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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Reindeer Riding Sticks

Remember Stick Horses? I've taken the general concept of a Stick Horse and applied it to my 
Reindeer Riding Sticks



Supplies:

pool noodle (from Dollar Tree)
brown knee high sock (found mine in Men's section at Walmart)
tacky glue
2" red pompom
duct tape
ribbon
1 1/2" google eyes
hat or yarn for hair (I used hats from snowmen ornaments from dollar tree)
hot glue
foam sheet (Michaels)
brown felt (Michaels)
embellishments (optional)



Add tacky glue to end of pool noodle. cover that end with the sock. press toe of sock down on the glue so that it doesn't move around. Pull sock down over noodle. Bend noodle at the heal of the sock. Duct tape the shape in place where the ribbon will go.

Cut out antlers from foam sheet and two triangular pieces for ears out of the felt. Going forward, everything from this point will be hot glued. Glue ribbon over the duct tape, don't worry if a part of tape is exposed on the inside and sticky. It's fine. hot glue nose and hat in place. slide the antlers through the folded head section (you may have to wiggle them through if the space ended up being too tight). Glue to the long port of the noodle. Glue on hat or yarn for hair.

How to make the ears: you'll glue the bottom corners of the triangular ears together.


Decide if you want the ears on top of hat or underneath sticking out sideways. If your antlers seem to be leaning forward, then glue the ears under the hat so that they are sideways to hold the antlers back. Then glue both sides of the bottom of the ear in position. Glue embellishments to ribbon if you want this. Then peal sticker off the back of the google eyes and hot glue the eyes down. I did eyes last so that glue strings wouldn't get on them and mess them up.