1995 Pasta Angel

This is where my angel-making journey began. In 1995, I was teaching a ladies' Sunday school class and wanted to give each lady in the class a small gift at Christmas. My mother-in-law told me how to make this pasta angel. I didn't know I was beginning a tradition of ornaments, so I glued a pin back onto the angel and presented it as something to wear. Of course, it can be made with or without the pin.

Materials:

   1 1/2 pieces of bow tie pasta

   2 pieces of elbow macaroni

   1 piece of sea shell macaroni

   1 thumb tack

   several tiny pearl beads (mine were 2.5 mm)

   craft "wedding ring"

   craft paint (white or some off-white shade)

   hot glue gun

• Carefully break a piece of bow tie pasta in half. Use one complete piece of pasta for the wings and one half piece for the "skirt." 
• Glue tiny pearls onto sea shell macaroni to make hair on the head. 
• Use elbow macaroni for arms and upside-down thumb tack for candle. Using hot glue, put all the pieces together to form the angel. 
• Paint the entire angel. After it is dry, use pens or markers to add facial highlights and red tip on "candle." 
• Glue "wedding ring" on top as a halo. 
• Add pin back to make wearable or string to make hanger for ornament.