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Paper Bag Reindeer Craft

This Paper Bag Reindeer Craft is ready to guide Santa’s sleigh on the big day!

Paper Bag Reindeer Craft

We do love paper bag crafts. It’s one of our favorite craft materials to work with these days, whether you want to make characters like our Paper Bag Scarecrows and Paper Bag Pilgrims or just some really cute critters like this Paper Bag Hedgehog Craft and now reindeer!

Paper Bag Reindeer Craft

What I really love about this Paper Bag Reindeer Craft is that it incorporates my little one’s handprints for a sweet Christmas keepsake. Of course, my little guy is 2 and doesn’t really cooperate fully with the handprint trace yet. So I get what I can and have to improvise the rest.

Paper Bag Reindeer Craft

For our Paper Bag Reindeer Craft you will need brown paper lunch bags, brown cardstock, medium googly eyes, red pompoms, a brown or black marker, clear tape, glue, and scissors.

Paper Bag Reindeer Craft

Supplies needed:

  • Paper lunch bags
  • Brown cardstock
  • Brown or black marker
  • Medium googly eyes
  • Red pompoms
  • Clear tape
  • Glue stick
  • Scissors

Start by tracing your little one’s handprint on a brown sheet of cardstock.

Paper Bag Reindeer Craft

You will need 2 handprints for the antlers of each reindeer.

Paper Bag Reindeer Craft

Cut out the handprints.

Paper Bag Reindeer Craft

Also, from the same sheet of brown cardstock, cut 2 strips about 1” wide from the width of the cardstock. Then, cut those in half to make 4 leg pieces. Also cut a triangle tail. Set all these pieces aside.

Paper Bag Reindeer Craft

Now, turn the bag over to the flat side. From the flat side, fold the “bottom” of the bag to a point. Secure with a piece of tape.

Paper Bag Reindeer Craft

Fold the point just made over at a bit of an angle. See image above. You should have also made a kind of pocket with the folds.

Paper Bag Reindeer Craft

Glue the handprints inside the pocket.

Paper Bag Reindeer Craft

Then glue on googly eyes and a red pompom nose at the tip of the point.

Paper Bag Reindeer Craft

Paper Bag Reindeer Craft

Glue legs. We glued one leg inside the folds of the side of the bag, the other leg glued to the back.

Paper Bag Reindeer Craft

And glue the triangle tail to the top of the inside opening of the bag.

Paper Bag Reindeer Craft

Finish by using a brown or black marker to color in curved hooves at the bottom of the legs.

Paper Bag Reindeer Craft

Be sure to check out all of our fun Christmas craft ideas at Our Kid Things!

Paper Bag Reindeer Craft

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