Hands and Feet Reindeer
Difficulty: Easy
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Use big feet, small feet, parent hands, child hands, or any combination, and you have an adorable paper Hands and Feet Reindeer Christmas decoration.
What you'll need:
- Brown construction paper
- Tan construction paper
- White paper or wiggle eyes
- Black or red construction paper or a black or red pom-pom
- Glue or tape
- Crayon or marker
How to make it:
- Trace two hands on the tan construction paper. Trace one foot (with a shoe on) on the brown construction paper.
- Cut out the shapes, and arrange as illustrated - with the two hand shapes making the antlers on the deer, glue or tape into place.
- Turn the project over to the back and write the child's name and date.
- Draw and cut out eyes and a nose (or use wiggle eyes, and a pom-pom for the nose).
- Glue on the eyes and nose.
- You're done!
Tips:
You can make the decoration using craft foam or felt.
Reeta wrote: Wouldn't Mom or Grandmom get a kick out of a sweatshirt with this on it? You could paint or applique this.
Grace adds: I suggest for painting that you make the foot pattern from craft foam, then put the paint on it, and stamp it onto the shirt. For the antlers, you could put paint directly on the child's hands or (especially with a very young child) make patterns like for the foot/face from craft foam and use it to stamp the hand antlers on. You might want to reverse the color choices, and make the face lighter brown and the antlers dark.
Sonya Rouse wrote: We made a family of reindeer last year and used them as decorations for our mantle. These are great for hanging in a window. I've also tacked one of the big ones up before hanging the wreath on the door, so that when it is hung the reindeer appears to be peeking through the center of the wreath. Of course the bigger the deer you make, the bigger wiggle eyes you need.
