Guest blogger Pam Cavitt and her husband Wade brought daughter Abby home from Ethiopia four years ago. Homeschooling two high school sons and a preschooler keeps Pam busy, along with a little crafting on the side. Pam and Wade will soon be adopting again through their state’s waiting child program.
Personally, I am a big fan of art projects that allow children to be completely creative rather than “color in the lines” or follow a pattern. But in spite of this, my daughter loves to color as well as draw and do every kind of art.
I recently ran across this adorable nativity scene printable and knew Abby would love making and admiring it throughout the Christmas season. She did! And as you can tell, she was plenty creative with color choices!
This is a great project for your whole family to do together, and you probably have all the supplies already on hand: crayons, paper, glue sticks or tape, and…..maybe….cardboard tubes (toilet paper, paper towel, gift wrap).
In this photo you’ll notice we made only shepherds and sheep visiting baby Jesus’ family at the manger. The artist who created these printables makes wise men and camels available on her site also. Maybe one of these days I’ll draw a little house scene and
toddler Jesus for the wise men figures to visit. Or we could make some wise men and and camels and put them on the other side of the living room to demonstrate they have a long, long journey ahead.
If you don’t have cardboard tubes on hand, this project will work great if you print the pages on paper or cardstock and simply roll each piece and tape its seams together in the back. If I do this project again, that’s how I’ll do it.
printables available at:
http://catholicicing.com/2009/12/diy-printable-nativity-for-kids/
OK, blogger friends- what’s your favorite craft for the holiday season? If you have a craft to share or want to link up your post here … we’d love your ideas.
