Modern Cardboard Reindeer

Hats off to all the professional bloggers who up-keep their blog during 

this busy holiday season! 

How do you do it ?!

(It's a good thing I'm not a professional blogger ;)

So, the very day I saw Taryn's DYI Wooden Reindeer project 

I found this branch in my backyard. 

It is actually one branch split off into two, but my huz said it looks more like antlers if I used it like this. And he trimmed it down.

(I think he was right :)

With this branch, I thought of doing a larger/modified version of Taryn's craft.

Ultimately, I did faux-wood.

This is just painted cardboard to look like barn wood! 

I love it!

This is the awesome tutorial I found online that will teach you how to paint the cardboard to look like wood
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E0FslTNyU4)

I just taped the antlers to the board after painting and 

used a shiny red plastic Christmas tree ornament for the 'nose'. 

You could hot-glue the ornament, but I just used the blue tacky poster stuff.

It should store easier that way as well. 

Supply List:

brown cardboard, branches, tape, black craft paint, white craft paint, lg paint brush, small paintbrush, red ball ornament, blue tacky or hot glue

Hope you are having a great holiday season so far!

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