Author by : Tania Collins

While bought nativity scenes are beautiful. They are often easily broken. There is something really magic in the family making a nativity scene of their own, and doing it together.



For the stable

Materials you will need:

• Cardboard box or small wooden crate


• Match box


• Brown Paper


• Cardboard


• Gold Glitter


• Toy sheep, cows, goats, camels and a donkey


• Short pieces of straw

Instructions:

• Cover the cardboard box in brown paper. If you are using a crate you don’t need to cover it


• Place the straw on the floor of the stable


• Place the animals at the back of the stable


• Cover the matchbox inner with brown paper and place on the straw. This is the manger.


• Fold a piece of material to look like a baby and place it in the manger.


• Cut out a star from the cardboard. Spread glue on both sides and sprinkle gold glitter on the star. Hang it above the stable.

For the characters

Materials you will need:

• 6-7 toilet roll inners


• 6-7 ping pong balls


• Scrap pieces of material


• Gum Paper


• Tissue Paper


• Tin foil


• Pieces of wool


• Glue

Instructions for Mary, Joseph and Shepards

• Cover each toilet roll inner (keep three separate) with scraps of material. You could use sacking cloth for the shepards. Use blue for Mary and choose a color for Joseph.


• Glue a ping ball on each inner for their heads.


• Glue headdresses on each one and tie a piece of wool around their heads.


• Draw their faces using a fine permanent marker.

Instructions for The Three Wise Men

• Cover the three remaining inners with pieces of bright colored gum paper.


• Using tissue paper, tin foil or wrapping paper create a different cloak for each Wise man. Glue to one side of the inner.


• Glue their ping pong ball heads on.


• Make headdresses for them too, or fashion crowns out of card or gum paper.


• Draw their faces using a fine permanent marker.

Place the characters in and around the stable. You could also make an angel in the same way using white material and silver glitter.

Have a wonderful, memory-making family time!!

Blessings from Africa

MissTy (Tania Collins)

Tania is a single mom to 2 special red-heads (8 & 5 yrs). To support them she has 2 infant websites growing and developing at Total Baby Guide and at href="http://www.totalbabyguide.com/">TotalBabyGuide. Why 2 sites? Check her href="http://totalbabyguide.blogspot.com/">blog for her story.

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