Angels We Have Heard on High...

DIY Christmas Angels

Are you looking for a fun and easy Christmas craft for kids ? Well how's this ?

This angel is easy and fun to make. Here are the materials you will need :

- white construction paper for the wings and candle

- pink/peach paper for the angel's face and hands
- any colored paper for the body and hair
- yellow paper for the stars and candle flame
- a pencil
- an eraser
- scissors
- a gluestick
- a black marker
- the templates here below
**instead of construction paper, you can also use felt paper but you will need to glue with some hot glue.

You will need to cut out and trace all of the different pieces in order to make this angel. For the wings, simply trace your hands ! When all is traced and cut out, erase any pencil markings.

Now it's time to glue. First, glue the head in place and then fold the angel's arms inward. The top of the flaps need to overlap because you will need to glue them together. Glue on the hair and finish drawing the face. Next, glue the top of the arms together leaving space between the body and the arms. If the glue doesn't hold, stapling them works also. Glue the candle and candle flame in the middle of the arms (not too high or we won't be able to see the angel's face!). Then glue the little hands near the bottom of the candle so it looks like the angel is holding it.

Now onto the wings. Place your right hand onto the white paper spacing out your fingers. Trace your hand and cut it out. Erase any left over pencil markings. Do the same for your left hand. Then glue both wings onto the back of the angel.

Now to finish your angel, cut out and glue stars, hearts, or anything else you want. And voilà, you now have a beautiful angel decoration to hang up !

Here are the finished projects of some of my students (7-10 year olds) :

Here is a smaller version of the angel:

The instructions are the same as the bigger angel. Cut out and trace all of the pieces and glue them together ! Here are the templates below :

If you want to hang it on the Christmas tree, simply attach a thin string to the top of the angel's head.

I hope you enjoyed this post! Thank you for visiting but before you go, here is a little head scratcher: What do you have in December that you don't have in any other month?

The letter "D"!!

Merry Christmas to all :)

Christmas Cards

Handmade Pop-up Cards

If you're like me and you prefer sending real cards instead of electronic cards for Christmas, then here are some ideas. For a little while now, I've been really into pop-up cards. I make all of my cards, no matter the occassion: birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, holidays, etc.

I used motifs and many of the ideas from this book "Cartes a decouper: Motifs en relief". Yes, again it's in French but the instructions are simple enough for anyone. 

So here are some of my creations:

Frosty the Snowman

The Christmas tree must have been the hardest one to make because of the mesurements but the outcome looks great.

If you like tedious work, I definitely recommend this card! Cutting everything out was very long but definitely worth it.

In order to make these pop-up cards, I used different tools:

- a precision knife

- a cutting board

- pencil

- paper clips

- a ruler in centimeters (precision is very important)

- an embossing stylus

- scissors

- lots of different colored paper

- a gluestick

I hope these cards inspire you to start or continue to make pop-up cards. Thank you for visitng but before you go, here is a fun fact about pop-ups: the first pop-up type book dates back to the 13th century and was used for scholary works. It wasn't until the 18th century that these movable books were designed for entertainment and children.

Happy holidays! See you soon :)