Overview
- Make any PlanetJune pattern between Nov 1 and Dec 31 2026. (This includes patterns from PlanetJune, or from any of June's books: The Essential Guide to Amigurumi, Everyday Crochet, Idiot's Guides: Crochet or The Complete Idiot's Guide to Amigurumi.)
- Submit your projects: Choose the stall (category) for your project (and antler awards, if you want) and submit a photo of your finished object together with a list of the stall and any antlers you qualify for. Your project will be added to the gallery in the next award ceremony!
- NEW for 2026! Create displays: To earn the Winter Wonderland antler, arrange multiple PlanetJune creations into a scene or display - e.g. a wreath, a decorated tree, or a mantelpiece or windowsill arrangement - and submit a photo for the Winter Wonderland display gallery. (Your display can include old projects too, but it must mostly be made from PJ patterns!)
- Keep creating throughout the 2 months of the games - how many projects can you complete??
How to Participate
Submit each finished project or display through the online form as you complete it. I'll award your medals and add your projects and displays to the galleries!
For the fullest experience, join in the fun in one of the PlanetJune Community groups. Look for the Reindeer Games 2026 thread on Ravelry or the #reindeer-games-2026 channel on Discord.
Questions?
- If you're participating via Discord or Ravelry, ask in the group and one of our friendly group members will help you asap.
- Otherwise, shoot me an email (june@planetjune.com) with any questions and I'll be happy to help you out!
Cozy Reading for making a project from June's latest books, The Essential Guide to Amigurumi and Everyday Crochet! (Projects from CIG to Amigurumi and IGC can also count, as those patterns are also in the new books.)
Secret Santa for making a project from the 
Angel: for completing any item made for and donated to (or sold for the money to be donated to) a charitable organization
Carolling: for crocheting your project in public, with a pic in the thread to prove it
Cookie Decorator: for completing a project using colorwork, i.e. patterns that use multiple color changes throughout the project. (Ask us to weigh in if you're not sure if your project counts for this one!)
Deck the Halls: for adding embellishments: non-crochet finishing touches (e.g. felt, fabric, paint, needlefelt...) and/or crocheted embellishments
Heirloom: for using a PJ pattern that you've owned for more than 1 year.
Ice Sculptor: for completing a project using special techniques: cables, lace (projects with intentional holes) or Tunisian crochet. Also: post stitches, extra tall stitches, linked stitches.
Leftovers: NEW! for completing a stashbusting project (one that uses yarn that has been languishing in your stash without a purpose for at least 6 months, or one made for the specific purpose of using up random yarn).
Season's Greetings: NEW! for year-end seasonal holiday-themed projects, e.g. decorations for Christmas, Hannukah, or any year-end holidays you celebrate. Anything you're making as holiday decor counts!
Snowman: for modifications: making your own tweaks to the base PlanetJune pattern, including projects that are made up of several other projects (garlands, mobiles, multiple plant pots, etc).
Tangled Tinsel: for overcoming mishaps, e.g. (but not limited to) a pet destroying your work, losing at yarn chicken, getting a stain on your project... Share the story in the thread!
Bah! Humbug: for completing a project on Christmas Eve (December 24th)
Fireworks: for completing a project on New Year's Eve (December 31st)
Have a Cookie: is a special antler for those of us who try our best but don't quite get to the finish line. Getting started can be a big step, and that's worth celebrating too! (Please submit a photo of your unfinished project at the end of the games so we don't miss awarding you for your efforts!)
Ho! Ho! Ho: for completing a project in each of 3 different categories.
Master Wrapper: for completing 3 WIP projects for the Reindeer Games.
Super Elf: for completing any 3 projects for the Reindeer Games.
Santa's Helper: for cheerleading (in the PJ Ravelry or Discord threads) - show your team spirit and cheer each other on as we crochet!
Window Display for also adding the photo of your project to the 
Glad Tidings for reviewing the pattern you used for your project in 
NEW! Winter Wonderland for submitting a photo of a display made from multiple PJ projects - e.g. a wreath, a decorated tree, or a mantelpiece or windowsill arrangement.
