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The holidays don’t have to just be for the kids. Neither do pipe cleaners, pompoms and googly eyes. Well, ok, maybe the craft supplies are pushing it a bit, but really, who wouldn’t like to get a case of this delicious craft beer all dressed up for Christmas? I know I would!
This project could also be done with root beer for the kids. Today, though, we will cheers with reindeer beer, grown-up style!
- 4 beer bottles
- Large bottle labels
- Small circle labels
- 6 black pipe cleaners
- Scissors
- 8 small googly eyes
- 3 small, green pompoms
- 1 small, red pompom
- Hot glue gun and glue
- 4-pack bottle carriers
- Large labels
- Choose beer bottles without much in the way of labels so they are easy to cover with the vinyl peel-and-stick labels.
- Add a bottle label to the front of the bottle and a small circle label to cover the cap.
- Wind a pipe cleaner around the neck of each beer bottle, sitting on the little ridge just under the cap. Twist the pipe cleaners behind the caps and bend the ends up in the shape of antlers.
- Cut the remaining two of the pipe cleaners in half, then cut each of those four pieces in half again. Twist the cut pieces around the top part of the antlers and bend each side up to create three prongs to the antler.
- Use a hot glue gun to attach the googly eyes and the pompoms as the reindeer eyes and nose. In this case, only one has a red nose (Rudolph) and the other reindeer have green noses.
- Set the reindeer beer into a 4-pack bottle carrier and add a personalized label.
- My reindeer beer is a craft beer made by "Olive, the other reindeer." I bet that joke will get funnier as the night goes on!
Used In This Project:
- Large Labels • I chose the “Mist and Snow” style in soft spice.
- Small Circle Labels • I chose the “Mist and Snow” style in soft spice.
- Bottle Carriers • I chose the kraft color.
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Stephanie Rose is a gardener who lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada, where she has grown over 100 edibles, 400 perennials, and countless other plants in her small urban yard; a hobby that continues to grow with each season. Stephanie writes DIY garden projects, yummy recipes and crafty goodness at Garden Therapy where she hopes you will find something to inspire you to get outside for a little, well, garden therapy.
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