Make your own manger for baby jesus.
Build a manger for baby jesus.
Place baby jesus into his manger.
I like to have hands on visuals for my class as much as possible.
Use a hammer and nails to nail the piece into the v on both sets of legs.
The set tends to blow over very easily and i was tired of constantly picking up the pieces.
A few years after we had built our house we purchased an outdoor nativity set that came with mary joseph and baby jesus so we could display an outdoor nativity scene.
We loved the idea.
Roll the baby jesus craft up and glue it into a cylinder.
Build the body of the manger.
Every time someone does something kind invite that person to place a piece of straw in the manger to welcome the baby jesus.
Draw on baby jesus face and some lines to make the swaddling.
To create the slatted look begin by placing one piece of wood across the sets of legs at the place where they meet in the middle of the v shape they create.
Glue the face onto the top middle of the white rectangle.
Choose your face colour from the baby jesus craft printable and cut it out along with the white rectangle.
Then and there tim and i decided that we would use a manger as the focus of our christmas décor.
And i try to make things as cheap as i can but i want visuals that i can use over and over.
Space the 7 remaining pieces of wood along the top of the legs to create the manger.
Deciding to build a manger.