These adorable yo-yo angels are the perfect gift for Mom, Grandma, your best friend, or anyone you feel would appreciate their comfort. A special thanks to Eileen Herron, the artist, for sharing these adorable angels.

You will need

patterned fabric of your choice
white or cream colored fabric
1/2" wood furniture plug, preferably flat backed (available at craft stores)
clear jewelry beads
gold craft wire
white craft glue (Tacky glue)
pin for back or magnet strip
hot glue gun
3" diameter juice glass
black acrylic paint
Stylus or toothpick
Q-Tip, dampened
blusher
button and/or ribbon bow


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What you do

Making the Yo-Yos
For each yo-yo, use no more than an 1/8 or 1/4 of a yard of fabric. Using the rim of the juice glass, trace a circle onto the patterned fabric. Do the same with the white or cream colored fabric. Use needle and thread to stitch edge under and make a running stitch around fall fabric. Pull thread to gather fabric and tie off. Flatten circle with stitching in center front. This creates the yo-yo.

Putting it Together
For the wings, run a stitch from the top of the yo-yo down to the hole in the yo-yo and pull down. Tie off. This will look similar to a heart. The finished yo-yos should measure about 1 3/4 inches in diameter. Lay the wings on your work surface, hole side up. Position yo-yos so that the bumps of the wings show above the dress (see photo). Hot glue the dress on top of the wings, hole side facing up. Glue a button and/or ribbon bow to the center of the yo-yo dress.

Angel's Face
Use tacky glue to adhere several beads to the top of the furniture plug to create the hair. The easiest way to do this is to put the glue on then dip the plug into the beads. With a stylus or toothpick and black paint, dot on two eyes. Use damp Q-Tip and blusher to create cheeks. Glue the face toward the top of the dress, so that the top of the furniture plug is flush with the top of the dress (use photo as a guide).

Halo
Wrap a piece of gold wire around a fat marker (Sharpie is a great size), trim ends. Dab some tacky glue in between the wings and the dress and slid the halo in. Allow to dry completely.

Poems
These sayings were created by Shirley T. of Craft Sayings. To views TONS more sayings, click here! Use a graphics program such as Print Shop to to create the poem card. Print out your poem on business card stock.

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Here is an example of a Mother's Day poem:

I will love you forever;
And forever you will be
The most wonderful mother,
You mean everything to me.

OR

A mother's love is special...
It cannot help but show.
Like flowers in a garden,
Her love makes children grow.

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Here are a couple of examples of diet angel poems:

Diet angel
Way up high,
Please don't let me
Eat the pie!

Diet angel
Please stay handy,
Keep me from eating
All the candy

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Here's an example of a new baby angel:

An angel to watch over,
Every precious thing you do.
While your special family,
Shares their love with you!

Types of Angels
Here are some ideas for the different types of angels you can make. Get creative with your poems and borders and come up with other angel ideas as well.

Holidays
Teacher
Volunteer
Friends
Best Friends
New Baby/Expecting
Brownie/girl scouts
Brownie/GS leader
Diet
Exercise
Menopause
Surgery/Recuperate
Springtime
Garden
Masseuse
Travel
Patriotic
Great Mom
Nurse
Bingo

About the Author
Eileen Herron, is a dedicated and sharing member of FamilyCorner.com's crafting discussion list: FamilyCorner Crafts.