By Noreen Doll.
A shamrock angel is a fun idea for a St. Patrick’s Day decoration.
It can be used on a mantel or side table, or as a centerpiece on a dining table. It would be easy to make several for a party.
Or you could put a magnet on the back and attach it to your refrigerator.
I dyed a coffee filter green to make this angel, but it could easily be made with card stock or construction paper.
I bought the craft foam shamrock at the dollar store, but you can also make one from a sheet of green craft foam.
Materials.
Coffee Filter Dyed Green, or Green Card Stock
White Doily
Craft Foam Shamrock
Small Styrofoam Ball
Sparkly Gold Pipe Cleaner
Gold Ribbon, 1/4 inch wide – 8 or 10 inches
Sharpies, Red and Black, Ultra Fine Point
Double Sided Tape, Optional
Glue
How to Make a Shamrock Angel.
1. Dye a coffee filter green. I used several drops of green food coloring in about half a cup of water.
When I applied the watered dye to the coffee filter, it wasn’t green enough, so I applied a drop of food coloring onto the filter.
Because the filter was already completely wet, it was easy to spread the dye over the whole filter.
Let dry. I used a hair dryer to speed drying.
2. Fold the filter in half.
3. Cut the doily in half.
Cut around the edge design on the inside of the doily edge to make a piece that looks like this.
Place it on the coffee filter like this. Use double sided tape or glue to attach the 2 pieces together.
4. Because I wanted less green below the lace, I cut off a strip of the coffee filter along the curved edge.
The doily was smaller than the coffee filter, and this is how it fit.
5. On the back side of the green half circle, put a piece of Scotch tape about 2 inches long, centering it along the straight edge. This will make the point sturdier for attaching the head.
Finish the Shamrock Angel.
1. Shape the half circle into a cone, and tape or glue the edges together in the back.
I over lapped the bottom edges by about an inch and a half.
2. Use Sharpies to make a face (eyes and mouth) on the styrofoam ball. Don’t put the eyes too far apart.
3. In the bottom of the head, hollow out a small hole to put the point of the cone into.
Add a drop or two of glue into the hole, and press the point of the cone up into the hole.
Press the head firmly down over the point and let dry.
4. Make a halo for the shamrock angel with a piece of the gold pipe cleaner shaped into a circle. Twist the end of the circle around the stem and cut off the excess stem.
The circle needs to be about the size of the top of the angel’s head.
5. Glue the halo to the top of the the angel’s head. Let dry.
6. Make a small bow with the gold ribbon and attach it to the angel’s neck area.
7. Attach the finished angel to the shamrock, which will be her wings.
Put a magnet on the back of the shamrock angel if you want her to be a magnet.
Or punch a small hole in the top of the shamrock and add a bit of thread to make her a hanging ornament.
Tips
If you don’t use a coffee filter you will need a circle that is about 8 inches in diameter.
Instead of Sharpies, you can use another permanent marker.
You can make the shamrock angel larger or smaller by changing the size of the circle, the shamrock, and the styrofoam ball.
© Noreen Doll
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What a fun project.
What a cute idea, Noreen! Thanks for sharing it at my A New Creation link party! This looks like a fun one to try with my kids!
These are just way too cute.
so very cute and easy to make love them
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Thanks so much for sharing. I’d love to have you come link this up to our Teach Me Tuesday Linky – it’s brand new and in need of creative contributions! http://www.somedayilllearn.com/2013/02/18/teach-me-tuesday-5/
Super cute!!! My daughter would love this!!
I would LOVE it if you shared this in my Spring/Easter Linky Party! You can find it here: http://littlemomprairie.blogspot.com/p/blog-round-up.html
This little angel is so adorable! I saw it over at I Gotta Create and wanted to stop by to say hello! Thanks for sharing such a cute project.
That is just the cutest thing! Great tutorial too. I’d love for you to share at Transformed Tuesday! http://pjhdesignsoneofakind.blogspot.com/2013/02/transformed-tuesday-26-features.html I’m a new follower. Hugs, Peggy~PJH Designs
I love your Shamrock angel–super cute! Thank you for the fun project idea.
hi, i’m following the “fluster creative muster” hop. i would love for you to visit my blog and follow if you like it.
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Great idea! Thanks for sharing at The Gunny Sack!
Super Cute! Love your shamrock angel! Thanks for sharing. Hugs.
Awww, this is so cute.
such a fun and timely project that anyone could create. Thanks for sharing.
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She’s adorable. It’s funny how we always refer to angels as girls. Thanks for sharing at Fluster’s Creative Muster. I’m looking forward to seeing what you link up next week.
I remember making these angels when I was a kid, but for Christmas. Wow, I hadn’t thought of them in years.
An adorable little angel. Great craft idea for kids.
HI! Thanks for linking up to Tasteful Tuesdays! I’m featuring THIS on a round-up post up on the blog today! I would be SO pleased if you would put my featured button on this post ;o) Happy Weekend!!!
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How cute! Thanks so much for coming to party at Super Saturday Show & Tell
I hope you’ll come again next week. xoxo~ Ruthie
I thought it was made from a peg at first. Very good indeed
Hi Noreen, Your little shamrock angel was one of the most viewed links at my party last week and is featured this week at A New Creation! Thanks again for sharing; she is too cute!
So cute! Thanks so much for linking up to the Pinworthy Projects Party this week!
What a cute and fun craft project! Thank you so much for sharing with Saturday Spotlight. Have a great week and come back soon!
What an adorable idea and way to use coffee filters. My daughter would enjoy this craft. Thanks for sharing on Thursdays Treasures.
CUTE!!! ORIGINAL!! Those are two words about your project! See you soon. Linda
I just LOVE this! I can’t wait to make it with my daughter for my grandmother. I know she’ll adore it (she’s very Irish Catholic). I am so happy you shared this at my link party – I never would have been able to come up with it on my own!
-Angie
Oh this is cute! & something you can make with the kids too. Thanks for sharing & linking up @ DearCreatives.com Hope your having a great week!
Featuring YOU today! Thank you so much for linking up to {wow me} wednesday!
Ginger @ GingerSnapCrafts.com
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How sweet is that! It has been a very busy week for me so, I am just now catching up from last week’s party. Sorry to be so late! Thank you for sharing at TTF
Thanks for sharing an awesome project with us. Come by again next week and share another cool project with us!
Have a great week!
Susie @bowdabra
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Super cute! Thanks for sharing at March Madness
So CUTE!!! I have a couple ideas I could have used this for THIS year, but will keep it in mind for next year… I might even make a slightly flatter, one-dimensional version (maybe a button for the face?) to make an angel for a junque/art journal page I’m working on… Thanks for sharing such a cute idea!
You could make the angel the same (substituting a flat circle for the head) and just flatten the doily body.
Noreen