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How to Make Wine Cork Reindeer

Make wine cork reindeer with a few simple craft supplies and used (or new) wine corks!
Active Time30 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Christmas
Yield: 1 reindeer
Author: Camille

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!

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