Caroline
Are you ready for another simple angel craft? I’ve had this fun craft on my list for a few months now after making our colorful owls and I’m super excited with how it turned out. It’s a simple and classic angel craft that is perfect for Christmas time, and kids of all ages will love making it.
This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. Read our disclosure policy for more information.
I have had a few negative comments regarding using foam cups for crafting. I wanted to mention that when the time comes for us to discard of crafts using foam cups we always recycle the cups using our city’s municipal recycling program.
Supplies you will need:
- small foam cup
- 8-inch circle doily
- manila folder
- 2-inch circle punch (optional)
- gold shimmer stick
- black marker
- tacky glue
- tape
- scissors
Directions:
1. Create an angel halo and poke it down inside the bottom of foam cup
Start by making a circle loop at the end of your gold shimmer stick. Twist the end of the loop around the rest of the shimmer stick to secure the loop and make an angel halo. Poke a small hole in the center of the bottom of your foam cup and poke your halo down inside it. Use a strip of tape to secure the halo in place inside the foam cup if needed.
2. Create angel wings and glue the back of foam cup
Fold your round doily in half. Open it back up, add a line of glue down the center and close it back up so it’s glued shut. Fold back the two ends of the doily half, making angel wings. Add tacky glue to the center section of the doily and glue it to the back of your foam cup. The folded sections should hang off the side of the cup acting as wings for your angel.
3. Create angel face and attach it to the front of foam cup
Use your 2-inch circle punch to cut out a circle out of your manila folder. Use your black marker to draw eyes and a mouth on your circle. Either use tape or tacky glue to attach the angel face onto the front of the foam cup.
It is such a simple, pretty decoration to display for Christmas. We kept our angel simple by not added hair, but you could easily draw hair on with a marker, or glue yarn around the face for hair.
