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DIY Kids Paper Angel Craft With Straws – Free Printables

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A large graphic shows a festive Christmas angel craft. The top half of the graphic shows three completed paper angel crafts. The text in the center of the image says, “Paper straw angel crafts.” The lower half of the image shows the different free printables included with the craft tutorial.

It’s Christmas time, and that means getting crafty and making gifts for people you love! 

Christmas crafts are even better when you get creative with your kids. It’s a time-honored tradition to make ornaments, decorations, or holiday cards with the little ones in your life. The best holiday art projects, like these paper angel crafts, are easy for children of all ages. 

For this paper craft project, there is minimal cutting required. An adult can easily cut out the pieces beforehand – you don’t need a Cricut or other cutting machine, either! Kids are great at accordion folds and gluing, so these tree and angel ornaments are easy for all ages and abilities. 

I adore these singing choir angels–they’re so sweet. Angels are a popular theme in Christmas decorations, and these cuties are perfectly on point. The typical kids’ angel craft is a cut-up paper plate with construction paper. While those are cute, I’ve made these angels a little more sophisticated but simple enough for kids to make without much fuss or clean-up. 

Two adorable singing angels and a Christmas tree made from folded paper and gold straws are lined up against a green pine garland. Banners at the bottom of the decorations read “Happy Holidays,” “Season’s Greetings,” and “Merry Christmas.”

Did you enjoy this easy and fun tree and angel paper crafts for kids? Access the Christmas angels template, tree template, and all my Christmas freebies here!

Since the angel’s body is a triangle in this project, I also had to include a template for a Christmas tree! The tree craft is especially great for preschoolers – they will have a lot of fun and feel like part of the team when they add the “ornaments” to the tree! 

I suggest you use this printable angel template to create an entire choir! It’s so Christmas-y to see rows of choir angels looking at their songbooks while you listen (and maybe sing along) to holiday tunes on the radio. You’ll almost believe the paper angel choir is really singing! 

Truly, the best part of these little angels or trees is the simplicity. The basic cone shapes are easy for anyone, making this a family-friendly craft to gift or use as decor during the holiday season. It isn’t what you make that matters; it’s the time spent together making it.

To create this simple paper angel craft, all you need are scissors, glue, your printer, and a few extras like pipe cleaners and sequins for embellishing.

Are you looking for more Christmas crafts? Check out all my tutorials here, like my 6 last-minute gift ideas!

A folded paper angel holds a songbook with a gold pipe-cleaner for a halo. This papercraft makes a perfect Christmas project for children to make.

Supplies for the Paper Angel or Tree Craft  

A four-image graphic shows the easy steps and free printables for tree and angel craft decorations. The text in the center pink circle says, “DIY Paper Straw Angels Christmas Kids Craft.”

Step-by-Step Instructions for the Paper Angel and Tree Craft

Step 1: Print and Cut (Angel and Tree) 

Print the templates (find them in the Freebie Vault) and cut out the angel or tree pieces with your scissors.

A PDF printout of the pieces to create an angel decoration, with the cone-shaped body already cut out of the page.

Step 2: Fold (Angel and Tree) 

  • Make accordion folds in the angel’s body (or tree), back and forth, on the dotted lines. Your last fold should be at the very top.
Separate cut-out pieces of a paper angel craft template are on a brown wooden table, including the cone-shaped angel body, green and white wings, a red songbook, and a small head with black hair.

Step 3:  Insert the Straw (Angel and Tree) 

  • Punch holes on the X marks on the paper angels and trees, but don’t punch any holes over the very top section. 
  • Slide the paper straw through the center holes in the cone shape of the angel’s body or the tree.
A paper cut-out in the shape of a tree is folded accordion-style, with a silver paper straw inserted through the center.

Step 4: Glue the Top Piece (Angel and Tree) 

  • For the paper angel craft: Glue the head of the angel to the top of the triangle. Keep the angel’s face on the front side!
  • For the paper tree craft: Glue the tree topper star to the top of the cone shape.
A person’s hand gently places the blonde angel head onto the triangle-shaped, accordion-folded paper body.

Step 5: Add the Angel’s Wings or the Decorations

  • For the paper angel craft: Place glue on the back of your angel where you would like to add the wings. Help young children to ensure the wings face the decorated side. 
  • For the paper tree craft: Glue sequins, pom poms, or other “ornaments” to your tree. Or, let older kids cut out ornaments using different colors of pretty paper or patterned scrapbooking paper. Then, skip to Step 8. 

Step 6: Add the Final Touches (Angel)

  • For the paper angel craft: Glue the songbook with hands to the front of the angel.
The paper angel craft is turned over to glue the angel wings onto the back of the gold paper straw running through the decoration.
The back of the paper angel craft shows the placement of the gold straw, gold pipe-cleaner halo, and glued-on angel wings.

Step 7: Add the Halo (Angel)

  • For the paper angel craft: Cut your gold pipe cleaner in half and twist it into a round halo. Leave a tail to insert the pipe cleaner into the top of the straw.
The front of this kid-friendly paper angel craft shows the angel's paper body with a gold straw through the accordion folds. The paper angel holds a songbook in her hands.

Step 8: Add the Banner (Angel and Tree) 

  • Finally, glue the “Merry Christmas,” “Happy Holidays,” or “Season’s Greetings” banner to the bottom of your Christmas craft. 

Well done! I hope this free printable template for my Christmas angel craft brings you and your family joy! Please share the DIY paper angels you’ve made using one of my free printable templates on my social media accounts, found at the bottom of this post. Happy holidays!

An accordion-folded green and white paper Christmas tree is adorned with pom-poms, a “Happy Holidays” banner, and a bright yellow paper star. This simple craft is great for kids.

Did you enjoy this easy and fun tree and angel paper crafts for kids? Access the Christmas angels template, tree template, and all my Christmas freebies here!

DIY Kid’s Angel Craft with Paper Straws Cover Image

DIY Kids Paper Angel Craft With Straws

Active Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Difficulty: Easy

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.

Instructions

For the Angels: 

  1. Print out all the templates. 
  2. Cut out all the angel pieces with your scissors. 
  3. Accordion-fold the angel's body using the dotted line as a guide.  
  4. Punch holes at each X. Don’t punch holes over the very top section.
  5. Thread the paper straw through the center holes. 
  6. Glue the angel’s head to the top of her triangle body.
  7. Add the angel’s wings by applying glue to the back of the angel’s body. 
  8. Glue the hands and songbook to the front of the angel’s body. 
  9. 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.
  10. Glue the Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, or Season’s Greetings banner to the bottom.

For The Tree

  1. Print out the template. 
  2. Cut out the tree pieces with your scissors. 
  3. Accordion-fold the tree using the dotted line as a guide.  
  4. Punch holes at each X. Don’t punch holes over the very top section.
  5. Thread the paper straw through the center holes. 
  6. Glue the star to the top of the tree. 
  7. Add pompom or sequin decorations with craft glue
  8. 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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