How to Make Angels From Kitchen Towels & Potholders

Make angels with kitchen towels and potholders to decorate your kitchen. Create this simple no-sew, no-glue project as a quality-time activity with your family. Craft several as gifts for housewarming parties or teacher gifts. When the recipient is done with the angel, it can be taken apart to use the towel and potholder for their original purpose.

Things You'll Need

• Kitchen towel
• Ruler
• Craft wire
• Wire cutters
• 1/4-inch wide ribbon, 1 1/4-yards
• Scissors
• Washcloth
• Potholder with hanging loop centered on the top edge

Instructions

1. Lay the kitchen towel on your work surface. Fold the long edges, across the width of the towel, using a 1 1/2-inch accordion fold.

2. Cut a 10-inch length of craft wire, using wire cutters. Fold the length of the accordion folded kitchen towel in half, matching the short ends. Wind the wire around the towel, 2 inches below the fold. Clip off the excess wire. The folded end creates the head.

3. Cut a 15-inch length of 1/4-inch wide ribbon. Wrap the ribbon around the neck, covering the wire. Tie the ribbon into a bow, creating the front of the angel.

4. Lay the washcloth on your work surface. Fold the washcloth, from one edge to the opposite edge, using a 1-inch accordion fold.

5. Cut a 10-inch length of craft wire. Fold the accordion folded washcloth around the neck of the angel, with the ends in the front. The washcloth is the angel's arms. Bring the ends (hands) together. Secure them with the wire, 1 inch from the ends. Clip off the excess wire.

6. Cut a 12-inch length of 1/4-inch wide ribbon. Wrap the ribbon around the hands, covering the wire. Tie the ribbon into a bow and trim the ribbon ends.

7. Lay the potholder on your work surface. Fold the potholder, from the bottom edge to the top edge, using a 1-inch accordion fold. Note: The top of the potholder has the hanging loop on it. The potholder is the angel's wings.

8. Cut a 10-inch length of craft wire. Insert the wire under the washcloth and under the neck wire, at the back of the head. Center the folded potholder, horizontally, with the loop at the top, over the arms at the back of the head. Bring the ends of the wire around the center of the potholder and twist the wire. Clip off the excess.

9. Cut a 15-inch length of 1/4-inch wide ribbon. Insert the ribbon under the washcloth, at the back of the head. Tie the ribbon ends in a bow, covering the wire. Trim the ribbon ends. Hang the angel from the potholder's hanging loop.

References

• Kitchen towel angel