An adorable little angel.

Materials:

• Medium mittens: natural and cranberry, two each
• Uncooked rice, 1 1/2 cups
• Polyester fiberfill
• Ecru embroidery floss
• 1/2 inch flat buttons, your choice, five
• 1 1/4 inch wooden apples for heads, two
• Acrylic paints: black, white and mauve
• Paint brushes
• Curly yards doll hair, 2 yards
• 4-inch white crochet snowflakes, four
• Small cranberry knot stocking, one
• Plaid dish towel fabric: 1 1/2 x 12 inches for boy's scarf: 5x19 inches for girl's hat and scarf
• scissors
• ruler
• chenille needle
• Hot glue gun
• paper towels
• iron

1. To make the boy angel, fill the bottom third of each natural mitten with rice.
2. Fill the remainder of each mitten and thumb with fiberfill.
3. Overlap the mittens side by side for the body and sew two buttons down the center using the embroidery floss.
4. Knot the floss on top of the buttons and trim.
5. To form the collar, hand gather the cuffs of the mittens 1/2 inch from the open end and tie with floss to hold.
6. Paint the face on the wooden apple.
7. To finish, fringe the sides and ends of the dish towel fabric strip, and tie it around the neck for a scarf.
8. For the hat, turn up a 1/4 inch cuff on the edge of the cranberry stocking, then glue the stocking hat to the head
9. Glue two crochet snowflakes to the upper back for wings.
10. To make the girl angel, follow Steps 1 to 6 to shape a cranberry mitten body and add the head. Loop and glue the doll hair on top of the head.
11. Cut a 1 1/2 x 12 inch dish towel fabric strip. Pull threads to fringe the sides and ends, and tie it around the neck for a scarf.
12. For the hat, cut a 3x6 inches piece of dish towel fabric, and pull threads to fringe the 6-inch sides.
13. Fold one 6 inch side up 1 inch and press for a cuff, glue the fabric around the head, overlapping the ends in back.
14. Hand gather the hat 3/4 inch from the top with floss.
15. Thread the floss ends through a button, knot the floss on top and trim.
16. Glue two crochet snowflakes to the upper back for wings. Edna M. Horton