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How to make Paper Christmas Angels

How to make paper Christmas angels

You will enjoy making these Christmas paper angels. They are very easy to make, you can hang them on the Christmas tree, or use them as candle votive.

I always find it hard to choose what Christmas craft I want to make first. There are so many pretty ornaments we can craft for the holiday season. As it’s a very busy time, I always look for simple and easy Christmas DIY.

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This Christmas angel decoration is perfect to personalized your fireplace mantel or as a table center. Paper angels can be used as votives if you place a little LED tea candle in it. My kids love to light them up at night.

If you prefer to use the angels as tree ornaments, nothing more simple, just pass an ornament hook in the top of the head and hand them on the tree.

I painted my paper angels gold and silver because I love how the light shines in these colors…but you can choose to print your angels on colored sheets too. Wouldn’t they look great in some pastel shades or with these metallic sheets?

This easy angel ornament is super fast to make, I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did. You will find the instructions, the video, and the free template below.

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How to make paper Christmas angels

How to make Paper Christmas Angels

The supplies you will need to make your angels decorations:

  • Glue stick
  • LED tea candle
You have two options to make this craft: First painting your angels, I suggest this set of paint. The second option is using colored papers, you can try these, they have the perfect Christmas shades.

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Step 1

Download and print the FREE angel template. A thick paper, as bristol or drawing paper, will work best. Cut out the two shapes: one for the angel body and the second for the wings.

How to make paper Christmas angels

Step 2

Paint both sides of each piece in gold and/or silver. If you printed your angel on colored sheets, you can skip this part.

How to make paper Christmas angels

Step 3

Apply some glue on the flap, wrap the angel body to glue both ends together. The base circle must be width enough to place a LED tea candle in it. Hold with some paper clips while the glue dries.

How to make paper Christmas angels

How to make paper Christmas angels

Step 4

Take the wings and put some glue in the center, place them on the back of the angel and hold while the glue dries.

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Watch the video tutorial to make DIY paper Christmas Angels

How to make paper Christmas angels

And done! You just made a pretty Christmas Angel in no time. Repeat to make as many as you want.

How to make paper Christmas angels

You can place your paper angels on a shelf, on your fireplace mantel, or use them as table decor for your Christmas dinner, I love how they look with the LED candle lighted in.

Paper Christmas decorations are so easy to make. What do you think? Where would you like to display your angel’s ornaments? In which color would you like to make them?

Let me know in the comment! Don’t hesitate to share your crafts with me, I love to see your creations. Have fun crafting!

How to make paper Christmas angels

How to make paper Christmas angels

How to make paper Christmas angels

How to make paper Christmas angels

I made another version of this tutorial for Dream a Little Bigger and you can find it HERE.

How to make paper Christmas angels

Want to remember this? Save this tutorial to make paper Christmas angels in your favorite Pinterest board.

How to make paper Christmas angels

glitter angel votive diy

What a great idea to make the angel with glitter foamy! Thanks for sharing Manu 🙂

You will find all the tutorials featured in the video on my “Best DIY” page.

Amaryllis

Helen Sanford

Tuesday 3rd of December 2019

As I was looking at your angels: I noticed; maybe it was meant to be;; anyhow the wings look like a side profile of a child--Baby Jesus?

amaryllis

Tuesday 3rd of December 2019

You are so right Helen...and I didn't notice it before :)

Béatrice Wolfrath

Wednesday 2nd of November 2016

ouah c'est magnifique, merci pour le tuto partagé je viens d'imprimer la page et vais essayer tout de suite de le réaliser

Ama Ryllis

Wednesday 16th of November 2016

Merci Béatrice, contente que ça te plaise! N’hésite a partager le résultat!

Silvia Jacinto

Thursday 24th of March 2016

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Ama Ryllis

Thursday 24th of March 2016

Thanks Silvia!