Christmas

DIY Pasta Angels

Items List:

For the DIY Pasta Angels:
  • Pearl (or wooden bead) for the head
  • Rigatone pasta (the big tubes) for the dress
  • Wagon Wheel pasta for the collar on the dress
  • 2 pieces of elbow macaroni for the arms
  • Several pieces of Stelline pasta (stars) for decorating the dress (pastina is too small)
  • Farfalle (bow-tie pasta) for the wings
  • 10 pieces of Ditaline pasta (or orzo) for the hair
  • Small gold wire for halo
  • String or cord for hanging

Instructions:

Assembling the DIY Pasta Angels
  • Hot glue the wagon wheel to the tube (rigatone).
  • Glue the head pearl to the center of the wagon wheel.
  • Attach the bow-tie to the back of angel, just underneath the collar.
  • Glue the elbow macaroni to the sides of the dress.
  • Glue the Ditaline (or orzo) onto the head pearl to make hair.
  • Decorate with stars.
  • Bend the gold wire into a halo shape and attach to the back of the angel.
  • Run the cord or string through one of the “hair” pastas to make an ornament hanger.
VOILA! A chorus of pasta angels to grace your Christmas tree!

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