Christmas Craft: Reindeer Wall Decoration

A Craft Idea for Kids 5-12 Years Old

Crafts are a great way for children to make some homemade Christmas gifts to give to friends, relatives, teachers, or neighbors. The Reindeer Wall Decoration is a fairly simple craft for children between 5-12 years old, and older children should need little or no supervision. The craft requires a minimal number of supplies and young crafters can add any number of additional decorations to make their craft more festive. Once completed, the festive reindeer-faced decoration can be hung on a wall hook or on a wreath hook.

The Reindeer Wall Decoration is fairly large in size, once completed, measuring about 18 inches from top to bottom. The larger size makes this holiday craft ideal for display in a window, front door, or with other holiday decorations on a wall display. This holiday craft might be a good choice for a Girl Scout troop holiday craft or for a classroom craft for Christmas. The reindeer craft theme would be a good match for classroom activities related to reindeer or Santa Claus stories in the lower grades.

Supplies

-A wire coat hanger
-One knee high nylon stocking
-Craft glue
-1 small red pom-pom (about 1/2 inch in diameter)
-White and black construction paper to create "eyes"
-A rubber band
-Brown construction paper
-Scissors
-Decorative ribbon of any kind
-Pencil or pen

Directions