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DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Reindeer Milk Carton Container

This makes a wonderful container to send home treats after a Christmas party at school, daycare or your home.  

Or make one of these to place by the fireplace to hold the "stocking overflow".  Santa always brings us more than our stockings will hold... er, except for daddy who has a stocking large enough to hold a small sports car!

This is appropriate for ages 3+.  Older children may prefer the angel carton.

Materials you will need for the reindeer container are:

bullet an empty 2 litre (1/2 gallon) milk carton, 
bulleta printer (optional), 
bulletglue or tape, 
bullet scissors, 
bullet2 sheets of white construction paper or typing paper,
bulletbrown paint, markers or crayons
 Reindeer Container Craft

INSTRUCTIONS

bulletPaint or color your white paper brown (we painted it) and let dry.
  
bulletPrint out the template of choice or make your own template pieces, whichever you prefer. 
 
bulletColor template pieces (if you chose the B&W version)
  
bulletCut out the pieces.
  
bulletYou can glue the antlers onto a old cereal box to make them a bit more sturdy.
   
bulletCut the top off a milk carton and discard the top (or save it for a different craft).  You can cut off as much of the top as you like... it depends on how tall you want your container to be.
    
bulletCover your milk carton with the brown paper (it takes about 2 pieces).
  
bulletTape or glue the antlers and ears onto the back.
  
bulletTape or glue the eyes, nose, mouth and eyebrows onto the front. 
  
bulletCut out a strip of cardboard or construction paper about 10 inches long and glue to the sides of the container to use as a handle.
  
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Close the template window after printing to return to this screen. 
    

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Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). 

 

Template for colour printer

Template for B&W printer

 

Printable Version of these instructions