Do-it-yourself angel on a Christmas tree - ways to make an angel yourself

Christmas and New Year are the most magical times of the year. All people are waiting for fun and New Year's miracles. An excellent symbol of this period is the angel. They personify magic, convey the spirit of the holidays, they are very sweet and touching. Therefore, they are great for decorating the Christmas tree.

Angels can be bought at the store, but can be done at home. If you make them yourself, they will betray the extra comfort of eating.

There are a lot of materials for manufacturing. For example, if a person sews well, then you can use a cloth or felt to make an angel. If friendship with a thread and a needle did not work out, it is possible to use colored or gift paper, cardboard. Leftovers from wallpaper, ribbons, beads, rhinestones, lace, lace napkins, feathers are perfect for decorating. Figures of angels are also crocheted.

It is only necessary to show all your imagination and all creative approach. And then beautiful and tender angels will become an amazing decoration on the New Year tree. By the way, they adorn not only her. Using long ribbons, they are fixed on the ceiling or suspended from the chandelier.

Three ways to make DIY angels

We sew an angel from fabric

To make such a figure you will need:

Light fabric for a figure, it is better to take flesh-colored;
Threads and needles;
Mouline thread for making the hair of the future angel;
Beads or small beads for the eyes;
Sintepon or cotton wool for stuffing;
Material for dress decor - ribbons, rhinestones, lace and whatever your heart desires;

Phased production:

First you need a pattern;

The pattern can be found and downloaded on the Internet, because there are a great many of them. If there is no printer, then the found pattern must be carefully redrawn on paper.

The pattern is placed on a piece of paper and carefully drawn. Received parts must be cut;
Then they need to be transferred to the fabric. Parts should be placed on the selected fabric and circled. After which the fabric must be sewn without cutting parts;

IMPORTANT! It is important to remember the dotted lines on the stencils. On the fabric they must be highlighted in a different color.

The next step is to cut out the resulting parts of the future angel. At the same time, it is necessary to retreat a little from the stitched edge;
Then proceed to stuffing the figures. Before this, it must be turned inside out. You need to fill tightly with the head, neck, feet and hands;

If it is necessary that the legs of the angel bend, a transverse seam should be made in place of the knees.

It is necessary to sew panties, which then need to be put on the legs of an angel;
After which the arms and legs are sewn to the body;

It is advisable to sew the handles with a blind seam.

Next, you need to make an angel hair. It is necessary to embroider a hairstyle from a mouline thread or “iris”, leaving several strands near the ears. Of these, braids or pigtails need to be braided. On braids or ponytails, you can tie elegant ribbons;
Beads or beads are sewn in place of the eyes. If they are not at hand, eyes must be carefully drawn with felt-tip pens. You also need to draw a blush;
Sews a dress. It is advisable to mask the seams, for this you can use ribbons. The dress also needs to be decorated with materials prepared in advance for this;
The wings also need to be filled with a centapon, but this must be done loosely. Wings can also be decorated, for example, by sewing on lace;

Second option

This is the second version of the fabric. But it is very simple to execute, absolutely no sewing skills are required.

REFERENCE! To make such an angel you will need: a small piece of fabric, a synthetic winterizer, ribbons and materials for decoration.

Technique of execution:

From the fabric you need to cut a square;
Put a piece of centepon in the center. The resulting ball must be bandaged with a ribbon. It will be the head of an angel;
The fabric is spread so that the wings of an angel are formed. After which they need to be tied with a thread cross to cross;
To make such an angel seem airy, the edges of the fabric can be slightly fluffed. Instead of a dense fabric, use a wide cut from kapron or lace fabric;
Along the edges of the wings - sew sequins;
On the face with the help of small beads, beads or felt-tip pen, make eyes;
The head of such an angel can be bandaged with a ribbon;

As ribbons, you can take those that are used to decorate gift boxes and bouquets.

Third option

An angel can be made of felt. This will require: small pieces of felt of different colors, a needle, thread, pins, scissors, ribbon, beads or beads, material for decoration.

Phased execution technique:

An angel will need to prepare a template. Just as for an angel made of fabric, a template can be taken on the Internet by printing it on paper, or by carefully redrawing it;
All details of the template must be carefully transferred to pieces of felt. For each detail you need to use your own color;

NOTE! If the toy is made according to a ready-made template from the Internet, then, as a rule, there is a photo of the finished angel with it. In this case, when choosing colors for the templates, you need to be guided by the available image. But you can show imagination and make a figure of the desired colors.

The resulting parts must be sewn. You need to sew with neat stitches over the edge;
Dress the angel must be decorated. For this you need to take the prepared material. On the bottom of the hem you can sew sequins, beads or rhinestones. The sleeves of the dress also need to be decorated;
The head of an angel must be decorated with ribbons. Hair can also be made of felt;
On the face you need to make eyes using small beads or small beads;
Using super glue, the head must be glued to the body;
It is also necessary to sew a ribbon to hang the figures on the Christmas tree;

An angel made of felt can be made voluminous. Then all the details must be cut in double quantity. You will also need a synthetic winterizer for stuffing figures.

There are a lot of options for making angels. In addition to these, angels need to be made of paper.

This will require a sheet of paper, a stencil and materials for decoration. On paper, you need to draw an angel figurine, you can do this with a ready-made stencil.

Paper must be taken in one color, white. And you can take several colors and make all the details of the figure multi-colored.

After the figure is cut out, it must be decorated. Feathers or lace paper can be glued to the wings. The hem can be decorated with sequins or ribbons, or you can take scissors and make cuts along the bottom of the hem. The resulting strips will need to be beautifully curled.

The resulting angel figures will serve as a wonderful and unusual decoration. You can make them larger and without stopping only on one of the manufacturing options. Let the angels decorate Christmas and New Year’s Eve.