{"id":6827,"date":"2021-04-14T10:11:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T10:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/04\/14\/paper-plate-angel-wings\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T14:04:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:04:47","slug":"paper-plate-angel-wings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/kids\/paper-plate-angel-wings\/","title":{"rendered":"Paper Plate Angel Wings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Complete your Angel costume with these simple, easy-to-make wings crafted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/coloured-paper-plates-value-pack\">paper plates<\/a>! They are lightweight, budget-friendly, and add the perfect finishing touch to your heavenly look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Complete your Angel costume with these simple, easy-to-make wings crafted from paper plates! They are lightweight, budget-friendly, and add the perfect finishing touch to your heavenly look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,233,508,49,551,336,227,344,286],"tags":[615,593],"class_list":["post-6827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kids","category-activity","category-christianity","category-teachers","category-fancy-dress","category-nativity","category-occasions","category-paper-plate","category-subjects","tag-fancy-dress","tag-nativity"],"acf":{"age":["3-5","6-9","10+"],"skill-level":["Beginner"],"time-to-make":["30 mins"],"idea-type":["Craft Projects"],"free-printable":"","ID":"K849","time":"30 Minutes","skill_level":"Easy","how_to_make":"<ol><li>Cut eight paper plates in half and then make seven of them into slightly curved crescent moon shapes.<\/li>\r\n<li>Colour the curved edges with a gold deco pen.<\/li>\r\n<li>For your left wing, use Super Tacky Glue along the edges and stick four of the half-plates together, fanned out slightly from the right corner.<\/li>\r\n<li>Add one more half-plate about 1cm away from the right corner and slightly further down. 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