Nativity Craft for Kids ~ Popsicle Stick Manger

Christmas is one of my favorite holidays.  I love creating Christmas crafts with the kids, especially ones that involve the nativity.  Today we are making a classic nativity craft that uses material you probably have on hand.  Brings me right back to my Sunday School days, sitting in the basement of our church.

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Materials Needed:

• Popsicle Sticks
• Raffia
• Scissors
• Glue ~ you may want to use hot glue to hold the manger together.
• Brown and Tan Paper

Glue the popsicle stick manger together.  White glue totally works, but you may want to use a hot glue gun to make things go a little quicker.

Glue the brown paper triangle onto the popsicle stick manger.

Next have the kids draw a face on a circle that represents baby Jesus, and glue it onto the manger.

Glue raffia to the ends of the popsicle sticks to make the tree hanger.  Also glue a few snippets of Raffia to the manger to represent the straw.

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