DIY Advent Calendar Ideas: Nativity Advent Calendar
Supplies
* printed template DIY Advent Calendar Ideas: Nativity Advent Calendar
* paint stirrer
* fine point marker
* scissors
* yarn: white, yellow, light blue, royal blue, brown and tan.
* 3 jumbo craft sticks
* 5 yellow regular sized craft sticks
* clothes pin
* hot glue gun
Instructions
1. Hot glue two jumbo craft sticks together in an ‘X’ shape, forming the manger.
2. Next, wrap the manger in two different brown toned yarns. To create a weaving pattern on the top, starting on the left hand side, go across and under the left stick then back up. Again, go across and under the right stick then back up. Repeat until majority of the sticks are covered. Hot glue the end to secure.
3. To create the Baby Jesus, cut a jumbo craft stick in two even parts.
Use one part and wrap it with two blue toned yarns.
Hot glue the Baby Jesus to a clothes pin. Be very generous with the hot glue & hold in place until it is completely cool. You don’t want your baby Jesus falling off of the clothespin midway to reaching the star.
4. Take 5 yellow craft sticks and hot glue them together to make a star shape.
5. Next wrap the star with white and yellow yarns.
6. Cut the template on the dotted lines. Wrap the paper around the paint stirrer, glue or taping it secure on the back.
7. Be very generous with the hot glue to attach the star to the top of the paint stirrer and the manger to the bottom. Holding in place until it is completely cooled off.
8. The Manger Countdown is complete! What do you think of our cute nativity themed Advent calendar idea?
This would be a really cute craft to make when reading the story of Christmas- some of our favorite children’s books about it include: Christmas in the Manger, God Gave us Christmas and Christmas in the Barn (by the lady who wrote Goodnight Moon).
BUT you could also do this as a nice craft to go along with The Star movie, which is so sweet and actually has some pretty funny parts to go along with this sweet animated story about the first Christmas!
DIY Nativity Advent Calendar
Tools
Instructions
1. Hot glue two jumbo craft sticks together in an 'X' shape, forming the manger.
2. Next, wrap the manger in two different brown toned yarns. To create a weaving pattern on the top, starting on the left hand side, go across and under the left stick then back up. Again, go across and under the right stick then back up. Repeat until majority of the sticks are covered. Hot glue the end to secure.
3. To create the Baby Jesus, cut a jumbo craft stick in two even parts. Use one part and wrap it with two blue toned yarns. Hot glue the Baby Jesus to a clothes pin. Be very generous with the hot glue & hold in place until it is completely cool.
4. Take 5 yellow craft sticks and hot glue them together to make a star shape.
5. Next wrap the star with white and yellow yarns.
6. Cut the template on the dotted lines. Wrap the paper around the paint stirrer, glue or taping it secure on the back.
7. Be very generous with the hot glue to attach the star to the top of the paint stirrer and the manger to the bottom. Holding in place until it is completely cooled off.
8. The Manger Countdown is complete!
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