My favorite kids' Christmas school project
Things you'll need for this project:
- Soda cans
- White matte spray paint
- Different colors of acrylic paint for the body
- Different flesh tone for the face
- Googly eyes
- Little cork noses are nice, but not necessary
- Red acrylic paint for cheeks, using a new pencil eraser to place them
- Ribbon or raffia for the wings
- A loop of ribbon to use to attach it to the tree
- A little loop of gold craft beads for a halo
- Something for the angel's hair... I used Spanish moss on the one in the picture
- Little pieces of sheet music cut and folded for the angels to sing from ( the angel in the picture lost her sheet music several Christmases ago)
- Hot glue/ gun
- Little plates to put the paint on
- I cut up sponges into fourths for the kids to use to paint their angels (wet)
- A styrofoam plate on which to set each angel to let it dry
1. First, crimp the can a little bit. Make sure you've washed all the soda out of the can, so it won't be sticky.
2. I put some newspaper down outside and spray paint all the cans with a matte white spray paint.
3. Have the paints you'll need for the project:
different shades for the body: lavender, blue, pink, purple, etc
different flesh shades and red for the cheeks
4. I make up little ziploc baggies with the things each angel needs: googly eyes, hair, halo, ribbon for the wings (already folded and secured with something like a twist tie).
5. Have "centers" set up for each portion of the angel:
* the body painting center
* face painting center
* several moms with their handy glue guns ready to attach the wings, eyes, etc.
This is a great project for a Christmas party, especially is there are other projects to be done. That way, the kids can paint the body and let it dry.... go eat their snacks... paint the face and let it dry... go do another craft... and then go to the mom with the hot glue gun to attach all the finishing touches.
The kids love this craft. The year I did it with my daughter's third grade class ( the angel in the pix... she's now 22-years-old), the kids loved making the decisions about which body color to paint and flesh.
The classroom had a Christmas tree and each child's angel was on the tree. It was great!
