Make Christmas angels out of stove wood

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Christmas is just around the corner and you want to do something great with your children? How about an angel made of wood and plaster? This can be used as exterior or interior decoration.

Stove wood is not only great for heating, but also for handicrafts.
Stove wood is not only great for heating, but also for handicrafts.

What you need:

  • 1 piece of stove wood (size of your choice)
  • 1 styrofoam ball for head (size must match the wood)
  • 1 long nail to attach the ball to the wood
  • 2 short nails
  • 3-4 plaster bandages
  • Cardboard for angel wings
  • 1 bowl or bowl to soak the plaster bandages
  • Paints or pencils for painting
  • 1 hard brush (from a scrubber)
  • scissors

A Christmas angel is made from stove wood, plaster, etc.

You don't need a lot of material to make a Christmas angel out of stove wood. It's also quick and inexpensive. Handcraft Children have a lot of fun with plaster of paris.

  1. When choosing the wood for the stove, you should make sure that it can stand freely, because the Christmas angel should not fall over afterwards. When you have found the right piece of wood, clean it with a brush to remove dust and small splinters of wood.
  2. Now you can place the styrofoam ball on top of the wood fasten by hammering the long nail into the piece of wood through the ball. Check that the nail was long enough and that the ball is firmly seated.
  3. Now prepare the angel wings by drawing an outline on a large piece of cardboard and then cutting it out with scissors. The wings should be adapted to the wood of the stove so that they don't get too small or too big.
  4. The wings and head are now processed with plaster. To do this, cut the plaster bandages to the desired length, put warm water in a bowl, dip the plaster bandages briefly in the water and then gently wring them out. You can of course use rubber gloves for plastering.
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  6. Now place the damp plaster pieces on the cardboard wings and smooth it out a little. Repeat this process until the wings are completely plastered in. Irregularities are desirable in the angel wings, this gives the Christmas angel a special touch. Now the wings have to dry well before they can be processed any further.
  7. You need small strips of plaster of paris for the head, which are easier to work with. Proceed in the same way as when plastering the wings.
  8. Once the wings and the head are dry, you can draw the face with some paint or colored pencils and decorate the wings with glitter and colored stones. Now attach the wings to the back of the wood with 2 short nails.

Great decorations add the finishing touches

  • The Christmas angel also looks great if you just use paper mache instead of plaster. For this you need newspaper, craft glue or paste - this has the same effect as plaster of paris.
  • There are no limits when it comes to decorating the Christmas angel. Colorful rhinestones, golden tinsel as a hair replacement or a wreath made of some wire give the angel a special look.
  • With colored varnish you can paint the wood beforehand and conjure up a chic upper body for the angel.

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