DLTK's Christmas Crafts for Kids
Reindeer Badge

Contributed by Heather, Age 12 (Thanks Heather!)

I've seen your website and tried out a few of the ideas and they are great I really enjoyed making them.

I have an idea that maybe you could add to your website. You may want to change the wording on the instructions to make it easier to understand for younger children. I made it at a Christmas crafts club at school last year and it was really successful.

Materials:

1 curtain ring
brown wool
1 needle
scissors
glue
2 shades of brown felt
1 red pompom (for the nose)
2 googly eyes
1 safety pin

Instructions:

Cut your brown wool into strips of about 15cm (you will need lots of strips!).
Fold the a strip of wool in half and place on the back of the curtain ring push the two ends through the loop and pull tight.
Continue to do this until the curtain ring is completely covered in wool(remember to push the loops of wool up close together for a better effect).
Use the needle to separate the strands of thread on each strip of wool (this may take a long time but makes it look much better).
Cut a shape for the reindeers head out of the dark brown felt and antlers from the light brown felt.
Glue the antlers to the head and then the head to the curtain ring.
Glue the googly eyes and pompom on to the face.
Attach the safety pin to the back and you have a groovy reindeer badge!