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New and Improved Reindeer -

How to Make Awesome Reindeer 2010… •Two pairs of Brown Tights

•A Collapsible Clothes Hamper

•Two Yards of Stretch Jersey Fabric for Highlighted body and tail.

•A Red Felt Scarf

•A Deer Head (Plush) Over a Plastic Beer Mug. Fill the panty hose with shipping peanuts, fill the hamper with dry cleaner bags. Put the panty hose over the hamper… you now have four legs and a body… paint water bottles or any plastic bottle to cover the feet/ hove's. Pin the fabric under the belly, and clip at the end for a tail, and add the scarf to hold it tight at the front. And to hold the plastic mug to attach the deer head.

Voila! Reindeer!

Rudolph

Special Effects – The annual redesign of ‘the train’. The tunnel (shown left) is actually a Igloo Dog House* covered in a ‘snow ‘ blanket.

This same Igloo Dog House became the Front of the Space Shuttle in 2011 Yard!

Santa in his sleigh, with his earphones on , and two astronauts with the Shuttle and the reindeer chillin’.

Rudolph Reading a Space Discovery Book from his wagon.

Projected image of Santa Flying the Space Shuttle Across the Roof

Projector 12 feet In the air!

The wooden bears have been part of our display for 15 years. Every year they get new paint, and new personality for the theme.

Miss Peach, Mario, and

Penguins Playing Country Songs!

Items Needed: •Traffic Cone • White Rubber Ball •Yellow Gloves (Makes 5 Beaks) •One Pair Kids Flippers •White Felt •Red/Green Felt Scarf •Plastic funnel •Black Vinyl Placemat

Cover or Paint traffic cone black. Add White Felt to Front. (glue is fine, but ‘pinning’ to the rubber is also a good resolve.) Staple Flippers to the bottom of the cone for feet. Cut Black Vinyl Placemat in half, put ends on top of cone for arms .Using a plastic funnel, glue the ball to the funnel, and insert funnel into top of cone. Cut off two fingers of the yellow gloves (for lips) Add Black vinyl to top of face, Add scarf, hat, and eyes (buttons on top of any white fabric) . Cones can be found for $5—7. Everything else is dollar store or garage sale finds.

$1 Store

30 “ T A L L

The year we had the Toy Shop, We also had a Gingerbread House, complete with Gingerbread House Chef. In honor of our son, Joe… Who is attending Culinary School, Joe the Culinary Elf was born!!

Theme: Missed the Roof! Or ‘OOPS!’

HO HO OH NO ! The Sleigh! The Sleigh!

The Bear: He is our very first wood piece, and has been in every yard for over 20 years!

Elves Love Trains

We use the dogs every year in some fashion, (not all…) but We have a pup for each Greerpuppy we have had over the years past and now. And those select few, are always in view! Honey, Harley, Hamlet, Pepsi, Othello, Cookie, ….

Penguin was practicing Hockey. (Another Theme From the Past Complete with Skates and Rink!)