How to make an angel out of paper?

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Lovely souvenirs for Christmas and New Yearyou can do it yourself. One example that demonstrates this is the Christmas angel. It can make children as a gift to parents, grandmothers, grandfathers. For adults - more complex, voluminous angels, which you can also give or decorate with their help a house, a Christmas tree.

Making an Angel of Paper: The Easy Way

For work it is necessary to prepare necessary in advance:

a piece of paper folded in half;
scissors;
simple pencil.

Production: step by step

On the half of the sheet you need to draw out the contours of the angel - the head, part of the dress, the wing and part of the halo (see picture).
Now cut the angel outline. Pay attention to the dress, decorating it with strips on the bottom. Wings can also be cut into strips along the edge. If you wind it on a pencil, it will come out more tenderly - with small curls.
Now - focus: a halo in front of the head - it will turn into hands folded in prayer. Or you can put in your hands a carved horn - as an option.
Ready to angel decorate on your own. You can use a puncher in the form of a heart and make an angel a pattern on the dress. Also, with the help of a punch hole, lace edges of wings or clothes are made.
It only remains to fix the thread on the angel - and you can hang the decoration on a spruce, a chandelier or somewhere else. Effectively looks mobile from such crafts.

How to make an origami angel: a way more difficult

You will need:

two squares of paper;
strip of paper of the same color;
glue stick;
thread;
scissors.

The squares are small - 7 by 7 cm.

Step-by-step instruction:

The technique of the craft is simple. The squares are made corrugated, that is, we add the stripes. To do this, fold them first in half. Then each half of the bend to the middle, straighten - 4 stripes are ready. Now fold the bottom edge to the edge of the top bar. Straighten. Repeat by turning the square over. The extremes also need to be bent in half.
Bend each of the eight strips in half.
When you have two squares - 16 strips each, assemble them into an accordion.
Bend the accordion at a third of the entire length. Make sure that the bend point is at the same level for both accordions.
Glue the outer edge of the accordion part. Repeat with both.
Make the head of an angel: take a piece of paper and twist it into a circle. So that it does not unwind, first glue it with glue during the winding process. The end of the strip is fixed with glue on the head - you will get a halo angel.
Glue the parts together. The head is fastened between two accordion blanks. On the nimbus, you can fix the thread for fixing the crafts to fir or objects of the interior.

If some point remains unclear, you can see the video instruction that you will find on this page.

Angela can be used as an ornament for a postcard made by one's own hands. Also, if desired, the handicraft is decorated with beads or ribbons - it will be even more festive.

Read other materials from this column - How to make an angel and How to make wings.