindeer craft that you can hang on the tree as an ornament or attach to a gift as a special decoration.  This is a great project for an older sibling (9 thru 13) to make for their little brother or sister for Christmas.

The project requires use of a hot glue gun (a low temp craft version works great).  Children should be supervised one on one by an adult while using the glue gun.

Materials:

bulletcandy cane
bulletred or brown pipecleaner
bulletsmall wiggle eyes
bulletsmall red beads
bulletred ribbon
  
bullethot glue gun
  you could try using regular white glue, but it would be a real challenge to get everything to stay stuck on.

Instructions:

bulletfold the pipe cleaner in half and twist it around the top of the candy cane
  
bulletBend some zig zags in both sides of the pipe cleaner to make it look more like an antler
  
bulletPut a dot of hot glue where the pipe cleaner touches the candy cane to hold it in place
  
bulletHot glue the red bead to the tip of the candy cane
  
bulletHot glue the wiggly eyes just under the antlers
  
bullettie a piece of red ribbon in a bow around the long part of the candy cane about half way up.  Again you could put a dab of hot glue to hold the ribbon in place.

 

 

Printable version of these instructions