| This makes a wonderful container to send home treats after a
Christmas party at school, daycare or your home.
Or make one of these to place by the fireplace to hold the
"stocking overflow".
This is a little harder to make than the reindeer
carton (it is appropriate for age 4+)
Having said that, ages 2+ can do a really good job on the wings if
mommy wants to do the face!
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Materials you will need for the angel container are
 | an empty 2 litre (1/2 gallon) milk carton, |
| a printer (optional), |
| glue or tape, |
| scissors, |
| 2 sheets of white construction paper or typing paper, |
| 1 sheet of yellow construction paper |
| cotton balls, cotton pillow stuffing or white feathers |
| black marker or pencil crayon |
| gold or silver glitter (optional) |
| wiggly eyes (optional) |
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INSTRUCTIONS
| Print and cut out the angel wing template or make your own template pieces,
whichever you prefer.
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| Put glue all over the wings, except on the little tab (if the kids
get it on the tab, it isn't a huge deal)
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| Pull apart cotton balls or cotton pillow stuffing, so it's nice and
fluffy.
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| Glue the cotton (or white feathers) all over the wings.
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| OPTIONAL: sprinkle some gold or silver glitter over the
cottony wings and press it in with your hands.
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| Cut the top off a milk carton and discard the top (or save it for a
different craft). You can cut off as much of the top as you like...
it depends on how tall you want your container to be.
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| Cover your milk carton with the white paper (it takes about 2
pieces).
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| Cut a piece of yellow paper about 3 inches tall and as wide as the
milk carton (about 5 inches).
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| Cut slits (a fringe) in this piece and glue it to the front (these
are the bangs)
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| Cut two pieces of yellow paper as tall and as wide as the milk
carton.
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| Roll the paper around a pencil to curl
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| Cut slits in the roll to make curly hair
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| Glue the hair to the sides of the head
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| Glue the wings to the back of the carton (you may want to reinforce
with one long strip of cardboard along the back, but it isn't
necessary)
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| Use a black marker or pencil to draw a face on the front (open
"singing" mouth, freckles and closed eyes as in our photo is
cute, but you can do it however you want!)
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| You can also substitute wiggly eyes for hand-drawn eyes.
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| Cut out a strip of cardboard or construction paper about 10 inches long
and glue to the sides of the container to use as a handle. |
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