These Coffee Filter Angels make an adorable Christmas craft. Coffee filters and glitter glue transform into the most angelic ornaments ever in just about 30 minutes.

We love easy craft projects that use regular supplies that we typically have around the house or are simple to find at the store.

Enjoy a nice afternoon creating coffee filter crafts for kids together – both for your own Christmas tree and for someone else’s.

Hand holding one completed coffee filter angel ornament and two more angels sitting on evergreen sprig.

Want more Christmas coffee filter crafts? Don’t miss our coffee filter reindeer, coffee filter wreaths, coffee filter poinsettia flowers, banner made with coffee filter holly bunches and coffee filter Santa Claus.

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Coffee Filter Christmas Angels

Aren’t these angel ornaments cute? I absolutely love the glitter glue decorating their gowns. This Christmas activity is great for elementary aged children with supervision.

It’s also a great Christmas craft for adults.

Younger children can help with decorating the angel dresses and faces, but will need adult assistance to put them together.

Two finished angel ornaments, one with painted face and one with blank face on white wood background.

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While I recommend using hot glue, you may try using tacky craft glue. Hot glue will make the angel ornaments more durable and dries a lot quicker.

The angels look gorgeous with and without faces, so it is up to you if you’d like to add facial features. I think the closed eyes and open singing mouth adds a special touch to their look.

Kids will also enjoy creating these handprint angels. It’s a cute project that helps them work on shape recognition as well.

Coffee Filter Angel Craft Supplies:

If you don’t have these materials on hand, you can find them at the Dollar Tree Store, on Amazon, or wherever you prefer to shop for crafting supplies.

Coffee filters, scissors, wood beads, glitter glue, gold pipe cleaners, and hot glue gun sitting on white board backdrop.

Round White Coffee Filters
Gold Glitter Glue
Gold Tinsel Chenille Stems
Wooden Beads
Light Pink Craft Paint
Ribbon – 10” Lengths
Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
Scissors
Fine Tip Permanent Marker
Ruler
Cotton Swab

You will need 1 coffee filter, 2 gold pipe cleaners, and 1 wood bead per angel.

How to Make Coffee Filter Angel Ornaments

First, flatten your round coffee filters, then fold them in half once and then fold them in half again.

White coffee filters folded and decorated with gold glitter glue.

Apply gold glitter glue in a scalloped pattern following the embossed edges of the coffee filter. Set aside to dry.

After the glitter glue has dried, it’s time to start assembling the angel. Fold the point of the coffee filter, apply glue with glue gun and then insert into the wooden bead.

Showing steps of gluing wood bead onto coffee filter for craft project.

To create the halo, form a small circle from the gold tinsel chenille stem, folding the end over to secure. Trim the straight length to one-inch with scissors.

Showing process of twisting gold pipe cleaner to make halo and glue in bead.

Apply glue to end and insert in hole at the top of the wooden bead head.

To create the wings, lay gold tinsel chenille stem down on a ruler (these are twelve inches long). Bring one end into the six-inch mark and twist end to secure.

Using ruler to measure and create angel wings with gold chenille stems.

Bring the other end to the center and twist to secure. Flip angel over and glue the wings directly under the wooden bead head.

To create a face, use a fine tip permanent marker to draw the closed eyes and singing mouth. Apply light pink paint with a cotton swab to highlight the angel’s cheeks.

Bottle of pink craft paint and black marker laying next to angel ornament craft. Using cotton swab to apply paint to angel's face.

To finish, attach a loop of ribbon to the halo to hang it up. Wouldn’t she look darling on your Christmas tree?

Three completed coffee filter angels sitting on evergreen garland. Middle angel has painted face and the other two have blank faces.

More Coffee Filter Crafts:

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Coffee Filter Angel Craft

Yield: 1

Active Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Make these adorable Coffee Filter Angel Christmas Ornaments with a few simple craft supplies.

Instructions

Flatten your round coffee filters, then fold them in half once and then fold them in half again.
Apply gold glitter glue in a scalloped pattern following the embossed edges of the coffee filter. Set aside to dry.
After the glitter glue has dried, it’s time to start assembling the angel. Fold the point of the coffee filter, apply glue with glue gun and then insert into the wooden bead.
To create the halo, form a small circle from the gold tinsel chenille stem, folding the end over to secure. Trim the straight length to one-inch with scissors.
Apply glue to end and insert in hole at the top of the wooden bead head.
To create the wings, lay gold tinsel chenille stem down on a ruler (these are twelve inches long). Bring one end into the six-inch mark and twist end to secure.
Bring the other end to the center and twist to secure. Flip angel over and glue the wings directly under the wooden bead head.
To create a face, use a fine tip permanent marker to draw the closed eyes and singing mouth. Apply light pink paint with a cotton swab to highlight the angel’s cheeks.

Close up of one completed coffee filter angel with painted face. Text overlay describes project.

Darcy Zalewski

Darcy is the founder of “Life With Darcy and Brian,” where she combines her love for education, board games, and crafting to create engaging learning experiences for kids. Her creative projects and writing have been featured in outlets like The Toy Insider, CafeMom, Mom.com, Parents.com, Country Living, and The Pioneer Woman.

Beverly

Wednesday 18th of December 2024

These coffee filter angels are adorable. Congratulations, you are being featured on TFT. I hope you stop by. https://eclecticredbarn.blogspot.com/2024/12/last-minute-decor-ideas-on-tft.html Have a Merry Christmas, Bev

Julie

Monday 16th of December 2024

This is an adorable idea, it's a feature over at Handmade Monday :-)

Esmé Slabbert

Friday 1st of December 2023

Super cute, and easy to make, I will have to get the grandkids to make some angels. Thank you for sharing your links with us at #289 SSPS Linky. See you again next week.

Wednesday 6th of December 2023

I hope the grands have a blast making our coffee filter angels!

Catherine

Thursday 30th of November 2023

Aww! these are so cute!!

Thank you, Catherine!

Bonnie g.

Tuesday 20th of October 2020

Very nice projects

Thank you, Bonnie! We hope you enjoy making the angels!