Start by painting toilet paper and paper towel roll with a thick coat of white paint.
Once dry cut out a simple crown shape from the tops of the roll.
Paint faces on the surface of the rolls- I have always loved painting whimsical faces (inspired by my wonderful and diverse friends and family) and it is something that I find simple but if you are not comfortable with drawing and painting a face- try use a black and white photocopy of a faces and glue to the surface of the roll and then paint with bright colors.
Once satisfied with your angels, create wings from thick paper, fabric or canvas. I created my wings from Claudine Hellmuth's Sticky Back Canvas (of course!!)
Attach the wings to the back of the angels (with craft glue or even hot glue).
Use the angels on a mantel, on a bookshelf, in your holiday decorating...
Or use as a tree topper
29 comments:
They are beautiful. I truely love them.
Absolutely gorgeous!! Can't believe those are T.P. cobs! Beautiful.
Thanks for sharing -- they look great!
Awesome! Guess what I'm doing tomorrow!?!
Just love them!!! Can't wait to make all the family...
love the tree topper idea. i will surely try creating these with my son.
I love your artwork! This is such a fantastic idea! I might try to make some napkin rings with my little ones! Will they look like yours? Of course not! :) Love your blog!
Totally cool . . . and affordable! Thank you for the idea.
These are SO creative, I absolutely love the idea! :-) Thanks for sharing!
Lovely - so simple but so perfectly hand made I love them ! I needed something to make the decorations feel more like me - this just may be it ! Thank you Alisa for sharing your talents with us !
Terrific! I came over from another blog that posts yours on it's sidebar. These look like such a terrific idea I sent the link to my daughter for her and her daughters.
those are great! I am definitely creating some angels this weekend with my daughters~thanks!!
Those are beautiful and creative designs! I have lots of toilet paper rolls and I find it a waste of I put them in the trash when I know I can do something with them. Thanks for sharing.
T.P. tubes. Who Knew? Can't wait to make my own tree topper for next year. Alisa, thank you for all your great blogs! I so appreciate you and your art - so inspiring, free and a riot of glorious color. Have a great Holiday!
P.S. Love my little purses you did!
very cute and clever! i hope i have time to make one! love all your tutorials!!!
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So beautiful!
these are amazing, thank you for the inspiration!!
oh boy those are just about the cutest things EVER!
the blonde haired girl looks just like claudine! LOL
too cute!
xoxo
jul
Amazingly! Amazingly!
Great Idea. Thanks for sharing. Love the photo of you at work on these listening to your music. I can hardly create without music. So inspiring!
Very nice! I like the idea.
that is such a cool idea. impressive xx
Making some today!
I need to do this with my kids
Would love to be able to take the details into my local school but we are not allowed to use toilet rolls would have to be any other type of roll
These are just amazing and so beautiful. As a kindergarten teacher these rolls are a mainstay of our craft project, but this...well I am speechless, can't wait to get started. blessings DD
This is wonderful! Hope it is okay to take a spin on your idea for our Religious Education Class? Hate when people direclt copy from my website and publish their work, yikes. I want to make an angel on a sheet of paper (coloring book style) so they can color and paste to the tube. Then they can use sequins, button and glitter to embellish the crowns. If I have your permission will be happy to submit some kiddo inspired art to you.-Annette, Brushes and Bottles
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