Picture by Michael Partenio/Good Housekeeping
This little deer is considered a Scandinavian Christmas Decoration. When I was looking up decorations for the office the article leading up to this suggested to use other holiday traditions and decor. Which seems like a neat way to celebrate since in office settings we sometimes have to focus on 'holiday' rather than Christmas. With that said, I still Americanized it and Christmas'd it up.
A little printing tip: Change printer setting to 11 x 17 and print on tabloid size paper. I also should warn you that the reindeer is way tinier than the picture looks.
So here's mine!
I can't believe it turned out so well. I free cut the scores because I thought that would be easier than marking before assembling. I also did the brace part c out of order too. I'm excellent at following instructions! ha.
Then came decorating! I used red tissue paper for the nose and sharpie for the eyes. Googly eyes would be precious too! Then to really American Christmas it up I added bulbs to the antlers. I would've put real bulbs but I didn't have any extras and I feared it would be too top heavy. Instead I cut these out from wrapping paper.
Then I wrapped some garland around and done! I think you can also place him inside of a pre-made wreath. I actually adore him and think he could be out year-round minus garland and bulbs. I've seen those inflatable deer heads for $20-30 in stores but these was essentially free.
YAY! and because it's fairly small I put it on a small section on my wall or else it could be overwhelming. I also was thinking about making 3 and putting them on the wall v-shaped. I think that would be cute! Bonus the shadow it creates on the wall is also spectacular.
I have also made an adorable sign/garland that says Merry, Merry! Pinterest inspired and again, once I find my camera cord i'll take a picture but since it's too big to cover with my phone I can't. I hate losing things!
Are you in the Christmas spirit yet?
I am! Here's a sneak peek of my garland on the banister. I love a banister wrapped in garland.
I'll take some up close pics of the stockings too later!
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