The Mutant Rabbit-Reindeer Hybrids of Riverkids

As part of a class for our Get Ready program that helps teenage girls at risk prepare for work and further education, the class made an entire zoo of little beaded animals.

Most of them we could tell – puppies and elephants and giraffes! But then out tumbled these little guys.

With their looped ears (or antlers?) and stubby tails, they could be wee rabbits but then…

Tiny bright red noses nudge at your palm and say Merry Christmas!