Cutest Angel Craft for Kids [Free Printable Template]
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Teaching kids about the nativity story is such a joy during the Christmas season, especially when you add this hands-on angel craft for kids to the lesson.
Little ones can create this paper angel craft when learning about the special role angels played in the story of Jesus’ birth. They’ll have so much fun choosing between a boy or girl angel and customizing them with different hair colors, skin tones, and details that will make each one unique.
Once the angel’s halo is in place, find even more Christmas crafts for kids to fill the season with creativity and cheer.
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Angel Paper Craft
Kids will love designing their own paper boy or girl angel and topping it off with a shiny pipe cleaner halo that makes it sparkle just right for Christmas. It’s a sweet keepsake that reminds them of the joy and wonder of the season.
This easy angel craft pairs perfectly with the nativity story and gives children a fun way to connect with the message of Christmas. It works great for family time or a Sunday school classroom filled with eager little ones ready to create.
Download our angel templates, grab some cardstock, scissors, glue, and the pipe cleaners. Once you’ve gathered everything, you’ll be ready to create a heavenly little angel that brings smiles and Christmas joy to everyone around!
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Supplies
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Marker
- Pipe Cleaners
- Angel Template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)
Directions
Start by downloading and printing the template. Once the template is printed, gather the materials for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this angel to life!
Look for the eye pieces and glue them onto the angel head. Place them right above the smile so your angel already starts to look sweet and cheerful.
Next, find the bangs piece and glue it to the top of the angel head. This is where the angel really starts to take shape and kids get excited!
Grab the robe piece and glue it right under the neck, then add the hands on top by gluing them in the center of the robe just below the chin to create that classic praying pose.
Glue the back hair piece behind the head, lining it up so it frames the face and flows around the shoulders for a cute, finished look.
Let’s give our angel a little glow! Grab your pink marker and lightly color two small circles on the cheeks.
What’s an angel without her wings? Take the wing pieces and glue them to the back of the body so they peek out evenly on each side. Kids love this part because it makes the angel feel complete.
Help your little one shape the gold pipe cleaner into a loop and twist the bottom. This simple twisting motion is perfect for building fine motor skills!
Then glue or tape it to the back of the angel’s head.
Once your angel is all assembled, take a moment to gush over how adorable it turned out. Kids beam with pride over this one! If your little crafter is ready for more holiday fun, hop over and explore our elementary Christmas crafts kids will love.
Christmas Books for Children
Dasher: This wonderfully illustrated Christmas book for kids gives you the back story on one of Santa’s favorite reindeer, Dasher! Girls will especially love to read this since Dasher is a girl.
Construction Site On Christmas Night: Fans of the fun characters of the construction site books have to add this Christmas-themed story to their collection. See how the trucks get ready for Christmas!
How To Catch An Elf: Kids everywhere love the silliness of this Christmas story. The rhymes and the illustrations will draw the kids in as well. This is a Christmas book kids will want to read every year!
Elementary Christmas Crafts
Grinch Snowman Craft – This sneaky snowman is on a mission to not melt, so he’s planning to dress up as The Grinch to avoid the sun. He needs your kids’ help to create his disguise. We have a printable template to get you started along with some basic supplies to make this Grinchy snowman!
Gingerbread Man Paper Cup Craft – This jolly little gingerbread man will be ready to dance right off the table with its wiggly accordion arms and legs. Kids will practice using fine motor skills to fold, snip, and glue to turn a plain paper cup into a sweet holiday friend!
Nutcracker Gnome Craft – This little gnome is ready to march right along with the nutcrackers. Kids can help dress the gnome up in a nutcracker uniform with the help of our free template. In no time, they’ll have a festive little gnome nutcracker ready to drum and spread Christmas cheer.
Reindeer Craftivity – Kid’s imaginations can take flight when they complete the writing prompt “If I was one of Santa’s reindeer…” The craft part of this craftivity is assembling a reindeer that is holding the paper where they will write for the activity part! It’s a great combo to work on handwriting, fine motor skills, and creativity.
Christmas Activities For Preschool
The holidays are a wonderful time to spend time as a family or with friends playing a game! Kids can get in on the fun with this Roll a Santa game.
They’ll roll the dice and add pom pom in the color that corresponds to the number to fill up Santa’s beard. It’s a jolly way to practice counting, color matching, and taking turns. It’s a game they can play again and again during the holidays, so grab our free printable, some pom poms, and dice!
These engaging Grinch worksheets are packed with learning fun and just the right amount of mischief!
Kids will make their way through the Letter G maze by using letter recognition, label the grumpy green guy by cutting and pasting the labels in place, and practice writing uppercase and lowercase ‘Gg’s with the help of the dashed lines.
It’s a good mix of fine motor practice, handwriting, and letter recognition fun to use in the classroom or at home!
For some merry learning during the holidays, be sure to download our Santa do a dots worksheets. They’re great for preschool through kindergarten kids to work on counting, letter recognition, and fine motor control.
Just print, grab your dot markers, and you’ll have a no prep activity featuring jolly ole Saint Nicholas to keep kids busy this December!
Make learning festive with this set of Christmas worksheets for 1st grade. Kids can jingle all the way through reading, math, and vocabulary fun that will also keep their hands and brains busy! These pages are packed with coloring, games, and vocabulary practice to keep the learning momentum going through the holiday season.
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Angel Craft for Kids
Materials
- Colored cardstock or construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Marker
- Pipe Cleaners
- Tape
- Angel Template
Instructions
- Download the template, print it, and cut out the pieces you need.
- Begin by gluing the eyes onto the angel's head, below the eyelashes for girls and on both sides of the nose for boys.
- Next up is the hair. For boys, glue the hair to the front and top of the head. For girls, glue the bangs to the front and top of the head. The main hair piece will be glued on later.
- Glue the robe piece right onto the bottom of the neck.
- Now, glue the hands to the center of the robe and to the ends of the armholes.
- For girl angels, glue the main hair piece to the back and top of the head. For boy angels, skip to the next step.
- Next, use a marker to color two cheeks on both sides of the smile.
- Now, glue the wing pieces to the back of the body so they peek out evenly on each side.
- Take a pipe cleaner and form one end into a loop. Twist it around the base of the pipe cleaner to form the halo. Cut off the end so only a few inches remain.
- Finally, tape the pipe cleaner halo to the back and top of the angel’s head.
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Sam is the crafter and founder of Simple Everyday Mom. She has been featured in Oprah Mag, Good Housekeeping, The Spruce Crafts, Country Living, The Bump, and more.
Your angels are so cute! Thank you for free tamplets 🙂
I appreciate that so much! Glad you can try them out!