Paper Angel Ornament DIY

Here is a super sweet Paper Angel Ornament that the kids will love – well mine do, especially the 6yrs old, as she LOVES making paper fans.. and this gives her a reason to make yet MORE FANS and turn them into lovely little angels. These make a great Christmas craft to decorate the Christmas tree with. Or youc an make a little angel garland or add them to Christmas Greeting Cards! So sweet!

Paper Angels Craft for Kids of all Ages

If you make them “small” they are perfect for the Christmas tree. Or make them “bigger” and use them as wall decorations. I also think these little angels would look lovely on a homemade Christmas Card! Do also check out our comprehensive DIY Angel Ornaments post! And find many more ideas in our handy 30 Christmas Ornament Book!

In the instructions below, I also give you an alternative to using wooden beads for the head – which means, this is can an incredibly thrifty craft too – made from old magazine or left over bits of paper!

We now have some GORGEOUS and bright Paper Cardinal Ornaments that I think you will LOVE too!

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Paper Angel Ornament DIY – Materials:

• one wooden bead (US/UK – affiliate links) OR paper in desired facial colours
• half a sheet of white construction paper per angel (if making a white angel, but you can also combine patterned sheets of paper and white paper – sheet music would look ADORABLE)
• string or baker’s twine (if using beads, make sure a loop of this fits through the bead’s hole)
• marker pens/ pencils
• a pair of scissors
• glue stick

If using paper for the angel’s face, this makes a great classroom craft too – as nice and thrifty and yet oh so cute! Give the angel’s different facial expressions and maybe even make a whole choir of angels! Note: no angel templates needed!

How to make Paper Angel Ornament:

We have a fabulous video tutorial for you t o check out or follow the step by step photo instructions below!

How to make paper angel craft – step by step instructions

And here is how to make this adorable Christmas decorations with photo steops and written instructions!

Make the angel dress and wings

You can customise these paper angel ornaments to be any size you want. However, we like the following size of paper:

• colored or pattern paper approx. 15 x 15cm
• white paper approx. 10 x 15.cm

Concertina fold your square piece of paper with approximately 0.5mm folds.  I added some red strips to the white paper for effect – but you can leave them plain too! Fold the wide paper in concertina shape along the 10cm edge.

Connecting the angel dress and wings

Fold both concertinas in half – as neatly as you can.

Then glue the white paper wings to the body (a glue stick is plenty, you won’t need a hot glue gun for this!).

Add your baker’s twine or ribbon for hanging (and it also secures the shape a little more) and secure with a knot.

Glue the bottom of the angel skirt together.

Make a paper angel face (or thread a bead as angel head)

To make your face, you will need a circle in skin tone colour and a strip of paper. Glue the strip of paper to the top of the head.

Then fold down behind the head on both sides. Trim to a desired length. And add your facial features with pen!

Final paper angel craft ornament assembly

Glue the head to the top of the angel body and add any embellishments such a gems, bows, eco-friendly glitter or sequins. You can, instead of the paper angel face, slip a bead over the baker’s twine as your angel’s head.

And check out this ADORABLE little Angel Andrea G – a Facebook reader – shared with:

LOVE the addition of tinsel!

We have a Fabulous Paper Crafts Group on Facebook … and another member shared this ADORABLE anegl made by her daughter, Pranali:

Here is another lovely set of paper angels submitted by a reader (Mary D). I love how well work work with tissue paper. And not the hole punch on the bottom of the craft paper angels.. gives it a lovely little detail. So sweet!

Why not check out our Christmas Ornament Book:

Our favourite ornaments – all in one place, easy to print as worksheets and group by age

As well as our fabulous DIY Angel Ornaments:

Have fun making your Paper Angels!!!

You can also watch this Paper Angel Ornament video tutorial on YouTube