How to Make Angels From Old Hymnals
If your church or organization is replacing its outdated hymnals with new ones, recycle the hymnals to make elegant angel decorations. Use the pages from old hymnals to craft paper angels for Christmas tree ornaments, bookmarks, greeting cards, gift tags, wreaths, centerpieces and garlands. The printed words, musical notes and staff lines on the yellowed pages of old hymnals make beautiful designs for paper angels. And because hymnals contain many pages, they are ideal for crafting in a group setting such as a youth or senior citizens get-together. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Old hymnal
- Utility knife (optional)
- Angel-shaped cookie cutter
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Glue stick
- Metallic pipe cleaners or gold twine
- Craft glue
Instructions
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Remove the pages from an old hymnal. Gently tear the pages out or cut them out with a sharp utility knife.
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Use a pencil to trace an angel-shaped cookie cutter onto each of the hymnal pages. Use scissors to cut out the angel shapes.
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Glue two of the angel cut-outs together, back to back. Roll a pencil over the cut-outs to smooth out the glue. Allow the glue to dry.
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Use gold twine or metallic pipe cleaners to create halos for the hymnal angels. Attach the halos with craft glue.
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Tips & Warnings
For angel garlands, gift tags, bookmarks and Christmas tree ornaments, use a hole punch to make a small hole on the top of each angel head. Thread gold or cream-colored ribbon through the holes.
For angel greeting cards, punch a hole on the left hand or left side of two angel cut-outs. String ribbon through the holes to tie the two angels together.
If you use a utility knife to remove the pages of old hymnals, for the safety of children and senior citizens, cut out the pages before the group arrives.
