Christmas DIY: making a Christmas angel from scrap paper
This DIY is a real everyman's friend. You only need a few materials and you can vary endlessly with colour, paper and size. Go for old music paper for a classic look, or use pages from a colouring book for a cheerful look. And the best part? Each angel will be different. Make a few in different sizes and hang them together for a festive group of paper guardian angels.
Materials
- paper e.g. music paper, colouring books, old printing paper
- glue gun
- wooden bead
- stapler
- rope
- scissors
Instructions
- Fold a sheet of A4 paper into a harmonica. Make folds about 1 cm wide across the long side.
- Fold this harmonica in half and glue the halves together. This will be the body of the angel.
- Cut a second A4 sheet in half (width-wise).
- Fold one of the halves into a harmonica again, this time across the short side.
- Fold this harmonica in half and not in the middle. This will keep all the layers together well.
- Glue the small harmonica (the wings) on top of the large one (the dress).
- Make a loop of string. Fold it in half and glue the ends into the hole of the wooden bead with the glue gun.
- Stick the bead on top of the dress. And voilà: your angel is ready to hang!