Me & Mimi's Crafting Nook

This recipe will starch from 12 to 20 small angels

To make the starch

1/4 cup of Argo gloss laundry starch(we found ours at Piggly Wiggly).

1 cup of water

First, mix the Argo starch and the cup of water into a sauce pan. Dissolving  the starch over medium heat( This mixture will thicken like pudding and turn clear when it is ready to be used). Let cool.

Pudding like(above) and clear ready to starch(below)

We use snow cone cups or birthday hats (stands) covered in plastic wrap for our stands to starch the angels. Depending on the size of the angel depends the size of the stand to be used.

Next, take a boiler of hot water add a pinch of dish soap and place all the angels into a water.  This step removes all the oil from your hands off the angels.  After washing them also rinse them again with just plain water.

Squeeze out the remaining water putting the angels now in the starch mixture we finished earlier.  Make sure all the angels are drenched in the starch.  Now remove the angels after drenched and squeeze out remaining starch. Washing hands to remove extra starch that maybe on them.

Stretch the angels over the stands shaping the head and wings then allow to dry( this process will take over night at a minimum).

We add a gold thread through the top of the angel’s head to allow it to hang on the Christmas tree.

This pattern comes from a Family Circle Magazine from the 80’s.

If you have any older starched ornaments that need to be re-starched you can apply this method and just wash and re-starch them.

Hope you have enjoyed this tutorial, if you have any requests that you would like us to do email us and let us know.

We have several projects underway now so stay tuned and see what is coming up soon…..