Saturday, December 22, 2012

ukulele reindeer antlers

If only I could stop at the ukulele santa hat, I wouldn't feel quite so insane. But no ukulele Christmas is complete without a round of Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and that calls out for a matching headpiece. 

Uh, doesn't it...?

This was just a couple of chenille stems wrapped around the headstock and with a glittery red pom-pom glued to the front. I wanted to be able to take it on and off, so started with a little hook, which was formed around a ruler.


The chenille was wrapped around the headstock horizontally, caught on the hook, and bent up and over the top—


—and twisted around the other side.


Nose glued on.


Antlers formed from another stem any old how.


The Flea headstock is rectangular, but the majority probably have this pointed tip in the middle. For those, a different configuration might work better:


DH saw these and cautiously asked if I were planning on making ukulele hats for every holiday. He said it in the tone of someone who has their foot halfway out the door, so I reassured him: No, of course not. These are just for the party.

But we'll see.



3 comments:

  1. Oh... I gotta say: I was really hoping for some video here! I wannna hear the Rudolph Ukulele concert, with your dressed up ukes!

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    1. I'm not sure we are youtube-worthy yet, but thanks for the encouragement!

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