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Ribbon Angel Christmas Ornament

Christmas Angel Pattern

Here’s an easy project for an afternoon. Use these pretty angels as Christmas tree or gift ornaments. With different size wooden beads for the head, you can make them any size you like.

Angel Materials

• 2.5 cm wooden bead
• Ball of cotton batting to form hair
• 10 cm 26 gauge “gold” wire for halo
• Gold spray paint
• Skin tone acrylic paint
• Black permanent marker
• 7 inches gold thread or cord for hanger
• 11 inches thin gold ribbon for necktie
• 11 inches 1 ½ inch-wide gold ribbon for wings
• 1 foot extra-wide (5 to 6 inches) fancy ribbon for dress

Tools

• Hot glue gun
• Scissors
• Paint brush

Ribbon Angel Assembly Instructions

Head

Paint wooden bead your choice of skin tone and set aside to dry.

Hair

Scrunch ball of batting into an appropriate shape for the angel’s hair.

Lay ball on the center fold of a piece of newspaper. Since the ball is so lightweight and would be “blown away” by the plume of spray paint, secure the ball gently by placing your left/right hand behind the loosely folded news paper.

Spray thoroughly using your other hand. [Do this outside or in the garage to avoid inhaling the fumes as well as to avoid gold spray on other surfaces. The very fine mist does travel!] Rotate the ball of batting gently to get all the surfaces.

Dress

Fold dress ribbon in half with best side out. Loop necktie ribbon around fold to form top of dress.

Tie necktie tightly to gather the dress at the neckline. Tie the ends into a pretty bow.

Optional: Cut the bottom of the dress on an angle to make it appear more flowing, as an angel’s gown might be.

Wings

Make a loop with the ribbon you’ve chosen for the wings. Tie the ends of the gold hanger cord together using an overhand loop.

Loop the cord loop over the center of the wing loop with the knot close against the wing loop. You want the knots of the hanger loop to be hidden “in the wings”.

Scrunch the wings at the center as shown in the photo below and tie a second overhand loop tightly to hold the wings in shape. Here are explicit instructions for the overhand loop and tightening an overhand loop.

Halo

Make the halo by doubling the gold wire around a circular object (like the top of a small bottle of Elmer’s Glue) and twist the two ends together.

Bend the circle at a right angle so the halo will sit properly above the angel’s head.

Face

Hold the “hair” onto the wooden ball and pull it into the shape/length you want.

Use a pencil to draw the angel’s eyes and mouth as illustrated below. Trace over the pencil with the permanent marker.

[Not to worry if you mess up – since you haven’t glued the hair on yet, you can just turn the ball to the other side and try again.]

Assembly

Heat up your glue gun.

Glue hair to head. Place a dab of glue on the stalk of the halo and jab it into the hair.

Glue the wings to the top of the back of the dress (with the hanger cord facing up).

This should form a nice “platform” on which the angel’s head can perch.

Glue the angel’s head onto the platform.

Here are more Holiday Craft Ideas.

Also see 50 Ways to Use Ribbon

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