Last Thursday, I went to a wonderful Christmas party put on by the women's organization in my church. We had dinner, a really nice musical program (I didn't know there were so many talented people in my congregation!), and at the end of the night, they gave us these cute little nativities.
It would be really easy to make one of these for yourself. And who wouldn't want one of these nativities to decorate their home?
You need:
Some wood (see the dimensions in the picture above)
Three wooden knobs. Baby Jesus's head is about 3/4" diameter; I forgot to put that in the picture.
Green, blue, and white crackle paint
Flesh-colored (non-crackle) paint
About 26" of twine
Hot glue
General painting supplies
UPDATE: I've gotten lots of questions about where I got the wood for this project. Like I said, I didn't make this nativity, but rather had it given to me at the end of this church activity. I'm guessing that they got the wood at Home Depot/Lowe's/etc.
The process is pretty clear from the pictures, I think, so I won't write them out. Here's a picture of the back, though.
Merry Christmas!
Only six more days!!!
these are really cute.. and look quite simply to make :)
ReplyDeletevery sweet! humble and simplistic. thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteKindly, Lorraine
Hi Jill!
ReplyDeleteI love this craft idea...if I give your website credit, may I put it in our MOPS newsletter? I think it would be an excellent idea for moms to do with their preschoolers. Let me know!
Thanks!
Jenn
I LOVE this craft!! I am hoping to make it for Christmas gifts for my son's teachers at MDO. I am having trouble finding wooden blocks the correct size. Did you have to cut the boards yourself at Home Depot or is there a store somewhere that has blocks in these sizes? I tried Hobby Lobby and Michael's but I have been unsuccessful in finding the blocks. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
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Becky
I just made these. I did have to have my boyfriend cut the wood for me, because I couldn't find anything pre-cut that was the right dimensions. But the rest was pretty simple
ReplyDeleteI love simplicity, and these are just lovely. I am going to link to them on WeeFolkArt.com's FB page. Thanks for a lovely tutorial.
ReplyDeleteHi Jill!
ReplyDeleteI wanted to let you know that I featured the wooden nativity family tutorial from your blog on mine today. I hope this was okay. I am a fairly new blogger and still learning how these things work! Please look at it and make sure I have given you credit as I should and you approve; I included a link back to your blog.
Thanks so much for having such a great post and great blog!
The kit was purchased from the Wood Connection in Murray!
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