How to make an angel with your own hands? Top 30 best crafts step by step

Traditional winter holidays - Christmas and New Year - are an excellent occasion to gather the whole family, together with the children, at a large table, talk about holiday traditions and make decorations for the house and Christmas tree. Today, on the eve of a series of magical holidays, we invite you to learn how to make a Christmas angel with your own hands and create your own small miracle. In our article you will find a description of crafts made from completely different materials, including those that are often considered waste, as well as simple diagrams and descriptions for them. So let's get creative!

Choose from what and how we will do it:

from paper cones
accordion
from paper napkins
vytynanka
flat cardboard figures
from felt
made from salt dough
from foamiran
crochet angel
made of plasticine
cross-stitch
from beads
from a light bulb
from cotton pads

Paper cone angels

We suggest starting with simple crafts - from paper cones. For this you will need:

paper, both regular office paper and special thick paper will do: torchon, for scrapbooking, you can take watercolor white sheets;
scissors: straight and curly;
glue stick and PVA;
a simple pencil to trace the templates;
colored pencils and felt-tip pens (for coloring and drawing on small details);
Sequins, buttons, ribbons, beads and beads are useful for decoration.

You can download, print and cut out the diagram below. In any case, the work begins with making a cone. There are two options for how to make a cone.

Roll a sheet of paper into a ball and glue it together. Cut off the excess paper on the wide side, which will be the base of the toy.
Using a template or compass, draw a circle, cut along the radius, then twist and glue the cone.

The head of a man can be glued from paper, cardboard, a small foam ball, or a large wooden bead. The head can be decorated with a wreath of paper flowers or a halo of shiny foil. You can paint your face, or you don’t have to – follow your creative vision.

A self-made messenger of Christmas can be a free-standing figurine or a pendant on the Christmas tree. In this case, it is necessary to provide a ribbon or string so that you can hang it.

If you place a garland of LEDs inside a paper figurine, which do not heat up and are safe, you can make a cozy, glow-in-the-dark party decoration.

Cutting diagrams

Fabric figurine without stitching

In this option, all parts are connected with glue.

To work you will need:

3 white square flaps: one - with a side of 15 cm (torso), the second - 10 cm (head), the third - 20 cm (dress);
tulle;
lace;
cotton wool;
threads;
thin tape;
beads, sequins for decoration;
scissors;
glue gun

Having prepared the materials, you can begin to work.

Fold a square with a side of 15 cm with the right side inward to form a rectangle. Glue 3 sides together, leaving one 7.5 cm wide.
Turn out the workpiece.
Place cotton wool inside the bag (about 2/3 full).
Pull the corners of the non-glued side together and attach them to the part: you should get a pentagon.
Distribute the cotton evenly in the workpiece.
Form a ball with a diameter of approximately 2 cm from a fabric 10 cm wide. To do this, put cotton wool on the inside of the flap, connect the ends, and tie it with thread. Cut off the excess.
You can make hair from threads, or a halo from beads by gluing them around your head.
Fold the dress in the shape of a truncated cone with the right side inward so that the edges protrude above the body to a height of 1.5 cm. Glue the side, trim the bottom, turn the piece inside out.
Place the dress over your torso.
Attach the head with a glue gun.
The remaining 1.5 cm of fabric will become a collar that will cover the junction.
Cut wings in the shape of a heart from tulle and attach the figures to the back.
Decorate the dress with sequins.

All that remains is to attach the ribbon in the shape of a loop and hang the craft on the Christmas tree.

Angels accordion

Folding the paper like an accordion and making another toy with your own hands is quite simple. Bend the paper like a ladder, making equal indents. For convenience, you can draw lines at a distance of 1 cm from each other - this way the accordion will turn out smooth and neat.

The face can be drawn or printed. You can decorate such a home keeper with beads, glue with glitter, and ribbons.

Volumetric paper angels with cutting templates

Such angels can be made in droves, that is, in large numbers, due to the fact that by cutting out a ready-made template, they can be assembled in a matter of seconds. The paper doesn't have to be white. Angels also turn out beautiful from yellow, red or blue.

Cut out the finished template or draw with a marker on paper.

Now we put the sheet over so that the outline is visible and trace it with a pencil

If the pattern is symmetrical, then you can fold the sheet in half and cut out the blank.

Pay attention to the slots through which we will connect the angel's wings. If you return to the template, you will see that they are not symmetrical and will need to be cut separately.

Now let’s put the craft together.

We lower the handles down.

We straighten all the parts so that the figure stands stable and level. The craft is ready, as you can see, in a few minutes.

Here are a few ready-made templates that you can print or, holding the sheet to the monitor, simply transfer to paper with a soft pencil or felt-tip pen.

Template No. 2

Template No. 3

Angel made of paper napkins

You can make an angel from white paper napkins with a surprise inside. This surprise (like the advent calendar) will especially appeal to the youngest participants of the holiday. Insert a round candy (lollipop, chocolate in wrapper) into the “head” of the figure. This will add volume and shape to the toy’s head and will become a treat for the baby.

So, here are step-by-step instructions on how to make your own angel from a napkin.

Unfold the napkin and place it flat on the table, in 1 layer.
Place the candy in the center.
Gently crimp the candy with your hands to shape the head without tearing the napkin. Secure with a ribbon or small rubber band.
Fold the wings behind your back using a second napkin folded in half.
Decorate the figurine as you wish. You can draw a face, glue a halo of gold ribbon or cardboard.

Christmas Angel for interior decor

To make it you need thick felt (dress), regular felt (for applique), bead (head), artificial hair (can be replaced with felting wool or thread). The face can be drawn with felt-tip pens. Step-by-step MK + pattern can be found in the gallery.

Vytynanka of angels

Openwork silhouettes of little keepers will look great on a window or a plain background: a wall or door. Just below you can download and print stencils of angels for free and cut out figures of Christmas creatures.

For cutting, it is better to use a breadboard (stationery) knife, as it allows you to create subtle intricate patterns. As a backing, if you do not have a special mat (mat), take a plastic cutting board or a sheet of waste cardboard, for example, from a shoe box.

Small children cannot handle such complex manipulations; adults can help them. For kids, take the simplest patterns. The ornament can also be cut out with nail scissors.

How to knit an angel and decorate it with your own hands

Angel applique

Template for crafts. Right-click and select “Save image as.” and then print it on the printer. Easy paper angel crafts for preschool children. The best time is time spent with children with benefit. And now again you have a great opportunity for the children who go to kindergarten to make crafts. This time it's easy paper angel crafts. Preschoolers love to create with their own hands, and any child can make such cute creations. Take a sheet of paper, cut out an elongated triangle and assemble it into an accordion, string it onto a skewer.

The craft is different from all previous ones. Print and cut out the template.

Source

Flat cardboard angels

Flat figures of God's messengers from cardboard can also be cut out using a stationery knife. Use our diagrams or draw your own silhouettes.

You can immediately take colored cardboard:

coated;
velvet;
foil;
with an image;
with embossing.

Or cut out people from corrugated cardboard, which is used for boxes. And paint or paste over the finished figurine:

cotton or linen fabric;
canvas (burlap);
lace;
beads;
colored craft paper.

Don't forget to punch a hole (for example, with a hole punch) and thread a ribbon - to hang the angel on the Christmas tree or door handle.

Cutting diagrams

How to make a face for a doll from nylon

To understand how to make a face for a doll from nylon tights, you need to familiarize yourself with the materials used.

What is needed for work:

Nylon tights;
Synthetic fluff;
The sponge is soft;
Thread, needles and buttons;
A piece of cotton fabric;
PVA and paints;
Hair fixation spray.

A simple pattern
The first step is to make the head of the doll. You need to roll a synthetic fluff ball. Then fill the tights with it and tighten it. To make the head round, you need to take a sponge, cut a circle out of it and attach padding to it.

Secure this ball with thread. Using a needle, outline the nose and ears. Now you need to tighten the nose and ears using thread.

Note! Cheeks and eyes are also done using the tightening method. At the end of the work, the product needs to be made up with ordinary cosmetics. And sew hair onto your head from scraps of fabric.

Felt angel

New Year's toys made of felt can be sewn with a decorative seam or carefully glued along the contour using a glue gun or Moment-Crystal type glue.

Step-by-step sewing of felt toys is perfect for beginning craftswomen, since working with felt (another name for felt) is quite simple for many reasons:

it is dense and holds its shape well;
the edges of the material do not fray and do not interfere with sewing;
The variety of colors allows you to realize many creative ideas.

By the way, in craft stores you can even buy felt with a themed pattern, suitable for sewing Christmas angels with your own hands.

Felt patterns

Angel bell - MK for making felt crafts

To make an angel bell you need: felt, a wooden bead, glue and a bell. The angel is made without sewing.

Salt dough angel

Crafts made from salt dough for Christmas are very voluminous and “alive” due to the use of natural ingredients to prepare the mass. This material is safe and perfect for children's creativity. The simplest salt dough recipe:

1 tbsp. wheat flour;
1 tbsp. fine salt (“Extra”);
0.5 tbsp. cold water;
1 tbsp. l. PVA glue.

Mix all ingredients thoroughly until the salt dissolves. Otherwise, the crystals will interfere with the sculpting process.

If desired, you can immediately knead the salted dough into colored dough by adding food coloring - the kind you use to color eggs for Easter.

Or paint a finished dried toy. You can use gouache paints (for kids) or acrylic paints (for older creators). After the paint has dried, coat the salt dough toy with varnish to add shine and durability. You can leave the product unpainted, maintaining the natural color.

Salt dough is a very pliable material. It produces both tiny figures and large compositions consisting of several parts, which are molded and dried separately, and then mounted together (with PVA glue).

You can make imprints and patterns on the dough. You can use a knife for plasticine (stack); interesting prints and drawings can also be obtained from:

caps from pens or felt-tip pens;
twigs, leaves, dried in the fall;
lace and mesh (it is better to take hard linen).

Don't forget to leave a hole for the ribbon in the finished product. The best way to dry salt dough crafts is as follows. Place the dough products on a baking sheet lined with baking paper or tracing paper and place in the oven. Heat the oven to a temperature of approx. 100 deg. and leave the figures until dry.

Or you can “bake” for 20 minutes. in preheated to 200 degrees. oven. In this case, the product will turn out rosy and appetizing, like a bread crust.

Volumetric Christmas card

A gentle postcard with an image of an angel - 3D format, it is three-dimensional, and all its beauty is inside. You can decorate the outer part as you wish, for example, simply write “Merry Christmas” or some kind words, use a border in the form of a decorative ribbon, draw something, and so on.

But inside it will be voluminous and unusual. Due to this design, you can put it on a table, on a shelf and admire your masterpiece. There is an angel on the inside which makes this a winter and Christmas card.

To make a postcard, prepare:

white and blue paper;
if desired, a figured hole punch to decorate a corner;
feathers or pieces of faux fur;
golden foil;
golden pen;
scissors;
glue.

How to make a three-dimensional Christmas card step by step

For the base, prepare 2 sheets of white and blue paper of the same size, fold them in half.
Process the corners of the blue sheet with a figured hole punch, this will make the inside look more interesting. At the same stage, if desired, decorate the outer part in any way. Then glue the blue layer inside and the inner folds should line up perfectly.
To fill the postcard you will need to model an angel figurine. For the dress, prepare triangular parts. Fold the white sheet in half, draw a line down from the fold, highlighting the hypotenuse of the right triangle, and cut out the folded triangle. Make several such layers of the same size, that is, use the first layer as a template for subsequent ones. Prepare about 8 layers for the angel.
In the center of the fold, glue a white circle - the head of an angel. Also cut out 2 identical wings from the same white paper and glue on the sides.
Glue all prepared triangular blanks into a stack. Grease one side and place the other half on top. So connect all the parts. Then coat the 2 outer ones, glue them to the center of the card, and squeeze. This way, when the card is opened, the angel's fluffy dress will be visible in the center. All that remains is to complete your craft.
Attach a bow to the figurine's neck. It can be made from gold foil. Attach a halo at the top, draw eyes and mouth with a gold pen. Also add feathers or fur trim using faux fur, but in small pieces, because the card should be closed. The wings can be decorated with gel glitter. Distribute white snowflakes on the background.
An unusual Christmas card for preschool and school-aged children has been created.

Angel from foamiran

Foamiran - foam cardboard - pliable, plastic material. Please note that the outline on the foamiran should not be drawn with a pencil or pen. Use a regular toothpick. It seems to press the soft surface of the material, then cut out the parts using scissors along the resulting groove.

For little Christmas messengers made from foam board, you can use the same patterns as for crafts made from paper and cardboard. Foamiran figures with sparkles will look especially impressive. For decoration use:

rhinestones, sparkles, sequins;
wooden and varnished beads;
ribbons, lace, braid.

Snowy Christmas angel – MK + pattern

Required materials and tools:

Felt.
Cotton fabric (any color).
Super glue.
Scissors.
Beading needle.
Ribbon.
Pins.

Instructions:

Make a pattern from paper.
Cut out an angel from felt (two parts).
Cut a piece of their cotton fabric and sew an angel at the bottom.
Place the two pieces together using an overcast stitch.
Sew beads along the bottom of the wing with a special needle.
Glue a ribbon near the head so that there is something to hang the figurine from.

Crochet angel

Remember the openwork napkins that our grandmothers knitted with tiny hooks from mercerized cotton yarn? Crochet - a skillful airy crochet - is now at the peak of popularity. Thanks to our simple and intelligible diagrams, you will cope with this, at first glance, difficult type of needlework!

All patterns are based on alternating air loops, double crochets and single crochets. The following is suitable as an additional decor for filigree angels:

beads;
beads;
embroidery;
finishing with lurex and gold threads.

You can also crochet a Christmas tree.

Christmas card with an angel

The Christmas card with an angel shown in this master class is delicate and unique because it is made not only from paper, but also from other materials: felt, threads, feathers, and so on.

To make a postcard with an angel, prepare:

thick white paper;
blue paper;
blue felt;
decorative tape;
scissors;
glue;
orange paper;
white feathers;
yellow knitting threads;
snowflake hole punch;
ribbon bow;
red berries;
handles black, gold, white.

How to make a card with an angel step by step

Prepare a base for a folding card, inside which you can write a message. For the top layer - a white sheet, for the base - blue.
Place the blue sheet on a white base and attach decorative tape in a contrasting color, such as glitter brown, around the edge.
To create an angel dress, blue felt is suitable. This soft material will fit perfectly into such a masterpiece. Felt looks cozy and homey, but it can also be replaced with paper.
Glue triangular-shaped parts with beveled corners in the form of a dress and sleeves to it to the postcard. At the bottom of the dress you can attach snowflakes created using a figured hole punch.
To imitate the wings of an angel, feathers are suitable - decorative ones, bought in a store, or even ordinary ones that you can collect in your yard. Glue the wings on both sides.
From orange or beige paper, cut out a round head, hands, legs, and glue all these details.
Glue the hair to the circle simulating the head. Create a bouffant hairstyle using crochet threads, preferably yellow, to show off the blonde.
Glue a bow and red berries in the center of the neck. Use a black pen to draw eyes and a mouth.
Glue a halo over the angel’s head, cutting it out of golden foamiran or modeling it from wire. Draw snowflakes on the background and write “Merry Christmas” with pens.
This is such a bright and unusual Christmas card.

Plasticine angel

Plasticine is the favorite material for creativity of all children, without exception. To create wonderful Christmas angels with your own hands, take airy plasticine. It is very soft, pliable, tactilely pleasant, the colors mix well with each other. The finished plasticine craft dries in air within two hours, becomes almost weightless and retains its strength.

After complete drying, you can draw on small details (eyes, smiles) with markers or felt-tip pens.

Crafts with felt and textiles

Strong, durable and unusual – these are textile crafts. Such a selection requires basic skills in working with a thread and a needle, but the finished creation will last for many years, and nothing bad will happen if it falls into the hands of even a very small child.

Among the most famous options, the following are considered:

Felt angel. Each element is cut out in pairs, sewn together with a simple seam or edging and filled with cotton wool. Beads or satin ribbons are used as decoration and eyes. Felt is a dense material, so you can even sew a standing, cone-shaped angel from it;
Pieces of fabric. Why not an option? A ready-made ornament and bright colors are an excellent decoration that do not require additions. Just sew it and fill it with cotton wool. Figures can be made either from solid templates or sewn from individual elements;
Knitted angels. Requires special skills, technique and time. Definitely a winning option, which can be used not only as a decoration, but also as a gift.

Angel cross stitch

Cross stitch is another type of ancient needlework, interest in which is being revived these days. Our page contains diagrams and layouts by color, according to which you can easily embroider wonderful colorful messengers of the Christmas holiday.

For embroidery you will need:

canvas - loose fabric for needlework;
hoops for stretching fabric for embroidery;
colored threads - traditional floss, wool, silk, cotton.

Some needlewomen prefer to complement cross stitch with other embroidery methods - stem stitch, knots, loops, etc. Your imagination will tell you what the final version of the work will be. For decoration, a baguette with underdrawing is well suited - when some elements are drawn on the cardboard mat to make the picture complete.

Cute New Year's angels for the Christmas tree with a pattern + MK

For the craft you need: felt, wool for felting (hair), filler. Use a special felting needle to roll the wool onto the head. After this, brew starch (1 tsp per ¼ cup of water), lubricate a strand of wool with it, twist it with a flagellum and wrap it around a skewer. The angelic “perm” will be ready in a day, after which you can take out the skewers. The face is painted with paints, you can also embroider.

Beaded angel

Bead weaving is painstaking manual labor. Our patterns will help you understand the intricacies of beadwork and create real New Year's masterpieces. Beads in crafts can be connected in series, parallel or in a circle - depending on the pattern of the part you are making.

Beads can be used:

brilliant;
matte;
faceted - “Charlotte”;
bugles - elongated cylinder tubes;
rainbow;
metallized.

Stock up on wire of different thicknesses to connect suitable beads of different sizes and internal hole diameters.

If you liked this type of creativity, check out beaded Christmas trees and beaded snowflakes.

Light bulb angel

Light bulbs that have served their purpose can become the basis for creativity. They make an excellent frame - a body for a future angel. By adding a little imagination and details from different materials, we will get a unique toy, which will definitely not be second in the world!

Wings can be made from decorative ornamental feathers, cut out of cardboard or felt. A large bead or drink stopper will be useful for the head. The hairstyle can be made from thread or wool yarn.

Complete the Christmas tree decoration with a halo made of foil, a book or angelic notes made from a folded piece of paper. Here is a great example of upcycling - recycling unnecessary materials.

Simple felt angel – MK with photo step by step + pattern

To make this craft you will need felt in 5 colors, threads, a needle and, of course, a pattern. The Angel's blush can be done with lipstick or blush. In the gallery below you will find a pattern and step-by-step photo instructions.

From cotton pads

Cotton pads seem to be asking to be used in New Year and Christmas crafts. They are white, soft, with neat edges. Let's take advantage of them! To make angels from cotton pads with your own hands, the parts can be cut out almost like from felt or paper, and notches can be made to imitate feathers in the wings. Or you can use it entirely - folding and twisting.

Be sure to add decorative shiny elements:

beaded eyes;
halos made of shiny metal wire and foil;
buttons, beads, sequins.

By the way, patterns can be drawn on cotton pads using acrylic contour paints in tubes with narrow spouts.

Using these patterns and tutorials, you will know how to make Christmas angels. Create for your health! Let the good guardians that you create with your own hands bring goodness and endless happiness to your hospitable home!

Felt Angel for Christmas tree - step-by-step master class

For this Christmas craft you will need felt in 3 colors, filler, ribbon and beads for decoration. See step-by-step MK and pattern in the gallery.