A little Christmas present from me to you. Download and make Christmas Cottage for free.
You’ll need some card for you printer, glue, and scissors.
Click here to download the PDF.
You can download this for personal use and print it as many times as you like.
Copyright belongs to JoolsWilson
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You will need:
Method
Cut out the main template, sleeves, hands, and feet from stiff paper or card.
Choose some paper for the angel’s dress and cut it out using the dress template.
Glue the dress onto the main template. You can add decorative trims if you want them. I glued some gold tissue paper to my dress and trimmed the bottom edge into points.
Cut out the face from paper and glue to the main template. Draw on the features. A small triangle of different coloured paper makes a good nose.
I cut out circles of pink paper for cheeks. You could draw these if you have a pink pencil.
Cut out the crown and glue to the main template. Check that it fits round the face before you glue. You many want to trim it. My crown is made of paper that I painted with watercolour and then glued tissue triangles to.
Cut out your angel’s wings. I used silver card for one of my angels and stiff white paper for the other. You can draw on or decorate them.
Cut out some paper to cover the sleeves and hands. Or you could colour in the hands with paint or pencil if you are using white card.
A good way to get a neat finish is to cut the paper a bit bigger than the hands and trim it after you have glued it on.
Do the same with the feet and glue them onto the bottom of the skirt.
Glue the hands to the back of the sleeves. You can add extra trims to the sleeves if you want them.
Place the wings and arms where you want them on your angel. One wing and arm are glued to the back of the angel. The others to the front. Decide where you want them and then glue into place.
If you want your angel to hang up you can add a string to the back with a piece of tape.
I hope you have as much fun making angels as much as I did!
You will need:
Thin cardboard – cereal boxes would be ideal
or Silver and gold card
Glue
Stapler
Sellotape
Silver paint (unless you are using silver card)
Paint brushes
Scissors
Silver (or other colour) crepe paper OR fabric
Pens/pencils/paint for decorative details
Fabric ‘chain mail’ (optional)
Download and print templates here
Cut a piece of cardboard 6cm x 63cm. You may need to join 2 pieces of card if you are using cereal boxes. This is large enough for an adult size helmet. This is the main band around the base of the helmet.
Cut 2 strips of cardboard 3cm x 30cm. These are the cross pieces on the top of the helmet.
Cut out the template for the front of the helmet. Draw round it onto your cardboard and cut out the shape.
If you are using plain cardboard paint all the pieces silver.
Draw or paint any patterns you want on the flat pieces.
If you are using silver card you can draw patterns with the wrong end of a paint brush.
Wrap the strip off card around your head where you want the helmet to sit. It should cover the top of your ears. Mark where the card overlaps. Trim off the excess, but leave an overlap of about 2cm. Glue or staple the ends together.
Attach the cross pieces to the crown of the helmet using glue or staples. Attach one side of the first piece and try it on your head before attaching the other side. It should be just above the top of your head. Attach the second cross piece so that it just rests on the first in the centre.
Using the template, cut 4 shapes from crepe paper (or fabric) to fill in the top of the helmet. Glue or tape them into place from the inside. You may need to trim them slightly to fit if you are making a smaller helmet.
Attach the front of the helmet, lining up the nose with one of the cross pieces.
Glue on any other details as desired.
Cut a piece of net fabric approximately 25cm x 50cm. Tape inside helmet along back edge.
Download the free template here.
Please remember the copyright for this design belongs to Jools Wilson and you may not share it in any form for profit.
Can you illustrate this lovely leaf poem by drawing, painting or making collage leaves?
Poem from ‘Painting Poems’ by Julie Anna Douglas.
You can download this activity sheet here.Â
Don’t forget their are lots of other free activity sheets to accompany Painting Poems. Download them here.
If you enjoyed making my paper Neolithic House model then you may also like this Roman Villa, which is available from my shop for a very small number of beans.
Download the template for this collage butterfly and use scraps of paper to create your own colourful butterfly.
Click here to download the activity sheet.
Painting Poems by Julie Anna Douglas and Jools Wilson is available to buy here.
..download the worksheet to go with this sweet poem by Julie Anna Douglas and create your own collage cupcake.
Click here to download the activity sheet.Â
‘Underwater Collage’ by Julie Anna Douglas. Why not download the worksheet that accompanies this poem? Or get out your paints or pencils and some paper and make your own Underwater Collage?
Click here to download the worksheet.
Make your own collage fish.
You will need: Scissor, different types of paper, glue, pencil, pen, paint.
If you only have plain paper you can paint it with splashes and blobs of paint.
Cut out the fishes body shapes from patterned or coloured paper.
 Cut out tail fin shapes from a different colour paper or tissue paper.
Glue the body shape to a background piece of paper. Draw or stick on fins. Draw the fishes faces with pencil or pen.
Colour the face and fins with paint, coloured pencils or felt tip pens.
Create a sea full of colourful fish using as many different colours and papers as you can find.
What other colourful sea creatures could you make using collage?
Jools Wilson 