If you love making your own unique Christmas tree ornaments youll thoroughly enjoy creating a beautiful little angel ornament from a bell. Youll find bells, in various sizes and colors, at craft stores and some discount department stores. Although you can make the angel from any size bell youll be happiest with the outcome if you choose a larger bell.
You can purchase bells in a number of colors, and paint them to the color you want, but its best if you start out with a bell that is white, gold or silver. This will keep you from having to paint the bell in order to complete the craft.
The bell will be the angels body and youll need a wooden ball bead to make the head. The wooden beads are sold in a pack of several but youll only need one. Purchase several bells and several ball beads and youll have a collection of angel ornaments for your tree. The ball bead you choose should be slightly smaller than the bell itself. Glue the wooden ball to the side of the bell that has the slits. Hot glue works great for this project. Now that you have the head attached to the body youll proceed to embellishing the angel. You can use wiggly eyes - or craft eyes - to make the angels face or you can just use a marker. Make the eyes with a black felt-tip marker and the mouth with a red one. It isnt necessary to draw on a nose. You have other choices for creating the face including a sticker face found at a craft store. Your angel can have hair if you wish. Purchase a small bag of yellow craft hair and glue a few strands to the top of the wooden ball. Your angel doesnt necessarily have to have hair, though. Thats up to you. You can make the angel ornament as simplistic or as extravagant as you want. Form a small halo from a piece of gold pipe cleaner. Fold a piece of stretch cord in half and glue it to the angel head. Glue the halo to the hair or to the bare bead with the back part of the halo covering the stretch cord ends. Other choices for making the halo include purchasing a tiny golden band (in the wedding supplies aisle at a craft store), or even folding a piece of silver foil into a ring. Tie a piece of ribbon around the "neck" of the angel. Where the wooden ball meets the bell, you can either tie a piece of ribbon around the neck, or just glue on a small gold, silver or white bow. Embellish the bow with glitter paints, a fake jewel or other craft supplies. There are many different ways to make the wings of the angel. Use wide ribbon to tie a bow and glue the bow on the back of the angel to serve as the wings. Or, create wings from pipe cleaners and organza fabric. Shape the wings the way you want, using white, gold or silver pipe cleaners, then cut organza pieces to glue on the wings. Twist and fold the pipe cleaners into a large "B" shape for each wing. In the openings of the "B" glue organza or lace pieces. Glue the "Bs" together, in the center, on the back of the angel. If you dont want to make the wings yourself craft stores sell all sorts of angel wings you can use. The little angels dont necessarily have to be made into ornaments for the Christmas tree. Use a longer cord and hang them on door knobs or even a rearview mirror. You can even hang the angels on the tie-backs of your curtains or drapes. Let the kids help make the angel ornaments and theyll have an afternoon of fun and creativity. The angel ornaments are so beautiful that theyll become cherished treasures to use for future holidays. The angels are inexpensive to make, easy to create, and will brighten any area where they are hung.
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