Reindeer Christmas Crafts
There is nothing better than building up the excitement to Christmas with some crafting. I find that the structure also helps my Sensory Seeker cope with the sheer chaos of Christmas and lack of routine. Sven is a favourite character from the hit film Frozen and so I thought that this year our Sensory Seeker would appreciate making some reindeer Christmas crafts.
I love this little craft as it is so simple but so personal. Simply cut out the shape of the head and paint brown, whist also making 2 hand prints. Once dry glue together and add a tissue paper red nose, and two black eyes. Thread it up with a “Stop here Santa” sign and one at the back to hang up.
This was good because my Sensory Seeker LOVES to paint. And the cutting, sticking and threading is fantastic for his fine motor development.
Or what about letting them lose with tape to make a Reindeer – for a mess free craft idea. It can be made by letting them stick freestyle, or you can draw the lines on the paper for them, or they could copy from an image in front of them. Afterwards you could let them colour inside it or glue some glitter and/or Christmas shapes inside.
Or if your child has some patience then why not make a Reindeer from a toilet roll holder. We painted him brown and let him it dry, before simply adding the eyes, pompom nose and feather ears. This was part of our Toilet Roll Holder Advent from last year.
See also Reindeer Puppets by RedTedArt
I love the one with the antlers made out of handprints – brilliant!
How lovely! I am a massive reindeer fan!
A brilliant link up, to be honest I *was* running out of craft ideas after two decades of teaching and parenting – nice to have some new ones 🙂
Love those ideas, and there are some great ones linked up too! Def be back for inspiration!
I really like the toilet roll Reindeer x
Oh they’re so cute. I do love a good Reindeer craft
Always a BIG positive to come across some new crafting ideas 🙂 You are one talented momma, Joy! 🙂 x
Ah this is very cute. Long gone are the days of my children making Christmas craft unfortunately!
Such a cute and creative line-up. My little boy would love making some of these.
These are adorable! I love reindeer crafts too!
Some fab ideas here Joy thanks so much, I’ll definitely be back to borrow some #loudnproud
Loads of great ideas here! I love the reindeer with the peg legs 🙂
I love the toilet roll holder craft; we have a LOT of them saved because I was hoping to get some crafts done with them for Christmas. I need some way of entertaining the small person when it is too cold to go out!
Lovely. Hand made decorations are always the best.
The toilet roll holder one is brilliant.
Love these ideas – really need to do some crafting this year
Oh those are awesome
Great crafting! I should do more with my own children