DIY Christmas Crafts!

Maria Welzant, Staff Writer

Reindeer Food

Materials

  • A plastic sandwich bag
  • Silver, red, and green glitter
  • Oats
  • Brown sugar
  • Ribbon
  • A teaspoon
  • A cup
  • A spoon

 

Directions

  1. Gather your materials together & get comfortable.
  2. Measure out a cup of oats and add them to your bag.
  3. Then add half a cup of brown sugar into the bag.
  4. Then add a teaspoon of silver, a teaspoon of green, and a teaspoon of red glitter to the bag.
  5. Mix the contents of the bag up with your spoon & use the ribbon to tie up your bag.
  6. Sprinkle the reindeer food on your lawn on Christmas Eve to give a well deserved snack to Santa’s reindeer.

 

Rudolph Bun

(Idea recommended by Caroline Bender)

Materials

  • Your hair
  • A hair tie
  • A red pompom
  • 5 bobby pins (the color of your hair)
  • 2 googly eyes
  • 2 brown pipe cleaners

 

Directions

  1. Tie your hair in a circular bun near the middle of the back of your head.
  2. Glue a red pompom onto a bobby pin & after the glue dries, place the bobby pin in the center of the bun.
  3. Get 2 more bobby pins and glue the googly eyes (1 on each bobby pin) & after the glue dries, place the bobby pins on the outer part of the bun.
  4. Get the other 2 bobby pins and thread the pipe cleaners through each bobby pin. Then place the bobby pins in the top of your head.

 

 

 

Sources and Photo Credits

Creativity Kids Crafts DIY Hair Accessories Decor Chenille Stem Pipe Cleaner Pom Pom Googly Eye Bun Maker for Halloween Costume Spider Reindeer Christmas. Beaute Galleria, beautegalleria.com/product/bundle-creativity-hairstyle-chenille-stems-pipe-cleaners-w-pom-pom-hair-donut-googly-eye-hair-pin-for-art-crafts-halloween-christmas-spider-reindeer-bun-holiday-hairdo. Accessed 11 Dec. 2018.

Magic Reindeer Food. CDKitchen, www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/608/Magic-Reindeer-Food85880.shtml. Accessed 11 Dec. 2018.