How to Make a Candy Cane Reindeer

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Plug in the glue gun.

   Insert one glue stick.
   
   Check the glue gun is hot enough so that when you squeeze the trigger liquid glue comes out of the end.
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   Step 2: Take out a candy cane

   Take out one puffball. ,,, Place two small dots of hot glue side-by-side, horizontally, half-way up the short side of the candy cane. ,,,, Bend the pipe cleaner so that it faces away from the candy cane. , Bend the pipe cleaner so that it faces up. ,, Using the curve of the candy cane, hang it from a Christmas tree branch or wreath.
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   Step 3: but leave the cellophane wrapper on.

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   Step 4: Put one small dot of glue on the short end tip of the candy cane.

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   Step 5: Quickly place the puffball on the glue dot.

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   Step 6: Take out two googly eyes.

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   Step 7: Quickly place one googly eye on each of the glue dots.

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   Step 8: Cut one pipe cleaner in half.

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   Step 9: Use one half of the pipe cleaner to twist around the curve in the candy cane

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    Step 10: leaving equal lengths on both sides of the twist.

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    Step 11: Take one of the lengths of the pipe cleaner wrapped around the curve in the candy cane and bend it at the twist so that it makes a 90 degree angle.

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    Step 12: Bend the pipe cleaner in a 90 degree angle again

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    Step 13: this time about halfway between the first bend and the end of the pipe cleaner.

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    Step 14: Repeat the previous two steps with the other length of the pipe cleaner.

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    Step 15: Marvel at your tiny

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    Step 16: candy cane reindeer!

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