Fun & Easy Angel Ornaments - Free Christmas Craft Instructions

Materials Needed:

Wooden Craft Sticks (Popsicle Sticks)

Angel Wings - Choose any type that appeals to you. You can even make your own with cardboard, pressed board, tin, heavy cloth, feathers, plastic... whatever you have laying around the house. You could use a plastic milk jug to cut your wings from and cover it with fabric, glitter, paint or even sequins. The wings in the picture at the top of the page were done using cardboard with the outer layer removed, and the 4th pattern shown below. Below are some angel wing templates for your convenience.

         

White Felt

Cream or Light Yellow Felt

Metallic Thread or a light colored yarn.

2 Small round buttons
OR 2 Sequins

Small scrap of material, trimmed with pinking shears. (Don't forget the extra fabric if you decide to cover your wings with fabric.)

Black Fine Tip Marker

Hot Glue

Glue Sticks

Instructions

Cut 2 dresses out from the white felt. The dresses do not need to be perfect, just a simple drawing of shoulders, arms and a body. Lay both pieces of felt on top of each other on work surface so that they match exactly. Flip one piece over, as if opening like a book. Glue onto the bottom dress felt so that a small amount of the stick hangs over the bottom of the dress, and a larger portion sticks out above the neckline.

Onto the cuffs, glue cream colored felt circles on as hands so that half of the circle is on the white felt, the other half is hanging over. Fold top piece of felt back over (as if closing a book) the bottom half, sandwiching the craft stick between the two dress cutouts. Glue the top piece of felt to the bottom piece.

Turn body over, lay it face down on the work surface. Glue wings, corrugated side facing the work surface if using cardboard, onto the upper area of the bodice, covering shoulders and halfway up the top of the craft stick.

Make a loop from gold cord and glue to the back of the head. Turn ornament over and place face up onto the work surface. Glue some yarn on top of angel's head, you can fray it a bit with a comb first, if you like.

Tie a small bow from rope or raffia and glue to collar area. Glue on buttons or sequin and fabric scrap as pictured. Add eyes, nose, and mouth with a fine tipped black marker. Add faux stitching around the edges of the dress with a fine tip marker.

Here is an angel idea, using mesh ribbon. Cut lengths of mesh ribbon and twist together in the center with a long piece of pipe cleaner. Add a large bead (probably 20 to 25mm) to the pipe cleaner and form a halo with the remainder of the pipe cleaner. Glue a bow, made with 1/8" decorative ribbon to the center.
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This angel is made from dollar store items. The image links to the tutorial.

This angel is made with craft foam sheets. You can find the tutorial linked to the image.

This angel is made paper strips. It is so simple and yet so elegant. I think it would be great for a classroom project. You can find the tutorial for this angel linked to the image.