Make wine cork reindeer craft with used (or new) wine corks, googly eyes, and pipe cleaners.
Wine corks, wine corks – we love making crafts with wine corks! Make a sleigh full of cute tiny reindeer using used or new wine corks and a few other simple craft supplies.
They make great DIY Christmas tree ornaments or, like these little reindeer, Christmas decorations. Wrap them up and give them away to friends and neighbors. Once the corks are cut to make the reindeer pieces, this is a great craft to make with kids.
Also, check out:
- DIY Wine Cork Angel Christmas Ornaments
- DIY Wine Cork Snowman Crafts
- DIY Wine Cork Snowman Christmas Tree Ornaments
- American Flag Wine Cork Craft
How to Make Adorable Wine Cork Reindeer
Reindeer Cork Materials:
- 3 wine corks per reindeer
- Utility knife
- Small googly eyes
- Small red pom poms
- 1/4″ Green ribbon
- Brown felt
- 1 brown pipe cleaner (12″ length)
- Hot glue and hot glue gun
Reindeer Cork Directions:
Cut two of the three corks in half. We suggest using natural wine corks and not synthetic wine corks. We did not use synthetic so are not sure how well they cut in half. The two halves will make the legs and another half is the head. The last half can be discarded.
To create legs, cut one of the half corks in half lengthwise. Now cut those two pieces in half again with a utility knife. You will now have 4 small pieces of cork.
Glue the legs onto a whole cork with hot glue. Each reindeer gets 4 legs – 2 sets of 2. Put a small dab of hot glue on the flat ends of two “legs”. Secure on to the front and back on the whole wine cork. Set aside to dry.
Next, use pipe cleaner to create a reindeer tail. Cut 1″ length of pipe cleaner and fold in half. Attach to the back of the body with hot glue for a tail.
Once the tail is attached, make two ears. Cut two small ears out of brown felt and attach to the back of one the head (half of a cork) with hot glue. The brown we used faded in to the antlers because they were the same color brown. You may want to choose a lighter brown, white or even black for either the antlers or the felt ears.
Once the ears attached, make the antlers. Cut the remaining piece of pipe cleaner in half and fold into a zig zag as shown.
Fold the pieces together to create an antler shape out of the pipe cleaner. Repeat with another pipe cleaner to make two antlers.
Attach to the back of the head with hot glue. Then glue the head onto the body.
Finally add the finishing touches. Use hot glue to add eyes, nose and bow around the neck to complete the reindeer!
Your reindeer is complete. Make an entire herd for family and friends or to use as decorations.
How to Make Wine Cork Reindeer
Equipment
- Utility knife
- Hot glue and hot glue gun
Materials
- 3 wine corks per reindeer
- Small googly eyes
- Red pom pom
- Green ribbon 0.25″ wide
- Brown felt
- 1 brown pipe cleaner 12″ length
Instructions
- Cut two of the three corks in half. Two halves will make the legs and another half is the head. The last half can be discarded.
- To create legs, cut one cork in half lengthwise and then those two pieces in half with a utility knife.
- Glue legs onto a whole cork with hot glue. Each reindeer gets 4 legs – 2 sets of 2. Put a small dab of hot glue on the flat ends of two “legs”. Secure on to the front and back on the whole wine cork.
- Cut 1″ length of pipe cleaner and fold in half. Attach to the back of the body with hot glue for a tail.
- Cut two small ears out of brown felt and attach to the back of one the head (half of a cork) with hot glue.
- Cut the remaining piece of pipe cleaner in half and fold into a zig zag.
- Fold the pieces together to create an antler shape out of the pip cleaner. Repeat with another pipe cleaner to make two antlers. Attach to the back of the head with hot glue. Glue the head onto the body.
- Add eyes, nose and bow around the neck to complete the reindeer!