Thursday, November 13, 2008

Mini Reindeer And A Sneak Peek At The Give Away!

Cut yourself some green twigs with your pruning shears. You'll need about 3-4" for the body; about 1" for the head; small twigs for the 4 legs-about 3"; a shorter twig for the neck, maybe half an inch, and a couple twigs for antlers. I used two different sizes of drill bits, small to make holes for the antlers, and a little bit larger for the legs and neck. It's easier to drill into the green wood, than dried wood. I tried drier twigs, and they just crumbled. For these I cut enough for Daddy,Mama and Baby Deer. We had a discussion about whether the doe had antlers. HossFly said they don't. I say they do..sometimes they do anyway! So...I looked it up and...I WIN :P"""Heck,they walk around the front and back yard, so I've gotten really good looks at them all my life! And he's a Yankee City Boy anyway...lol...so there! If you want your Mama Deer to have antlers, you go right on ahead and do it :D



Cut your pieces out like this. Drill holes for legs,antlers,neck, and glue them on.




All finished! I pulled a couple branches off one of our fake trees to make wreaths for their necks. I should add some GLITTER (haha! I will!) maybe something red? Hmmm....Let's think on this and see what we come up with later.



Sneak Peek at the Bits&Pieces Thanks Giving Jar!
Just a sample of what's going in the box....there's still a few days to enter...go to the Thanks Giving Give Away Post and leave a comment!

2 comments:

  1. Tag you're it.

    Visit The Crafty Corner and read my post about being tagged for instructions on what you need to do.

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  2. Kudzu,
    Sorry for the tag. I just want to say thank you for sharing all your wonderful crafts with us. You are very talented and I look forward to reading your blog and seeing your pictures for the next special little thing you are doing. Thanks for following.

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