I Love Reindeer

I am a Reindeer fanatic! 
Here are a few more reindeer crafts we have made this year!

Sprite Bottle Mini Trees

We were at a friends house the other day and I happened to notice a few empty Sprite 2-liter bottles laying around. She apparently loves the stuff! Anyway, we brought a few home and I cut the tops off with a craft blade. For some reason they looked like trees to me!

We decorated our mini trees with beads and pom-pom's.They made cute little decorations on our bar during a Hot Chocolate Get-Together with a few friends. 

Some folks even took one of the up-cycled trees home!

Puzzle Reindeer Magnet

 What to do with all those odd puzzle pieces?

Easy reindeer magnets for school or church friends, aunts and cousins!

All you need:

3 puzzle pieces

2 google eyes

1 pom-pom

and a magnet

Up-Cycled Outdoor Tree Decorations

 My Mom's house has an outside tree/bush that just screams for some Christmas decorations!

Little Mister and I started collecting empty water bottles a few weeks ago. Once we had a few sacks full, we poured a little paint in each, put the lid on tight and then... shake, shake, shake!

I added a loop of yarn around the neck and Ta-Da! A colorful outdoor (a.k.a. water-proof) Christmas tree decoration!

We water-bottle bombed the tree in front of Nonnie's apartment building! 
Surprise!

~I have recently discovered how much fun up-cycling can be! ~

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Letters from Santa

 For months I have been cutting out large letters from boxes of cereal, crackers, snacks, 12-packs... anything made of thick cardboard. 

(You might be able to tell that we like Sunkist and Cheez-Its around here!)

I confiscated an empty coffee container from Nonnie's house and cut a few scrapes of paper to make it look like Santa's belly!

 

Then, I added those seemingly thousands of letters and let the play begin.

We spelled names.

We sorted letters.

We worked on lining up the alphabet.

We sorted by color.

There is so many ways to play and learn with these letters!

Not bad for things that were rescued from a landfill! How's that for recycling?

Merry Christmas Mother Nature! 

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