This cute reindeer makes a fabulous Christmas craft for kids and if you’d prefer, you can swap out the newspaper for colored cardstock. Either way, this cute newspaper reindeer craft is sure to fill your afternoon with loads of fun!
Supplies needed:
Reindeer Craft Pattern –>Purchase in our Shop! newspaper watercolors blue cardstock white paint black marker scissors glue
Instructions:
1. Paint your newspaper
Begin by painting a sheet of your newspaper with brown watercolors and small section of newspaper with red watercolors. The newspaper will be saturated but as it sits and dries it will crisp back up.
2. Cut out your shapes
Use the reindeer craft pattern to cut out the different pieces for your reindeer. If you choose not to purchase the pattern you’ll need to cut out a half circle reindeer body and a reindeer head and ears from your brown painted newspaper. Cut out antlers and circle eyes from your unpainted newspaper. Lastly cut out a reindeer nose from your red painted newspaper.
3. Glue body parts to the card
Glue the reindeer body at the bottom of your blue cardstock. Then glue the reindeer head at the top of the body.
4. Attach antlers, eyes & nose
Glue the reindeer antlers at the top of the reindeer head. Finally, glue the eyes and nose onto the reindeer face.
5. Draw a pupils
Use a black marker to draw pupils inside your reindeer eyes.
6. Make snow using fingerprints
Finish your newspaper reindeer by making white fingerprints around your blue cardstock to look like it is snowing.
