Creative idea
Pom-Pom Reindeer with Silk Clay and Pipe Cleaners with Beads
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These reindeer bodies and legs are made from acrylic yarn and pipe cleaners on a pom-pom maker. Hooves are made from Silk Clay which is also used for covering a small polystyrene ball for the head. Pipe cleaners are used for antlers and legs and are decorated with beads.
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How to do it
1 Open a pom-pom maker and wind the acrylic yarn several times around each part of the two-part pom-pom maker as illustrated.
2 Close the pom-pom maker around two pipe cleaners.
3 Cut open the yarn along the groove between the two discs. Tie a piece of yarn in the groove a couple of times and then tighten. Finish with a double knot.
4 Remove the pom-pom maker and trim the pom-pom with a pair of scissors.
5 Head: Cover a polystyrene ball with Silk Clay. Make Silk Clay ears, eyes, nose and mouth. Leave to dry.
6 Antlers: Cut four short pieces of pipe cleaner and twist them together in pairs like a cross. Push them onto the head as illustrated.
7 You may decorate the pipe cleaner legs with beads. Roll small Silk Clay balls for the hooves. Cut each hoof with a pair of scissors and push each of them onto the legs.
8 Glue the head onto the pom-pom using a glue gun.
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