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Christmas Angel Craft

Submitted by: Debbie Peake
Grade 6 Teacher
Holy Redeemer School

Materials Needed:

  • Brown paper lunch bag (5-1/4 x 3-1/8 x 10-3/4 inches)
  • Piece of cardboard cut to fit base of bag
  • Shredded newspaper to fill bag 3/4 full
  • Elastic band
  • Small doily (about 3-1/2 inches)
  • Spanish moss
  • 1 yard of 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 inch wide paper ribbon, any colour
  • 1 yard of 2-1/2 to 2-3/4 inch wide paper ribbon, any colour
  • 3-inch diameter styrofoam ball
  • piece of flesh-coloured nylon stocking
  • needle and thread
  • 1/8 inch (4mm) beads for eyes
  • 1-1/2 inch gold foil bow or 9 inches of gold 1/4 inch ribbon
  • hot glue gun and glue sticks
  • scissors

    Directiona:

  • Put cardboard inside bag as a base. Fill the bag 3/4 full with shredded newspaper.
  • Close bag and tie with elastic band, leaving about 2-1/2 inches of bag at top to make the angel's collar.
  • Fold top of bag outwards and downwards all around to shape the collar. Centre the doily on top of the collar and glue in place.
  • Cut a square from the nylon stocking large enough to fit over the styrofoam ball.
  • Pull the stocking tight, gather the excess and stitch through the gathers to secure.
  • Cut off excess stocking.
  • Glue this head to the centre of the doily, with gathers at the back of the head.
  • Take a handful of Spanish moss and fit around face and back of head to form the hair.
  • Glue into place.
  • Fill in any bare spots with more Spanish moss.
  • Twist an 18-inch length of narrower paper ribbon and form into a halo, knotting the ends together.
  • Trim ends at an angle and glue halo to top of angel's head, with the knot at the back.
  • Make angel wings by tying a bow from the wider paper ribbon.
  • Flatten wings slightly, centre and glue to angel's back.
  • Glue a band of narrower ribbon around the base of the bag, with the ends in the back.
  • Glue flat beads to front of angel's face for eyes, or push round beads into the styrofoam and glue in place.
  • Glue foil bow or bow tied from gold ribbon to the left side of the collar.
  • Display your angel!



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