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Create an EASY Angel from an Ordinary Paperclip with Me!
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Jan 10, 2025
Yes, you can make a cute angel from an ordinary paperclip you do not need a special butterfly one. They are great for small gifts, hanging on your Christmas tree or attaching to special parcels. If you want access to many more great craft ideas and resources (plus special offers) then visit my website at https://christines-crafts.com/ and sign up for regular updates and resources.
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in this video we're going to take a
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paperclip a normal paper clip and turn
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it into a beautiful little angel for
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your Parcels or to hang on your tree so
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all you need to do to start with is get
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your paperclip and straighten it which
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sounds a lot easier than it is um you
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can just use your fingers you don't have
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to get it perfectly straight but if you
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straighten it out like I'm doing here
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and then you get to the point where you
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go I really can't get it as straight as
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I would like what you can do is get some
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pliers and just use those to straighten
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it out a bit which is what I'm going to
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show you and it's just going to allow
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some of those Kinks to get straightened
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out once you're happy with your paper
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clip or piece of wire as we should call
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it now we need to find the center pop
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your finger on it and bend the wire
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Around Your Finger now it depends on the
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size of your fingers but I tend to use
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my four finger and bend it on both
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sides and that's going to form the
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triangle at the bottom of your angel
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and then just push those sides down
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until you're happy with it again if
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you're not happy with the shape of the
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triangle tweak it adjust it straighten
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it out and start again you're just going
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to try and get to the point where yours
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looks like mine you want quite long
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sides because we're going to use those
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to form the nice little angel
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wings so once you're happy that it does
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look like that you're going to form
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those wings simply by four
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folding either side down in half bring
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them to the front of your
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angel and just make them so that they
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overlap the
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triangle and again you can just spend a
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little bit of time tweaking them and
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making sure you're happy with them and
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you'll also find at this point you can
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make your angel as 3D or 2D as you like
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so you might want to flatten it down and
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make it a really flat Angel you might
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want to pull bits up or back so that you
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get a bit more of a 3d effect but you
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can see what I'm doing here I'm just
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tweaking it until I'm
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happy and then once you are happy with
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yours you can see I'm just adjusting
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it's going to be time to attach the
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ribbon now you want a nice thin fine
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ribbon and I tend to use six or8 Ines so
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6 in if it's just going to be a little
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tag 8 in if I'm going to hang it on a
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Christmas tree and then fold it in half
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and feed the loop through through the
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angel now you want it up in that top
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section just between those wings and
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then you're going to feed the other end
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the two ends of the ribbon through that
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Loop just to secure it to the top of the
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Angel if you're enjoying this video
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please give me a thumbs up so it spreads
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to more people let's fill the world with
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angels be them Christmas angels or
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guardian angels
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and then once that's all secure it's
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time to add your bead now you can use
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any bead you like but I tend to find
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they're quite narrow so a good little
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tip here is to thread your Ribbon onto a
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needle that's got a wide eye and that
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will make it easier to thread the ribbon
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onto the uh the beads onto the ribbon
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even so feed it through and then you'll
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have a nice little bead for a head I
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mean if you were to use a bead you could
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write on you could even add a
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face and then it's up to you whether you
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knot it on top of the head or not so
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I'll just show you doing that but you
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don't have to just makes the bead a
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little bit more
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secure and then KN the other end of the
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ribbon to form the hanging
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Loop don't worry if your ends don't line
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up perfectly you've got the opportunity
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to trim them so now you're happy it's
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all complete e just trim off those ends
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to make it nice and tidy and then you
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can gift your angels hang your angels on
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the tree or perhaps attach them to your
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Parcels to make them super special enjoy
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your angels
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