Gifts-amulets. Christmas angels with their own hands

Christmas is not thought of without gifts. And it's not necessary to run to the store and buy up the trinkets presented there. It's much nicer to make lovely crafts yourself. The Christmas angel, which you lovingly made, will become a wish of good and happiness to the person to whom you present it. And do not think that you can not cope with this task. There are many ways to create a winged creature. You can choose the one that you can.

Paper and scissors

Perhaps, to make a hand-made paper - the simplest option. With this, even a child can easily cope. You just need to print out the stencil and carefully cut out the figure, and then hang it on the thread.

In order for you to get three-dimensional Christmas angels, draw a contour with your own hands on a folded-in sheet: half of an elongated mantle, one wing and two semicircles. Why two? One semicircle will turn into a head, and the second (the one that was located above it) you will push away - these will be hands folded together with hands. Do not straighten the paper strongly at the folding site. Take a string and glue it to the head.

Paper and thread

Harder to make an angel with thread. From the paper you need to cut out the wings. Then take the thread and cardboard. The process itself is like making a brush. On the cardboard, wind the threads, then cut them at one end. Carefully, to not scatter the workpiece, the uncut folded edge is tightened with a thread. Form the loop. A little lower intercept the brush - get a head. Now you need to lay the wings between the two layers of the thread and again, just below the thread to catch the brush. Handicraft is almost ready! It remains to decorate the resulting guardian a little. You can glue on the wings of the sequins or decorate the skirt with asterisks of foil.

We take in the hands a needle

If you know how to handle a needle, then you can get very lovely, sewn from cloth Christmas angels. It's not so difficult to make them with your own hands. Pick up a few pieces of fabric flesh-colored, take a dense shiny fabric, prepare a sintepon. From the material of the body shade (some craftsmen use old kapron tights for this purpose ) sew a head, inside by placing a piece of sintepon. Make up your face: for eyelets beads or small buttons will fit, you can embroider a mouth. Now, from the same fabric, make two handles. It was the turn to put smart pieces in the business. Of these, make a cone - this is the body of an angel. Two smaller cones - sleeves, they should be inserted and secure the handles.

It remains to connect all the parts and back to attach the wings. The latter can be cut from flax and starched. On the head sew threads to get hair. Further design depends only on your imagination.

Woolly angels

Very warm and homely figurines are obtained from felted wool. Now this needlework is very popular. For the little angel, you will need to pile the head, wings, handles, body. For clothes prepare bright beautiful shreds. For the decor you will need beads, ribbons, sequins.

For those who have not mastered the art of felting, one can advise you to buy a ready-made woolen felt for crafts. Out of it come out wonderful Christmas angels. With your hands, you just need to cut out a piece of wool silhouette with wings and generously decorate it with shiny glass beads, sequins and braid.

A more complex option is to make a three-dimensional toy. From felt it is necessary to cut out a triangle, roll it into a cone, from above to glue any ball (wooden, plastic, large bead). Then behind you need to put carved woolen wings and bring heavenly beauty. The figure turns out to be somewhat abstract, but this has its own charm.

Beaded miracle

Glass beads and thin glass beads are suitable not only for the final decoration of the toy. Masters of beadwork collect on the wire simply stunning masterpieces! So to create a small angel - for them the task is simple. Of course, beginners need to take a simpler scheme.

Measure and cut the coil of wire, find its middle, put on and adjust 12 beads to this very center. Then pass the ends of the wires through one large bead (head). Next, separate and form two wings. In the final of the delay, attach an angel at the shoulder level. Take one bead, again pass the ends of the wire into it. It is necessary to form handles. This is done in the following way: the required number of glass beads is collected onto the wire, then the flexible metal thread is launched into the return path. In the finale, weave a simple triangle of beads, which gradually expands to the bottom. That's all!

Christmas angels crochet

A little bit earlier we told that the symbol of Christmas can be pinched out of wool. And now let's find out how to tie an angel out of wool or other threads. This will require a hook and yarn itself. Many needlewomen easily knit figures of animals, little men. Work on the winged creation is not much different from the tested schemes.

So, tie a round ball - it's a head. Do not postpone the workpiece away, immediately embroider the celestial inhabitant eyes and mouth. Then you can tie the trunk and hands. And you can show a little imagination. Probably everyone remembers how to knit napkins. And now make two round napkins: large and smaller. Starch them. From the big one you get a skirt, and the little one needs to be folded in half, covered with a poncho skirt, and sew a head on top. You can even stick a toothpick under the sleeves to hold the handles. Wings should be removed separately and sew them to the workpiece. It remains only to add trim details.

Whichever way you choose, Christmas angels, created by their own hands , will never be left without attention. The recipients will appreciate your work and your efforts. They will be pleased that you have tried specifically for them. And the kind thoughts and wishes that you kept in your head while working on the gift, will necessarily come true. It is not for nothing that in many cultures such gifts are considered amulets and talismans.