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Reindeer Ornament Craft

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This reindeer ornament craft uses pipe cleaners and wooden beads. Although this reindeer craft is a bit more complex it is still easy enough for kids to make. With some simple twisting and bending of the pipe cleaner and stringing on some wooden beads, your kids can make this unique looking Christmas ornament for your tree.

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wooden bead reindeer Christmas ornament craft

Supplies

3 1/2 red or brown pipe cleaners
5 oblong wooden beads
5 small round wooden beads

How to Make a Reindeer Ornament Craft

Step 1

Take the 3 full pipe cleaners and bead an oblong wooden bead half way down.

Step 2

Take one pipe cleaner and bend up on both ends of the wooden bead. These will be the reindeers horns and tail. Take the other two pipe cleaners (two ends on each side of the bead) and bend them down. These will be the four legs.

Step 3

For the pipe cleaners that are bent up, pull on one end making it slightly longer than the other. The longer end will be the head and horns.

Step 4

Thread a round wooden ball through the longer end of the pipe cleaner. Bend the remaining end of the pipe cleaner up to hold the head in place. We will get to the horns in just a bit.

Step 5

Take the shorter end (the tail) and bend it in a loop to form the tail.

Step 6

Now for the legs. Take an oblong shaped wooden bead and thread through each end of the pipe cleaners that are bent down from the body. Next thread a round wooden bead and bend back the pipe cleaner to hold in place.

Step 7

The last step is the create the horns. With the 1/2 red pipe cleaner, cut it in half again. Take one of these cut pieces and twist the middle around the pipe cleaner end that is sticking out from the reindeer's head (close to the round wooden bead). This will create two larger sized horns.

Step 8

Take the remaining cut pipe cleaner and cut into smaller pieces to twist around the two bigger horns. You can have the horns be as many as you want or only a few (it's up to you).

To hang this reindeer craft ornament on your tree, simply tie some ribbon underneath the reindeers head for hanging. This cute christmas kids craft can also be a table top decoration. It stands on it's own with no extra support and is a great Christmas decoration for your table.

In addition to this reindeer ornament craft, try these pipe cleaner ornaments for your Christmas tree.

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