OK so this craft isn't originally dark, or spooky, or Goth...it is just a cute holiday craft for someone who has extra wine corks lying around (I have a big bowl of them).
But you can easily Goth these guys up a bit- black or silver pipe cleaners for the antlers, black ears instead of brown, maybe some tiny skulls instead of buttons... and end up with something like this guy below.
But you can easily Goth these guys up a bit- black or silver pipe cleaners for the antlers, black ears instead of brown, maybe some tiny skulls instead of buttons... and end up with something like this guy below.
Materials
Needed
- 3 wine corks (per reindeer)- use the longest, best
looking cork for the body, a smaller cork for the head, and the remaining
cork for the legs.
- 2 black sewing pins or 2 googly eyes
- Brown felt or foam paper (black if you want to Goth it)
- Red Faceted flat round acrylic
cabochons
- pipe cleaners in shades of brown, tan, black or silver
- Accessories- buttons, bells, ribbon, etc. (tiny skulls for Goth version)
- Glue gun
- Knife
Craft
Instructions
Step 1: Cut the legs
- Cut one wine cork in half- use the knife to saw in
half like a log.
- Flip each half piece and cut them lengthwise in half.
You should have four equal sized pieces of cork with a flat side and a
round side.

Step 2: Cut the head
- If you have corks that are shorter than the others
you can use these for the head, or you can cut an end piece off to make it
a little smaller. You’ll want to cut a sliver off the back, like sawing a
log, take off a round slice.
Step 3: Glue legs and head to the body
- Now go back to the four pieces of cork from the first
cork you cut. Make sure the flat piece faces in- the rounded sides should
face outward.
- Glue these four pieces to the bottom of the body
cork. This will make the deer’s legs. Make sure they attach in a way that
the deer can stand upright on its own.
- Glue head on to the top of the body.
Step 4: Add eyes, antlers, accessories.
- Create eyes by using two black head sewing pins with
the sharp part cut to a small point, leave just enough to stick into the
cork and hold them in place. Optional and safer for kids – glue on small
google eyes.
- Create antlers with 2 pieces of brown or tan pipe
cleaner. Twist and shape them into antlers. Glue both antlers to the back
of the reindeer’s head.
- Cut two small pieces of brown felt or foam paper into
rounded triangle shapes. Glue to next to the antlers to make the ears.
- Glue one red flat bead to the front of the head to make
the nose.
- Add accessories such as bells, buttons, bows, beads,
or ribbon. I had tiny buttons, jingle bells and small pre-made ribbon bows
that we added to the reindeer.

If you want to Goth them up pull out some of you leftover Halloween accessories, like tiny skull beads.
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