Use old or new wine corks to make an DIY wine cork angel Christmas ornament for your Christmas tree!

Use old or new wine corks to make a DIY wine cork angel Christmas ornament for your Christmas tree! The angel wings are made with old sheet music or whatever paper you have on hand. Add a wood bead head to the wine cork and top with a gold pipe cleaner halo. The head is glued onto the top of the cork. Hang your wine cork angels on your Christmas tree using a tiny screw eye and twine.

I love homemade Christmas tree ornaments. I’d decorate my entire Christmas tree in them if I could.  I try to make a new handmade Christmas ornament every year to add to our tree. And this year it’s all about the wine cork! We started with snowmen wine cork ornaments,  and wine cork reindeer.  These angels are a little more rustic and farmhouse looking.

DIY Wine Cork Angel Christmas Ornaments

Craft Supplies:

• Natural wine corks
• Wood ball knob, 1″ with flat bottoms
• Screw eyes 15/16″
• Drill with 1/8″ drill bit
• Jute twine for hanging
• Old (or new) sheet music
• Gold pipe cleaners
• Paper trimmer
• Craft glue
• Hot glue and glue gun

Directions:

Use a drill and drill bit to drill a hole into the top of the wood ball knob. Yes, there may be a hole on the bottom of the wood balls. But you don’t need it. Just ignore it and make a little hole on the top of each ball.

Twist a screw eye into the drilled hole. This is the top of the head. It’s where you will put the twine or a ribbon to hang the angels on the tree.

Pick out a cork for the body of the angel. Make sure to pick corks that will stand up on their own. It’s easier to attach the heads, stand the cork up to dry and then continue with the project. Use craft glue and attach the flat bottom side of the ball knob onto a cork to make a body and head. Let set upright until dry.

Cut a piece of pipe cleaner about 4″ in length. Wrap it around the cork to create a circle shape, overlapping the ends.

Twist the ends together to create a crown. Attach the crown to the back of the head with hot glue. Set the angel aside. 

Next, use sheet music to make the angel’s wings. If buying used sheet music, make sure you look at the pages. Some pianists/musicians like to write in the book on the music, and this may or may not be a look you desire. Trim the white edges off the pages of sheet music with a paper trimmer and discard.

Use the paper trimmer (or a pair of scissors) to cut out 3″ x 4″ pieces of paper. You need one of these for each angel. 

Fold the angel wings along the short, 3″ side about 1/4″ into a zig zag/fan pattern.

Add a “zip” of hot glue onto the center of the according wings as shown. Press firmly together.

Repeat on the other side, in the center to hold it into a bow like shape. Use hot glue to affix the wings to the back of the cork.

Cut a piece of jute twine and knot it. Tie it into a slip knot on the screw eye to hang.