DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Reindeer Milk Carton Container

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:

• an empty 2 litre (1/2 gallon) milk carton,
• a printer (optional),
• Glue or tape,
• scissors,
• 2 sheets of white construction paper or typing paper,
• brown paint, markers or crayons

Instructions:

• Paint or color your white paper brown (we painted it) and Let dry.
• Print out the template of choice or make your own template pieces, whichever you prefer.
• Color template pieces (if you chose the B&W version).
• Cut out the pieces.
• You can glue the antlers onto a old cereal box to make them a bit more sturdy.
• Cut 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.
• Cover your milk carton with the brown paper (it takes about 2 pieces). .
• Tape or glue the antlers and ears onto the back.
• Tape or glue the eyes, nose, mouth and eyebrows onto the front.
• Cut 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.

Templates:

• After printing, close the template window to return to the main page.
• If the template doesn’t fit on one page, adjust your printer margins:
  • In most browsers: Print → More settings → Margins → Minimum
  • Or use Page Setup / Printer Setup in your printer dialog

Templates:   (color)   or   (B&W)

Printable version of these instructions