Angel of beads. Decoration for a Christmas tree and not only

The wonderful creation of heaven is an angel, a mythological being, especially touching and kind - one of the main symbols of Christmas. But not only on Christmas holidays, we are indebted to the presence of this image in our life. With the winged sweet creation, always associated with an extraordinary purity, childish naivete and mischief, as well as a light divine beginning. This image was created by painters, painters, sculptors and puppeteers. This is one of the most popular and popular mythological characters in art.

At the Christmas tree the angel is the place. The bead angel, made with the children, will be a wonderful decoration for the Christmas holiday. You can execute it in different ways. Angel of beads can be voluminous, woven from beads, beads and wire. Perfectly suitable for making toys embroidery beads. Angels, embroidered on a plastic canvas, decorate not only the fur-tree branches, but also the entrance door or window glass. Techniques and ways of weaving a lot of toys. We will describe one, simple enough, but effective.

How to make an angel of beads

The average height of each angel is 5-6 cm, but you can make it bigger and higher. The main thing is to master the technique of weaving, and then you can safely experiment, add some details and increase the size.

To work, you need one large pearl bead, a diameter of at least 1 cm, white, tender pink, pale blue and gold beads, very thin wire and a silk twisted cord for making hair.

The dress of an angel is braided in parallel with rows of beads. 18 beads of 18 beads are collected on a wire, distribute them in the center, and begin to knit in succession rows of beads, passing both ends of the wire through them. In each subsequent row, reduce the number of beads by 1 piece. After there are two pieces left on the wire, begin to increase by 1 beads in each row, bringing it to 18 pcs. Then the sides of the finished dress are connected with wire and straighten it, giving it the shape of a cone.

The silk cord is cut into 10 cm pieces. The threads are untwisted and combed with a thick needle. A bunch of prepared filaments are perpendicularly laid in the center of a piece of wire 70 cm long. The wire is twisted, bent in half. The threads are thus fixed in the form of a brush. Both ends of the wire are inserted into the large pearl bead, and then the bead is attached to the top of the cone-dress. The hair is spread and distributed over the head. Long ends of the wire pass near the neck of the dress and weave the angel's hands, strung several rows of beads.

The wings of the angel are also performed in parallel wickerwork from a gold bead in the form of two large petals. Begin to weave with two beads, increasing in each row the number of beads. When the wire is a row of 15-16 beads, knitting starts in the opposite direction, gradually reducing the number of beads in the row. The ends of the wire are fixed on the angel's back to the dress.

The embroidered angel of beads is also a wonderful decoration for Christmas. For work it will be necessary to take a plastic canvas (it can be found in Internet shops for needlework) and any cross-stitch drawing depicting an angel. Embroider the pattern with beads on the canvas, glue a piece of silk or satin fabric on the back of it with a glue of PVA, and carefully cut out the canvas with the embroidered pattern along the contours of the picture, but so that the last beads do not crumble. An angel of beads, embroidered on a plastic canvas, decorates the tree or the front door if you sew a small loop to it.

Making jewelry for a Christmas tree with children is the beginning of pleasant festive troubles, giving joyful, "magic" moments. Each Christmas decoration made by oneself is also an occasion for warm memories connected with this wonderful holiday.