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HANDPRINT ANGELS   
Submitted by: Carol Ingram [Carol is a teacher at Mainland Christian School in Texas City, TX.]

Grade: K-3

Age: 5-8

Activity Summary:

Children will enjoy using their own handprints to create paper angels. All you need is construction paper, scissors and glue.

What You Need:

  • Blue (or other color) construction paper
  • White construction paper
  • Manila paper & brown construction paper (see if you can find multicultural construction paper).
  • Gold cord or gold paper
  • Safety scissors

What You Do:

  1. Children trace hands on white construction paper and cut shapes out. Assist where necessary.
  2. Children cut triangle out of white paper. Assist where necessary.
  3. Children cut circle out of manila paper or brown construction paper. Assist where necessary. (Use color to match your child's skin tone).
  4. Glue handprints onto blue (or other color) construction paper and then triangle just over the hands. (Hands will form the wings, and the triangle with form the angel's body)
  5. Glue the circle at the top of the triangle, just covering the tip.
  6. Glue the gold cord just above the circle to form a halo.

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