Crafts for Christmas

Christmas angel made of cloth

To make this simple craft for Christmas, you will need very few materials and a little bit of free time. To make such an angel, you need to take:

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  transparent light fabric (can be a mesh or tulle);
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  braid, cord or decorative ribbon (about 15 cm);
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  some sintepon or cotton wool;
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  scissors.

From the fabric you need to cut a square with a side length of 20 cm. This will be the basis of the angel. From cotton wool or sintepon you need to roll a small ball about 2-2.5 cm in diameter, from it you will make a head.

Now put the filler for the head exactly inthe middle of the square of the fabric and fold the base for the angel diagonally so that you get a triangle. Now you need to carefully attach the fabric near the filler and tightly bandage.

As a result, the head with theits three corners - it will be the wings and the body. Carefully separate the wings from the body and tape the bandage of the angel crosswise. It turns out that on the chest the angel will have a cross from the braid, and then the braid will pass under the arms. Tie her knot on her back. That's all!

If desired, you can embroider the angel face and make the hair out of the thread, so that it turns out to be more "alive".

Christmas angel made of paper

Crafts for Christmas made of paper are very easy to make. Try to do with the children paper Christmas angel. For this you will need:

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  dense colored paper or thin colored cardboard;
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  white or colored paper;
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  scissors;
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  PVA glue;
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  markers;
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  cotton wool.

First you need to cut out of color or whitepaper tracery snowflake. Now cut half the snowflake onto the colored cardboard (or thick paper) and cut out the semicircle. Spread one edge of the semicircle with glue and roll it into a cone.

Cut out the angel's wings from the cardboard and glue it on"Back" (where there was a seam from the gluing). Draw an angel's mouth, nose and eyes, glue hair made of cotton wool. Instead of cotton wool, you can make a wig of thread.

If you want to hang an angel, with the help ofneedles thread the thread through the top of the cone, having tied a knot at the end for fixation (you can fix a small bead at the end of the thread for greater accuracy). From the second half of the snowflake, there will be another angel. And you can paste a cardboard angel with lace instead of a delicate snowflake.

Christmas Star

Another version of the craft for Christmas is christmas star, heralded the birth of Jesus. If you can sew, then making such crafts for Christmas will not present you any special work. To make it, you will need:

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  Satin fabric of two colors (preferably contrasting);
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  ribbon made of golden organza;
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  small beads or beads;
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  filler (sintepon, holofayber, etc.);
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  pencil and paper;
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  pins;
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  scissors;
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  thread and needle.

First, draw a star pattern on paper. Traditionally, the Christmas star is made six-or eight-pointed. Cut out the pattern and attach it to the fabric with pins. Cut out two stars of different colors from the atlas. Do not forget to leave allowances on the seams!

Fold the star details face down andsew manually (or stitch it) around the perimeter. Do not completely sew, you need to leave a couple of centimeters unmarked to fill the star with a filler through this hole.

Turn out the star and fill it with a holofiber orsintepon. To poke the filler into all the rays, use a pencil. You need to fill not only the middle, but all the rays, so that they look bulky, and not sag.

Then you need to cut off a piece of golden ribbonorganza - this will be a loop for hanging. Fill the star, insert the eyelet into the filling hole and sew it with a hidden seam. If desired, you can decorate the star with beads or beads around the perimeter. Christmas star is ready!