I finally - with much lamenting and some late night work - got the crafts for J’s school’s Christmas bazaar finished. Just in time for the big day and, luckily, just in time for Antique Mommy’s Blog Carnival.

Now, getting these little people done was way more work than I had anticipated (hence the late night work) and getting all the necessary stuff was rather expensive. However, they did turn out quite nice:

The three kings

Sorry about the blurry picture of St. Nick - I had to take the photos at 6am, before sending them to school with J. as I just barely managed to finish them in time.

The pictures give a pretty clear idea of how to make these little people. Still, here the instructions for making the angel:

Things you Need (for one angel):

• A small flowerpot, approximately 1.5 inches
• One wooden bead each with a diameter of 4/5 inch and 1/2 inch
• Paints (red, gold, skin color)
• Stiff construction paper in dark red and skin color
• Very thin golden wire

And here is what you do:

1. Paint the flowerpot in red and let dry. Then use golden paint (or a golden pen) to draw on a design of your choice.
2. Paint the larger bead skin-colored and let dry. Use markers/pens to draw on a cheeky face (at least that is what I was trying to do)
3. Cut a pair of wings out of the red construction paper and decorate with your golden pen
4. Fold the golden wire so that you end up with a bushel (with a length of maybe 2.5 inches) and cut the top off so that it looks kind of like bristles on a broom.
5. Attach a piece of wire to the gold wire bushel and pull through the large bead. Pull the bushel at least partway into the bead (but make sure there is still enough “hair” sticking out at the top. Then pull the attached wire through the flowerpot opening from the top and then through the smaller bead (which serves to keep the angel from losing its head). Tie off.
6. Glue the wings on the back of the flowerpot. Maybe use your hot glue gun to attach the head of the angel more firmly (mine kept wobbling otherwise). If you want your angel to have hands (I ran out of time, unfortunately), cut them out of construction paper and glue on.

Now, these instructions read kind of complicated but it is actually a fairly easy craft (though the kings were quite time-consuming). These little angels would make great ornaments or nice little extra-gifts to be put onto a bigger present for decoration.

Of course, you are free to adjust the instructions according to your own taste. You can use the colors, fabrics, threads etc. that you like (I wasn’t quite so lucky as I felt rather bound by the instructions that were supplied) and/or have at hand. Also, these little flowerpot people could be a fun project to do with (slightly older) kids.