Shoulder Pad Angel
Simple. Just trim a fabric-covered shoulder
pad with lace and or ribbon
to make this heavenly ornament for your
Christmas tree.
Great craft to use up all those unwanted
shoulder pads on, I knew
there had to be a purpose for them! *grin*
Materials
1 1/2" styrofoam ball
Toothpick
Acrylic Paints: flesh, light pink,
black
Paintbrush
Fine-tip permanent black marker
Curly Hair
Sobol glue or craft glue
8" star of garland
Shoulder Pad covered with red print
fabric
18" (1 1/4" wide) white lace
8" (1/4" wide) satin ribbon
24" (1 1/2" wide) iridescent ribbon
Directions
1. To make head, insert 1/3 of toothpick
into Styrofoam ball for neck.
Cover ball completely with a thick coast
of flesh colored paint .
Let dry. Once dried paint checks light
pink and eyes with black.
Let dry. Using the permanent marker,
draw eyebrows, eyelashes,
mouth ; make dots for nose. Glue curly
hair onto top of head.
For the halo form a 2" diameter loop in
one end of star garland; glue
straight end into back of angel head.
2. For angels body, with rounded end of
shoulder pad at bottom, fold top corners down and glue in place to make
arms. Use straight pins to hold in place until dried.
3. From lace, cut (8") length and 2 (5")
lengths. Glue 8" piece along bottom edge. Let dry. Beginning
at center of body, glue 1 (5") length to right side of angel along bottom
edge of each arm. Let dry.
4. Using toothpick, poke a hole in center
top edge of shoulder pad for head.
To attach head, dip toothpick in glue
and insert into shoulder pad through
hole. Let dry.
5. For hanger, fold satin ribbon in 1/2
and glue ends to back of
angel below head. For wings, tie
iridescent ribbon in a bow.
Glue center of bow to back of angel, covering
satin ribbon ends.
Special Note from Nettie: As any crafter
knows things above are a basic
idea etc... you can use a old nylon
to cover the head with to make it appear more real. Moss can be used for
hair. Instead of iridescent ribbon attach a dolly crimped in the center,
cover center with a
trailing piece of gold ribbon.
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