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Easy cork reindeer for Christmas
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Wine Cork Reindeer

Make reindeer out of wine corks using this simple tutorial - perfect for turning into a Christmas ornament, decor, or place settings.
Course Christmas Crafts
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Servings 1 reindeer
Cost $1

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Using a craft knife or other sharp tool, cut two of the wine corks in half.
    Cutting a wine cork in half with a craft knife
  • With one of the whole wine corks at the ready, place hot glue at the end of one of the halves. Press the half to the body to act as a leg. Repeat with the other three wine cork halves to create four legs on the body.
    Gluing half wine corks to the bottom of a wine cork as legs
  • Take the last remaining whole wine cork and hot glue it to the top of the body to act as the head.
    Gluing a wine cork to a wine cork body to make a head
  • Hot glue a red pom pom as the nose to the end of the top wine cork.
    Red pom pom glued to the end of a wine cork to make a reindeer
  • Cut pipe cleaners and bend to form antlers. Glue to the top of the head.
    Adding brown pipe cleaners to a wine cork reindeer as antlers
  • Cut small pieces of pipe cleaner to act as crossbars on the antlers. Glue in place.
    Adding more pipe cleaner antlers
  • Hot glue two googly eyes to the face.
    Adding googly eyes to a cork reindeer
  • Add a small tail piece with hot glue. Then cut a long piece of baker's twine and tie around the neck to finish.
    Adding a pipe cleaner reindeer tail

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