Make an Angel for your Christmas Tree

Category: Celebrations

Children can have fun colouring, cutting and putting together this angel. You could make one angel for the top of the tree, or several angels as Christmas decorations.

Angel before glue

Instructions:

You will need

  • Template for the angel with face and hair (see printable template) or
  • Template to draw your own face and hair (see printable template)
  • A4 sheet of paper
  • Paints, crayon or pencil to colour.
  • Glue
  • Scissors

Method:

  1. Print out the angel template. Colour or decorate as you wish.
  2. Cut out the angel and wings around the outer edge.
  3. Cut along the solid line around head of the angel. Be sure not to cut the bottom part attached to the body.
  4. Put a line of glue to the right of the dashed line. Overlap the body from right to left so that the solid line meets the dashed line and glue.
  5. Fold the head of angel towards the front and stand the angel up.
  6. Glue the center of the wings to the upper center of the angel’s back. Fold the wings backwards slightly.

Angel before glue
Angel before glue
Angel before glue
Angel before glue

Use this template for the angel with face and hair or
this template to draw your own face and hair