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 * Wine Cork Wreaths** This year we made wine cork wreaths. We had multiple donations. We used 15mm or 20mm bells in between the corks, 20 gauge wire, and ribbon.

Drill small holes in each end of the cork about 1/8" in. Feed the corks and the bells onto the wire. Then feed just the corks. Form into a circle, connect and twist the wires together. Wrap ribbon around the inner circle to cover wire, then add a bow. If the bells slip or turn add a little glue to keep them in place.

Colleen

Tim and Mallory

Matt

Dave and Jenny

I also had some fun this year. I received so many corks from friends, I had enough to make little reindeers for everyone. There were two different styles of reindeers. The one below used 2 corks. The legs are 2" nail with beads or pipe cleaners wrapped around the nails. The nose is a carpet tac donned with glitter glue. The eyes are map tacks. I wrapped pipe cleaners around a pencil then attached them to the back of the cork with hot glue. I also used hot glue to attach the head cork to the body cork and an adornment as the tail. I used ribbons, buttons, bells and beads to decorate the neck. The other reindeer used 4 corks. I sawed two corks in half for the legs and glued them on to a cork body. Then I glued the cork head to the body. I used green or brown twine to make the antlers and the tail. I added ribbon, buttons, bells, or beads to decorate the neck. I painted the eyes on and glued on a red bead as the nose. Here are some pictures:.