She has no antlers, and that is deliberate: two upright ears instead, and a rust brown woven panel running down the front of her face like a blaze. She stands 19 cm (7.48 in) tall in warm tan cloth on long slim limbs.

Down her front is a panel of cream plush, which is the part every child touches first. At her throat sits a green crocheted collar with a scalloped edge and one small red bead, and below it a gathered skirt in a teal and brown check.

Maileg puts her among its soft friends rather than in the mouse family, so she keeps a scale of her own and nothing in the mouse furniture range is built for her. Linen, cotton and polyester, filled with recycled polyester and PE pellets. Weighted low, she stands and leans without falling.

Her box is part of the gift. It is deep blue, scalloped along the top, cut with a window at the front and scattered all over with small coral pink, mustard, cream and sage botanicals. Above the window it says the Reindeer; under it, maileg. Around her waist, behind the window, sits a wine colored paper band that reads Mother. Reindeer Father is made as her pair and the two are usually given as one.