DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Angel Milk Carton Container
This makes a wonderful container to send home treats after a Christmas party at school, daycare or your home.
Or make one of these to place by the fireplace to hold the "stocking overflow".
This is a little harder to make than the reindeer carton (it is appropriate for age 4+).
Having said that, ages 2+ can do a really good job on the wings if mommy wants to do the face!
Materials:
- an empty 2 litre (1/2 gallon) milk carton.
- a printer (optional).
- Glue or tape.
- scissors
- 2 sheets of white construction paper or typing paper.
- 1 sheet of yellow construction paper.
- cotton balls, cotton pillow stuffing or white feathers
- black marker or pencil crayon
- gold or silver glitter (optional)
- wiggly eyes (optional)
Instructions:
- Print and cut out the angel wing template or make your own template pieces, whichever you prefer.
- Put glue all over the wings, except on the little tab (if the kids get it on the tab, it isn't a huge deal).
- Pull apart cotton balls or cotton pillow stuffing, so it's nice and fluffy.
- Glue the cotton (or white feathers) all over the wings.
- Optional: sprinkle some gold or silver glitter over the cottony wings and press it in with your hands.
- Cut the top off a milk carton and discard the top (or save it for a different craft). You can cut off as much of the top as you like... it depends on how tall you want your container to be.
- Cover your milk carton with the white paper (it takes about 2 pieces).
Cut a piece of yellow paper about 3 inches tall and as wide as the
milk carton (about 5 inches).- Cut slits (a fringe) in this piece and glue it to the front (these are the bangs).
Cut two pieces of yellow paper as tall and as wide as the milk
carton.- Roll the paper around a pencil to curl.
- Cut slits in the roll to make curly hair.
- Glue the hair to the sides of the head.
- Glue the wings to the back of the carton (you may want to reinforce with one long strip of cardboard along the back, but it isn't necessary)
- Use a black marker or pencil to draw a face on the front (open
"singing" mouth, freckles and closed eyes as in our photo is
cute, but you can do it however you want!).
- You can also substitute wiggly eyes for hand-drawn eyes.
- Cut out a strip of cardboard or construction paper about 10 inches long and glue to the sides of the container to use as a handle.
Templates:
- After printing, close the template window to return to the main page.
- If the template doesn’t fit on one page, adjust your printer margins:
• In most browsers: Print → More settings → Margins → Minimum
• Or use Page Setup / Printer Setup in your printer dialog