Homemade Christmas toys were relevant andpopular at all times. After all, just such a thing, created in a single copy with warmth and love, can not only decorate the interior, but also bring warmth, comfort and peace to the house. These are animal papier-mache figurines, various hand-painted balls, and, of course, paper angels. A master class on how to create them using several well-known techniques is presented below.
Flat paper figures
This is the simplest technology that canmaster even toddlers. You will need white paper, a simple pencil, acrylic paints, brushes and the silhouette of an angel. You can draw it manually, buy a ready-made stencil, or circle it using a book. Before you cut out of paper angel, you need to draw the outline with a simple pencil. The finished figure can be left snow-white or draw a face with paints and paint the wings. The angel is hanged on the chandelier, glued to the window or decorated with a Christmas tree.
To make the figure more open, the edges of the wings are cut figuratively and an ornament is made from holes using an awl or a thin needle.
"Fan" angel
This technique is more often used when making frompaper "bird of happiness." But the angels, with their own hands made of paper collected on this principle, are very cute. They are hung on chandeliers, Christmas trees or just a carnation in the wall. Thanks to the volumetric wings, it creates the feeling that the figure hovers above the floor. Any paper will do, but the most interesting is the option of a tracery (but thick) napkin. The edges of it should not be smooth, but fancifully carved or decorated with ornaments. 2 napkins (or 2 pieces of paper) are folded alternately in opposite directions, receiving 2 fans. One of them is fastened in the middle with a thread or sewn (these will be wings), and the second is attached to the edge (body). Then they are joined together. From thicker paper or cardboard make the face. At the end, the figurine is decorated with beads, paper flowers or other elements, and a thread is attached to it. Having a little fantasy, you can detail the angel by adding arms, legs, a collar to it or attaching a wire halo.
Little magic
It turns out the most common paper napkinscan turn into a desktop angel. This will require a minimum of effort, glue and a little imagination. Thick napkins of pastel tones (not necessarily white) will do. Before you make an angel with your own hands out of paper according to this scheme, draw a circle on it (or you can take openwork coasters for coffee and tea cups). Then, after removing a segment approximately equal to a quarter of the entire area, the remaining part is folded and glued along the edge, obtaining a cone. If the paper is thick enough, the blank will hold onto the flat surface without any help. Wings are glued to it, cutting them out from the second napkin (different colors can be combined). Attach a head to the top of the cone. It could be just a cardboard circle, a small ball, or a funny children's physiognomy, cut, for example, from a postcard. In the presence of spray paint of golden or silver color, you can give a shine to the finished composition.
Acting on such a scheme, disposable cardboard plates, napkins, paper coasters, and generally everything that bends, glues, and has a round shape, is easily transformed into angels.
Origami
This old Japanese technique allowscreate animals, people and other items that will help those who are thinking how to make an angel with their own hands out of paper. Immediately it should be noted that this art is not simple. So without experience and training make the angel will not be easy. But with perseverance, patience and a certain skill, everything will certainly come out.
The paper needs white or colored, moderately dense,for example, a sheet of square shape. It is bent in half, and then doubled, but as a book. Having opened its edges and having crushed them, form a trapeze. Further, the upper part of it is lowered down, getting the letter "T". This is the preparation of the future angel. It needs to be bent along and then with multiple deformations to form wings symmetrically. Beginners it makes sense to stay in a few folds. Such angels do it out of paper easily with their own hands. At the same time they will be quite recognizable. Those who have more experience should continue and form additional folds, and then the head.
Papier mache
How to make an angel with your own hands out of paper todid you get a real sculpture? Occupation, I must say, not an easy one. And it will take much more time to create one figure than in all previous versions. But the result will be completely different.
Any paper is suitable, and glue is still needed (PVA orother available), water, acrylic, wire and paper clips. And, of course, patience. Before you make an angel with your own hands, they prepare a lot of paper. It is torn, crushed and filled with hot water. And then boiled or soaked for about a day so that it softens. At the end they are squeezed out well and, by adding glue, brought to the consistency of the dough.
From the wire form the base, which stick aroundpapier mache. The result is a sculpture of an angel. Wings are made with wire, paper clips or bird feathers. After the sculpture dries (about a day), it is covered with paint, paint the face and decorated with decorative elements.
Ангела из бумаги можно создать в любой технике working with this stuff. Both children and adults can do this. The most important thing is to work with a good mood, putting a piece of spiritual warmth into each of the figures. Then a real guardian angel will come out who will bring light, peace and joy.