Christmas Pocket Angel (Upcycled Denim Craft) 4

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Make an Upcycled Denim Pocket Angel
for Christmas

#DIY #Craft #Upcycled #Christmas

If you’ve read my blog before, you can probably tell that I love to upcycle stuff.  Having things that go bad, doesn’t mean that they need to become trash.  Case in point, clothing.  There are clothes that I have that have either gotten a hole in them, or become uncomfortable to wear.  Why should I throw them out, when I could use them to create something else?  Do you agree?  Seeing something like this on Pinterest with other fabric, I had an idea.  Let’s use some of those jean pockets to create the angels.  What do you think?  Keep reading for the tutorial.

I hope you enjoy this craft idea.  If you end up making one, be sure and share a photo on my FB page, with what you come up with.  I’d love to see it!  I sure hope that you like the tutorial, and pray that you have a blessed day!

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Materials/Tools Used:

• Recycled Jeans/Denim
• Scissors
• Thread/Floss
• Mini Wood Apples
• Glue Gun
• Paint Pen/Marker
• Wooden Stars
• Gold Pipe Cleaners
• Jute or String
• & Time!

Instructions for the Christmas Angel:

Start by cutting the back pocket from an old pair of jeans.  You can remove the back part of the fabric if you like, or leave it.  It’ll just be a bit thicker and might be hard to fold up.  I just trimmed around the pocket at first, and then when it was easier to hold, cut the top portion off to use for the angel.

Fan the fabric with just a bit more fabric on the bottom to be the dress.  The top part will be the wings.  Using some scrap thread or floss, secure the fan in the center and knot tightly.

With that secure, you can flip it over and adjust the pieces to be even.  Using your glue gun, glue in one of the wooden apples upside down to be the angel head.  Be sure to have it secure inside a fold before you continue.

Start with the halo, by wrapping a piece of the gold pipe cleaner around a glue stick or something else that is just a larger width than the wooden apple.  Twist it around itself, to secure the top.  Cut it to be about 1.5″ to 2″ long on the straight part.  This will be used to attach it behind the head.  Using a bit of glue on the straight stem, secure it behind the head.

With the jute or string that you have, you can make a bow to cover up the neck and string used to secure the pocket.

With a bit more of the jute, make a hanger on the back part.  You can make this as short or as long as you’d like.  I then used a wooden star to camouflage the glue and string on the back part, as well.  Using a black marker, I just wrote the year on there (did this one last year, but am now just getting to post).

When that’s done, you can also draw a face on the wooden apple.  Again, I stink at drawing, so don’t laugh at my attempt!  Well, okay… you can laugh… I am! 😀 

Once that’s done, she is ready to hang on the tree, or give as a gift!  I hope you like it!  Please take a minute to leave me a comment on what you would like to create, and maybe if you have any tips on how to do it different, or better!

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