How to Make a Wire Angel Ornament - Nativity Ornament Series

Learn how to make an angel ornament out of wire. This easy diy Christmas ornament is a perfect addition to your Christmas tree. All you need is some wire to create these angel nativity ornaments.

This year I decided to make a nativity tree with a small Christmas tree. I wanted all of the ornaments to have something to do with the first Christmas.

The last 12 days before Christmas, I want to have the kids hang one ornament a day and we'll talk about what it is and why it's important.

 It took a lot of time coming up with ideas, searching the net and Pinterest, and even more time making the ornaments, but I've almost got them all done.

 As I write this, I still have a few ornaments to finish up, but I'm hoping to get them done this week. Once they're all done, I'll get a picture of them all together on the tree.


So for the next couple weeks, I'll be sharing a different ornament each day, with a scripture or quote to go along with it.

 "And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be unto all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord" Luke 2:10-11

Before we get started, here are the links to all the rest of my Nativity Ornaments: 
Wood Slice Nativity Ornaments
Angel Wire Ornaments
Clothespin Nativity Ornament
Twine Wrapped Star
Sheep Ornament
Felt Nativity Ornament
Shepherd's Crook Ornament
Stable Ornament
Wiseman Ornament
Manger Ornament
Canning Ring Framed Embroidered Ornament
Paint Stick Ornament
Greeting Card Ornament

Today I'm going to show you how I made some cute little angels with just some wire. I got this idea off of Pinterest. Unfortunately, the links didn't go anywhere. So I had to figure out how to make them myself.

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I don't claim to be an expert on working with wire, but they ended up pretty easy.

You will need 20 gauge wire.

* Begin by making a figure 8 with your wire. Make sure your top part of the 8 is about 1/3 of the total size - it will be your head. Continue with this pattern until you have 5 layers of wire. Then wrap the wire a few times around the middle of your 8.

* Now we're going to make the wings. Make another figure 8 going horizontally. These will be your wings. Do this 3-4 times and wrap your wire as best you can around the wings.

* Leave an excess of a couple inches and cut your wire. Then curve the top to make a hanger, ending it off with a small loop. Then spread out the wire to make it look nice.

Here are a couple other styles I did.

 I made this one the same way as I did the first one, but the bottom part of the figure 8 I made a triangle shape. I also only wrapped it three times.

 And this one I made the wings differently.

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