Maggy Woodley from Red Ted Art explains how to make Christmas angels out of clothes pegs
Clothes peg painting is something that my three-year-old adores. So these are a team effort. He paints the pegs and I make the angels. They are lovely as Christmas tree decorations, for hanging up Christmas cards or simply for playing with. We use ours on our "art washing line".
Materials
per angel (eg blue): Clothes peg, paint (blue, white), a gold and black pen (or use paint), piece of paper for wings, wool/tinsel for halo, glue.
Method
1. Paint the peg in one main colour – except for approximately 1cm one side which will be painted white for the head. Paint the white face.
2. Let it dry. I found it helpful to cut a ring from a paper tube and to clip the pegs on it for drying – if you are not careful the paint will "glue" them shut, so do check them occasionally!
3. Using pens, draw on a pattern and face. You can also use a contrasting paint and just put little dots on.
4. Tie tinsel into a bow and stick on with lots of glue.
5. Cut out wing shape. Draw some feather lines and glue on.
Done!
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