Make a Pipe Cleaner Reindeer

These reindeer are fun and easy to make, and they make great holiday decorations!

Steps

1. Gather the materials outlined in the "Things You'll Need" section below.
2. Cut one brown/orange pipe cleaner in half.
3. Bend the two halves alike, two inches (5cm) from both ends to create legs.
4. Twist the two halves together to create a body.
5. Take the other brown/orange pipe cleaner, and make a three leaf clover loops at the end to create the head.To do a clover loop: make a loop at the end, twist, make another loop right next to the first loop, twist, and repeat. This should create three loops.
6. Bend at clover to create head, then bend at 1 ½ inches (3.81cm) to create neck.
7. Attach head to body, by twisting the remaining Make a Pipe Cleaner Cat Toy around the body of the legs. Twist around the body, create a loop at the end near the hind legs for the tail.
8. Cut the yellow pipe cleaner in half for the antlers. Fold one of the 6 inch (15cm) pieces into a "V" shape.
9. Fold the ends down to create an "M" shape and snip the ends off, so you have a small "v" shape.
10. Twist the snipped ends around each arm of the small "v" to create antlers.
11. Twist the antlers at the base of the head to attach to the reindeer.
12. Loop the end of scrap red/pink pipe cleaner through middle clover loop to create a Crochet a Small Red Nosed Reindeer. Snip off excess. Finished.
13. Finished!

Tips

• Make your pipe cleaner creations long lasting by turning them into Borax Crystal Ornaments https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Borax-Crystal-Ornaments

Warnings

• Supervise young children if they are doing this.
• Don't pinch yourself with the wire cutters.

Things You'll Need

• 2 brown/orange standard, 12-inch (30.5cm) pipe cleaners
• 1 yellow standard, 12-inch (30.5cm) pipe cleaners
• 1 red/pink scrap pipe cleaner
• Wire cutters/scissors

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See also

• Make a Painted Paper Butterfly
• Make Pipe Cleaner Stick Figure People
• Make Pipe Cleaner Flowers
• Clear a Clogged Waste Pipe
• Make Spiders Out of Pipe Cleaners
• Make Four Legged Pipe Cleaner Animals
• Make a Pipe Cleaner Bird
• Make a Pipe Cleaner Chair

What links here

• Make Pipe Cleaner Flowers
• Make Reindeer Antlers
• Make a Snowflake from Pipe Cleaners