How to make Plastic Canvas Reindeer

I tried to upload my pictures showing the steps to make these cute little guys onto facebook, and so far I haven't been successful so, since the blog is public anyway I decided to write a little more detailed explanation on how to make these cute little guys, they're awfully easy, and absolutely adorable, and I just enjoy doing things like this.

THINGS YOU NEED:
Plastic canvas (I got mine from Wal-Mart in their craft section)
Brown Yarn
A needle that you can thread yarn into (it'll be pretty huge :P but I'm not a needle expert)
Black or Dark Brown Pipe Cleaners for the Antlers
Scissors
Googly eyes
Pom Pom (my kids call them fuzzballs) for the noses
Hot glue gun




First you cut it into squares that are 10x10 squares (I just count to ten and cut on the 11th one and then trim down the sides and start again)


You need three 10x10 squares to make 1 reindeer so make sure you cut enough for all the reindeer you want. I personally will cut some, sew some, then cut some more just to give my fingers a break from cutting.. because it IS plastic and it does make your hands blister so beware lol.




You start by pulling the yarn through and holding a tiny bit of the tail of the yarn so that it stays in place and then you sew a couple of times to get the tail to stay in place. (I am hoping I do not confuse anyone, but if I do, just email me, comment here, or talk to me on facebook and I'll clarify because I'm not the best at explaining these things...hopefully the pictures will help :P
Sew each of the squares so they look like this.
(this is the front)
(this is the back)

(You can sorta tell on the back where I secured the yarn at the end by going under a few stitches, you could also knot the yarn, but I just go under the stitches personally)








After the three squares are sewn, you need to put two squares together so the fronts of each are facing out (backs are together), and sew starting at a corner two sides and 1 corner like this.





The next thing you need to do is sorta pop it open by clenching the two sides together and place the third piece in it to sew another two sides and corner. Be careful about which sides you sew.





The finished sewn product looks like this. Then all you have to do is add the googly eyes, pom pom nose, and pipe cleaner antlers with a hot glue gun, stick a Hershey's kiss inside and voila! It's done :)
You DO sew the remaining sides (that forms the mouth) but not together.. because then you can't open the mouth to put the kiss inside :)