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DIY Wooden Peg Doll Angels

Last year the kids and I created some Nutcracker peg dolls for our Christmas Tree. We loved decorating them and were really inspired by the book. To kick start our Christmas Crafts properly here on Rainy Day Mum this year I’m sharing this very simple DIY wooden peg doll angels that you can create with the kids and either stand up as a decoration or use one of the eye screws and some ribbon and hang from your Christmas tree.

Simple DIY Wooden Peg Doll Angels to make with the kids to decorate the tree this Christmas. Ideal for a Nativity-themed craft for preschool or kindergarten

Materials needed to make these simple peg dolls

Gold Paper – My kids chose to use some fibre paper that we had from card making but you could use gold tissue paper instead

White Feathers from a Craft Feathers Pack

White Pipe Cleaners from a Pipe cleaner set

Strong Tacky Glue

Scissors

Marker Pens if you wish to add facial features – I like Giotto Decor Pens but Sharpie will work just the same

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How to Make the Peg Doll Angels

We started off by creating a paper snowflake with the gold fibre paper.

Simple DIY Wooden Peg Doll Angels to make with the kids to decorate the tree this Christmas. Ideal for a Nativity-themed craft for preschool or kindergarten

My daughter has been making these with me to decorate the home for Christmas since she was little and loves cutting the bits out to make them. Now my plan was that the snowflake would fit nicely over the dolls head but when T cut out space for the head she cut it a little too far down from the point so instead we wrapped it around the peg.

Simple DIY Wooden Peg Doll Angels to make with the kids to decorate the tree this Christmas. Ideal for a Nativity-themed craft for preschool or kindergarten

Crafting with kids means that you can plan – as above but what happens as they make means that you change the way that you work on the spot and very quickly.

Simple DIY Wooden Peg Doll Angels to make with the kids to decorate the tree this Christmas. Ideal for a Nativity-themed craft for preschool or kindergarten

So…. if you have a small enough hole you can put the snowflake over the head of the peg and rest on the neck area – but if like us you have made the hole too big instead you can then wrap it around the peg and glue down the edges of where they join together.

Simple DIY Wooden Peg Doll Angels to make with the kids to decorate the tree this Christmas. Ideal for a Nativity-themed craft for preschool or kindergarten
Simple DIY Wooden Peg Doll Angels to make with the kids to decorate the tree this Christmas. Ideal for a Nativity-themed craft for preschool or kindergarten

Using the strong glue attach some feathers to the back of the angel for the wings – we found this easiest to do by dipping an end of a pipe cleaner into some glue and spreading it on to the feathers.

Simple DIY Wooden Peg Doll Angels to make with the kids to decorate the tree this Christmas. Ideal for a Nativity-themed craft for preschool or kindergarten

Now a halo – make a small loop with the pipe cleaner and attach to the back of the peg doll angel with a little glue.

Simple DIY Wooden Peg Doll Angels to make with the kids to decorate the tree this Christmas. Ideal for a Nativity-themed craft for preschool or kindergarten

Leave to dry fully before you add any face if you want. I like them plain but T loves to give things face and smiles.

Simple DIY Wooden Peg Doll Angels to make with the kids to decorate the tree this Christmas. Ideal for a Nativity-themed craft for preschool or kindergarten

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Cerys Parker

Cerys is a marine biologist, environmental educator, teacher, mum, and home educator from the UK. She loves getting creative, whether it is with simple and easy crafts and ideas, activities to make learning fun, or delicious recipes that you and your kids can cook together you'll find them all shared here on Rainy Day Mum.

5 Comments

  1. A great way to jazz up some wooden pegs for Christmas. I love how you adapted the craft as you went along. We have lots of experience doing this as well. It’s great problem solving for the kids isn’t it!

  2. We have so many wooden pegs and I never know what to do with them. These are beautiful can’t wait to try them with my little girl 🙂

  3. These are a adorable! Thanks for sharing in my Kid Made Christmas Ornaments Blog Hop!

  4. Very nice and child-centered. I’m sure the children are proud when they can do these themselves. I guess I need some doll standers! I have some peg dolls so we will try these. Thanks! Shared online!

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