Making Vintage Christmas Angels with the Retro Felt Angel Craft Kit!

With this retro style craft kit, you can create 3 adorable vintage-inspired Christmas angels. The kit provides old-fashioned materials like spun cotton doll heads, premium felt, sequins and sparkling Lurex trims. When finished, the angels measure about 5 inches tall.

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Part 1: Felt Gowns

Use the template to cut out three gowns and three sleeve pieces from the felt roll.
Set a paper cone on a felt gown shape. Roll it up to check that the entire surface of the cone will be covered entirely, and reposition it if needed. Run a bead of glue along one edge of the felt, and press it onto the cone. Roll up the cone, pull the felt taut, and glue down the other edge.
Trim the lower edge of the felt flush with the cone. Then, cut off the top
1/2 inch of the tip of the cone.
Glue an angel head to the flat top of the cone with the felt seam at the back.
Lay a pipe cleaner along the length of a felt sleeve piece. Glue it in place.
Fold in the ends of the pipe cleaner, leaving just about 1/2 inch extending
past the felt. These will be the hands.Fold in the ends of the pipe cleaner, leaving just about 1/2 inch extending past the felt. These will be the hands.
Fold in the ends of the pipe cleaner, leaving just about 1/2 inch extending
past the felt. These will be the hands.
Pose the arms to make elbow joints and a rounded back, and then attach the arms to the back of the angel with a dot of glue.

Part 2: Hairstyles

Select a piece of trim to create hair for the angel. Glue one end of the trim to the side or back of the head, and then coil or zig-zag the trim to cover the surface and design a hairstyle.

Part 3: Halos

Bend a piece of metallic trim into a circle to form a halo. A halo can be glued to the back of the neck, or wrapped around the forehead.

Part 4: Trimming

Decorate the angel's gown with sequins and remaining trims. Liquid white glue can be used to attach sequins instead of hot glue.
Attach the paper wings to the angel’s back with a dot of glue.
Pose the hands, and give the angel a miniature trinket to hold.