Materials"* individually wrapped candy canes (you pick size and flavor)
* 2 wiggle eyes for each reindeer (5 mm size works great)
* very small red pom-poms (one for each reindeer, for Rudolph's nose, of course!)
* 18-inch pipe cleaners (any color is fine, but metallic silver or gold is really catchy)
* tiny jingle bells
* craft glue
Glue eyes on the rounded (hook) part of the candy cane. Glue red pom-pom "noses" onto the cane below the eyes. To make a jingle-jangle reindeer collar, cut a 3 inch or 4 inch segment of pipe cleaner (see what works best for the candy cane and your child's hands), then slide the pipe cleaner through the opening of a jingle bell. Fasten it to the cane by twisting it closed at the back. Take an uncut pipe cleaner and twist it around the top of the cane (make both ends of equal length) to form simple antlers.
Picture from: http://goodknits.com
Activity from: The Playskool Toddler's Busy Play Book by Robin McClure (2007)
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