Easy Personalized Paper Clip Angel
Craft an adorable paper clip angel to enhance your holiday decor. This easy step-by-step tutorial brings a personal touch to your festive celebrations.
Equipment
Ingredients
- jumbo butterfly paperclips
- gold wire 22-gauge
- pearl bead 10mm
- disk spacer bead 10mm
- white nylon ribbon 3/8-inch
- gold and silver letter beads
Instructions
- Start by cutting a piece of gold wire 30” long to cover the wings. Take the gold wire and attach it to the paperclip where the wing goes out from the body. Begin wrapping the wire up and down the wing until half of the wire is used.
- Continue with the remainder of the wire on the second wing, wrapping it up and down like you did on the first wing. Try to have the wire end at the bottom of the wing, so you can secure the wire without it being quite as noticeable. You can use needle nose pliers to pinch the end of the wire, so it is not sticking out.
- Cut a piece of ribbon 12” long. Make a loop with the ribbon, I used an overhead loop knot, but any knot will do if you have a loop. You can cut your ribbon even longer if you wish to add a bow at the top.
- Now add the crown and head. Take your spacer bead and slide the loop through the bead. If you have trouble getting the ribbon to go through the small hole, use a small piece of extra wire to poke it through.
- Once the spacer bead is on, add the pearl bead. Again, use wire to help push the ribbon through the bead hole.
- Lay your ribbon down and set the jumbo paperclip on top of it. Pull the ribbon through the middle of the paperclip as pictured. Once the ribbon is pulled through the paperclip, take the loop over the end of the ribbon and pull tight.
- Now push the pearl bead and the spacer bead down so it sits just above the paperclip.
- Cut a piece of 4” wire (add extra length to the wire if a name is long) and find the letters of the name you would like to attach. Before sliding on the letters, attach one side of the 4” wire to the bend on the wing (or close to there).
- Now slide the letters on and attach the 4” wire to the other side. Use the needle nose pliers if you need to pinch the ends of the wire tightly.
Notes
Making the wings: If you have any issues with the wire sliding on the wings, you can pull the wire a little tighter or you can weave the wire in and out of itself to hold it in place.
Frayed ribbon ends: If your ribbon frays at the ends, you can simply trim it off once you have finished your craft.
Needle nose pliers: These are useful to pinch the ends of the wire tightly so everything is in place and there are no sharp edges.
Frayed ribbon ends: If your ribbon frays at the ends, you can simply trim it off once you have finished your craft.
Needle nose pliers: These are useful to pinch the ends of the wire tightly so everything is in place and there are no sharp edges.
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