Here are some more angels to make for the top of your tree,etc.
Cone
Christmas Angel
Materials: Cardboard
Cone, 2 paper doily's, Ping pong Ball or large bead, Gold spray paint, Ribbon, Craft
Glue, and Ready-made wings
Directions:
To make this simple, yet elegant Christmas craft begin by
constructing spray painting your cone.
Paint your ping pong ball or large bead to look like a face.
In the picture we have left it totally gold for a more simplistic looking
Christmas angel.
Take your 2 paper doilies and cut 1 of them in half. These 2
half’s will form the angels sleeves. Simply fold each half into half again as
shown in the picture.
With the 2nd doily cut it into half and then trim off the
decorative edge off one half. This section becomes the angel’s collar. Discard
the 2nd half as you do not need it for this project.
Spray paint your folded sleeves and the collar with the gold
spray paint.
Alternatively if you are spray painting the whole angel a
single color as we have done then you can glue it all together and then paint
it.
Glue on the head first then the collar and finish off with the
sleeves. Add the wings onto the back and glue on a small bow in the front.
Peg Angel
Materials: Wooden Clothes Peg, 2 paper
doilies, Angel wings, Fine ribbon, Craft/Doll Hair, and Marker pen
Directions:
To begin you need to cut the dress by removing the outer edge
of 1 doily so that just the middle remains. This forms the top of her dress.
The bottom of her dress is formed by a whole doily.
Place both doilies onto the peg by pushing the bottom of the
peg over the paper doily as shown.
Secure the doilies with a little craft glue.
Tie the ribbon onto the top of the peg and draw a face onto
it.
Glue on the hair and wings.
Aged
Angel Tree Topper
Materials: White Poster Board, Pencil, Fine Point Marker,
Scissors, Paints: Black, Wine, Ivory, Metallic Gold, School Mucilage, White
Glue, Clear Varnish, Paint Brushes: 1/2 " flat, small round, liner., Ruler
and Water
Directions:
Copy the pattern lines onto typing paper, or photocopy the
pattern. The pattern can be enlarged or decreased in size to suit your own
taste on a photocopy machine.
Angel Tree-Topper Pattern
Transfer the outline of the angel onto poster board. You only
need the outline at the moment. Cut out the angel using scissors.
Mix white glue and black paint half and half. Using 1/2″
brush, spread the mixture thickly to cover the entire shape of the angel, one
side only. Allow to dry, or speed dry with a hair blow dryer. Optional: Repeat
on the other side, covering the entire surface with paint mixture. This makes
the finished project more durable.
Dot several large globs of school mucilage onto the angel
shape, and evenly spread it over the entire surface with 1/2″ brush, which has
been cleaned in water. Allow to dry for approx. 10 minutes, or speed dry for
about 30 seconds with a blow dryer. Wash brush.
Paint over the partially dried mucilage with Ivory paint with
1/2″ brush. Allow about one to two minutes for the paint to establish it’s
crackle finish.
Place the pattern over the dried, painted, crackled angel, and
transfer the details onto the surface. Use a ruler and a pencil to draw the
straight lines. To transfer the details, rub a pencil on the back of the
pattern to establish a graphite back on the pattern, place the pattern over the
painted angel, and draw over the details of the angel. Enough pencil markings
should be left on the angel so that you can use them as a guideline for the
finish painting, if not, using a pencil, define them a but more using the faint
pencil transfer lines as a guide.
Mix Wine paint and Ivory paint to establish a pink color for
the face. Using a small round brush, paint in the face. Darken the pink color
with a bit more wine color, and paint in the hearts.
Paint the hair with Metallic Gold. When dry, paint the eyes
using a liner brush and black paint.
With liner brush, add all the Metallic Gold lines around the
halo, the wings, and the dress folds. Also outline the hearts. Paint a line of
Metallic Gold all around the outside edges of the angel.
When dry, use a black fine liner to draw in the eyebrows, the
nose, eyelashes, and outline the lips. Use the liner brush to add a small white
dot to the center of each cheek. Dip 1/2″brush into Metallic Gold and spatter
the entire angel by running the bristles against the pencil. Finish by painting
all the surfaces with clear varnish.
The angel may be glued closed permanently, or held closed with
a paper clip so that it can be stored flat.
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