Reindeer Ornaments

After making Reindeer Plaques for my family, I started to make Reindeer Ornaments for my friends. It was a very similar process, so let's get started.

I found these garden stakes at the Target Dollar Spot when it was the Quarter spot. 6 pieces for a quarter? That means they were four cents each, score!

After snapping off the stakes {pretty easy}, I knew that I needed to remove the letters and paint, but I soon realized I didn't know how. Sanding didn't work, my dremel dug in to deep, and then I thought of nail polish remover. It seemed to be working, albeit pretty slowly. So I had the great idea to soak them in the remover. Didn't work so great and it made a huge mess!!

So then, I took a scraper thing {i don't know what to call it} to scrape the paint off. It worked for the most part, but I couldn't remove all the paint. However,  I did get all kinds of paint stuck under my nails for days.

Finally, all the hard work was over! They all got the same metallic pearl paint as the plaques on the front, and the same red and green on the sides and backs.  I spilled some of the green paint on the carpet, so painting night turned into a fun few hours of paint, clean brushes, blot up the resolve, reapply soaking towel, repeat.  Happy to report that the stain came out fairly well, but if you stare you can see a faint green circle.

I cut the same reindeer from my cricut, just a lot smaller. The hooves were so tiny, I couldn't glue the little yellow pieces on, so I colored them in with a sharpie.  Mod-podge, blah, blah, blah...

Here are all nine reindeer, with a special Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReinPig, for the pig loving boss.

I had some really cute wired ribbon from Michael's with a candy cane stripe that I used to turn the squares into ornaments.

And the final touch, a stamp of "Christmas 2009" on the back.

I used a similar technique to wrap the ornaments. I found smaller cellophane bags in the candy making aisle that have an hourglass like shape. I stuffed them with tinsel, added the ornaments, and tied with curling ribbon. I also made name tags like the ones for the christmas plaques, just smaller. Here are the bags prepped for wrapping.

And all ready to go.

These came in at a whopping $1.12 a peice!!

I'll be joining these parties: DIY Day @ Kimba's, Ornament Party @ CentsationalGirl, BCD Show and Tell and more to come!