How to fold an origami christmas angel
Pleat a gold square into rows of feathers, then snip and fold it into two tall wings. Fold a blue kite gown with a white hem, a brown-haired head and a gold halo.
You need: A 15 cm gold square, a 12 cm blue square, a 7 cm brown square, a 5 × 0.7 cm gold strip, scissors, glue and a black and a white pen. Hard, 21 steps, about 35 minutes.
Steps
- Gown: fold a kite. Blue square, white side up, turned like a diamond. Fold the upper edges in to meet on the middle line.
- Gown: hem. Fold the white bottom point behind on a level crease 7 mm below the side corners, leaving a white trim along the hem.
- Gown: shoulders. Fold the top point down on a level crease 4.8 cm below it.
- Wings: new sheet. Set the gown aside. Take the big gold square, gold side up.
- Wings: feathers 1. Fold the bottom edge up on a level crease 3.4 cm above it.
- Wings: fold it back down. Fold it back down on a crease 7 mm higher. A row of feathers sticks out under the ledge.
- Wings: feathers 2. Fold the bottom edge up again, 3 cm higher up the wing.
- Wings: fold it back down. Fold it back down on a crease 7 mm higher. A row of feathers sticks out under the ledge.
- Wings: crease the middle. Fold the left edge over onto the right edge.
- Wings: open it. Open it again.
- Wings: snip. Cut down the middle crease from the top edge, 4 cm.
- Wings: lift the wings. Fold each inner top corner behind on a slant from the end of the snip to the outer top corner. The wings lean out and up.
- Wings: shape the tips. Fold the outer bottom corners behind on a long slant, so each wing narrows to its tip. Fold the very tips behind a little.
- Halo: new sheet. Set the wings aside. Take the little gold strip, gold side up.
- Halo: round the ends. Fold the four corners behind, 5 mm along each edge, so the halo is a smooth band with round ends.
- Head: new sheet. Set the halo aside. Take the small brown square, white side up, turned like a diamond.
- Head: hair. Fold the top corner down to the middle.
- Head: fringe. Fold the new top edge down again, halfway to the middle. A straight brown fringe runs across her forehead.
- Head: hair at the sides. Fold the side corners in, 2 cm from each tip, so her hair frames her face.
- Head: chin. Fold the bottom corner behind for her chin, and the two top corners behind a little to round her head.
- Put her together. Glue the gown on the middle of the wings, then the head on top. Glue the halo just above her head on a bit of folded strip.
Top of the tree!
Draw her sleepy eyes and smile and a few white stars on her gown. Tape a loop on the back to hang her on the tree.