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If you’re sharing the nativity story with your little angels this year, have them make their own paper plate angel craft to go along with it. Kids can make an angel using common supplies and the humble paper plate for the wings! Once their adorable angels are all finished, they’ll be proud to show off their newest Christmas decoration.

Keep the creativity going with even more Christmas crafts for kids. Whether you’re looking for a Sunday school craft to tie in with the Christmas story or a holiday art project to enjoy at home, we have lots of ideas to try out!

Collage featuring two completed paper plate angel crafts and hands holding one angel craft for a holiday activity.

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Sunday School Christmas Craft

This Christmas angel craft will have kids transform everyday materials into something heavenly! They’ll turn a plain paper plate into angel wings ready to take flight. This engaging and fun Christmas activity will be a hit with kids of all ages and skills.

Since this project pairs nicely with the nativity story, children imagine their angel watching over the manger scene or joining the heavenly choir. It’s a hands-on way for your little ones to hear the story and celebrate the season.

Grab a trusty paper plate and download our angel template to prepare. You’ll just need a handful of art supplies for your little artists to create a heavenly keepsake.

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Supplies

Colored cardstock or construction paper
Scissors
Glue
Paper Plate
Marker
Ribbon
Angel Template (click the “click here to get your freebies” image at the end of the post)

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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!

Hands holding paper with outlines of craft parts for hair, face, arms, and eyes.

Grab those big, sweet eyes and the angel’s face. Help your child dab a little bit of glue on the back of the eyes and carefully place them on the face, under the eyelashes for the girl or under the eyebrows for the boy.

Hands gluing the eye on a paper craft face for a kids' activity.

Using a marker or crayon, your child can draw a small circle for the nose. We used a pink marker to make it extra rosy!

Hands drawing a nose and mouth on a paper craft face with a pink marker.

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Now that our angel’s face is complete, let’s give her a robe! Take the completed head and the blue robe. Apply glue to the back of the head, and carefully attach it to the top center of the robe.

Hands gluing the paper craft head onto the blue body.

It’s time for the hair. To make the girl’s hair, add glue to the head and then place the head on the hair, a little below the hair part lines. To make the boy’s hair, glue it to the top of his head.

Hands gluing the yellow paper hair onto the completed angel craft head.

Next, take the small arms and put a little glue on the back. Then, attach them to the sides of the blue robe, tucking them slightly under.

Hands gluing the skin-colored paper arms onto the side of the blue angel craft body.

Let’s add a lovely decorative touch, the ribbon bow! Tie the ribbon into a bow, and then apply a tiny amount of glue right at the neck of the angel. Press the ribbon bow down gently.

Hands gluing a small white ribbon onto the neck of the paper angel craft.

Time for the iconic angel wings! We are using a simple paper plate. Following the lines from the template, your child can use a pencil to mark the lines where the plate will be cut.

Hands drawing lines on a paper plate to section it for an easy craft.

Lastly, apply glue to the back of the robe, then center it on the cut paper plate wing piece and press firmly. Give it a minute to dry, and ta-da, you’re done!

Hands attaching the completed paper angel craft body to the paper plate wings

Look at your beautiful paper plate angel! Isn’t this perfect for a holiday decoration or just a fun way to celebrate good deeds? Be sure to check out some of our other favorite Christmas paper plate crafts for your kiddos while you’re here!

A completed craft of a paper plate angel with blonde hair and light blue robe.

Angel Handprint Christmas Craft

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!

A completed craft of a paper plate angel with brown hair and light blue robe.

Fun Christmas Crafts For Kids

Grinch Heart Craft – Your little Whos will get to “diagnose” the grumpy green guy with a heart that’s 3 times too small! They’ll make an x-ray showing the size of his heart and how big it should be! Grab our free template and a few supplies to bring this famous character to life!

Handprint Manger Craft – Kids will create a sweet manger scene where baby Jesus sleeps on a bed of hay made from their handprints. It’s a “hands-on” reminder that love was born that first Christmas night! This is a great project to do at home or at Sunday school to tell the story.

Christmas Tree Tissue Paper Craft

Nutcracker Handprint Craft – For a “hair raising” good time, have kids make this nutcracker’s hair out of their own handprints! It’s a fun and nutty way to celebrate The Nutcracker story this Christmas while having your little one’s hand take center stage making a cute keepsake.

Elf Headband Craft – These elf headbands are so fun to make! Kids can pretend to be Santa’s little helpers and spread Christmas cheer wherever they go. Their new headbands are great for imaginative play, classroom fun, or getting festive at a Christmas party!

Christmas Ideas For Kids

Prance through each page of these reindeer cutting worksheets for some snip-macular fun. Your little learners will give their fine motor skills a festive workout as they cut and match.

This free printable set includes matching numbers, matching pictures, cutting along one long line, and cutting along different paths. They’re a merry mix of learning and fun that will have your little reindeer ready to dash through the snow.

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These Christmas pattern worksheets are a tree-mendously fun brain booster! Kids will enjoy solving each festive puzzle as they figure out what comes next in the sequence.

It’s sneaky learning at its finest since they learn logic, problem solving, and fine motor skills through a fun activity. Each of the three worksheets turns holiday shapes and colors into merry mental challenges. These pages are the kind of holiday multitasking you don’t mind!

Elf Tracing Worksheets

For some holly jolly fun, grab a set of these Santa connect the dots for the kids to complete this December. There’s three pages included of Santa with a snowman, with a sack of gifts, and being his jolly self.

Each number kids connect will bring them closer to revealing the image that they can color in however they like. This merry activity keeps little hands and minds busy to boost fine motor skills, number sequencing, and hand-eye coordination.

A completed craft featuring two paper plate angels, one blonde and one brown-haired, with scissors and glue sticks

This Christmas sensory bottle is snow much fun for little learners! Kids will jingle all the way as they explore the sparkly pom poms, shiny bells, and festive colors inside.

You don’t need any fancy supplies to make one. Just use what you have and let your kids interact with the bottle. It’s a fun way to encourage fine motor play and sensory exploration to keep kids engaged and curious.

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A completed craft of a paper plate angel with blonde hair and a light blue dress on a white background.

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