DIY Kid’s Angel Craft with Paper Straws – Free Printables
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Christmas crafting just isn’t the same if you can’t get creative with the kids. Today’s angel ornament craft is a family-friendly, handmade item that can be gifted or used as decor during the holiday season!
You can make this simple angel ornament craft with just a printer, pair of scissors, and a few adornments.
Looking for more Christmas crafts? Check out all my tutorials here, like my 6 last-minute gift ideas!
Supplies Kid’s Christmas Angel Craft
- Christmas tree and angel printable templates (download them in my Freebie Vault here. Items #381, #382, #378)
- 3 pieces of white cardstock
- Scissors
- Paper straws
- Pipe cleaners
- Small pompoms or sequins
- Hole punch
- Craft glue
Print the templates (find them above) and cut out the angel and tree pieces with your scissors.
Fold the angel’s body or tree, like an accordion, back and forth on the dotted line.
Punch holes where the X’s are located but don’t punch any holes over the very top section
With the angel body folded, slide the paper straw through the center holes.
Glue the angel’s head to the top of the triangle.
To add wings to your angel ornament craft, apply glue to the back of the angel’s body where you would like to place the wings. Next, glue the songbook with hands to the front of the angel.
Cut your gold pipe cleaner in half and twist it into a halo, leaving a tail for the pipe cleaner to insert into the top of the straw.
Finally glue the Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, or Season’s Greetings banner to the bottom.
Repeat the first 5 steps to create the Christmas Tree but instead, glue the star to the treetop.
and glue pompoms, sequins, or buttons onto your tree as ornaments.
Glue a banner across the bottom to complete the tree.
Did you enjoy this easy and fun angel ornament craft or kids? Get access to the templates and all my Christmas freebies here!
DIY Kid-Friendly Angel Ornament Craft With Paper Straws - Christmas Crafts
Use my free printable templates to create these cute Christmas crafts with your kids! Two singing angels and a Christmas tree are wonderful decorations for your mantle, window sill, or bedside table.
Materials
Instructions
For the Angels:
- Print out all the templates.
- Cut out all the angel pieces with your scissors.
- Accordion-fold the angel's body using the dotted line as a guide.
- Punch holes at each X. Don’t punch holes over the very top section.
- Thread the paper straw through the center holes.
- Glue the angel’s head to the top of her triangle body.
- Add the angel’s wings by applying glue to the back of the angel’s body.
- Glue the hands and songbook to the front of the angel’s body.
- Cut your gold pipe cleaner in half. Twist it into a halo, leaving a pipe cleaner tail to insert into the top of the straw.
- Glue the Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, or Season’s Greetings banner to the bottom.
For The Tree
- Print out the template.
- Cut out the tree pieces with your scissors.
- Accordion-fold the tree using the dotted line as a guide.
- Punch holes at each X. Don’t punch holes over the very top section.
- Thread the paper straw through the center holes.
- Glue the star to the top of the tree.
- Add pompom or sequin decorations with craft glue.
- Glue the Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, or Season’s Greetings banner to the bottom.
I hope you have fun making these fun Christmas crafts by yourself or with the children in your life!
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