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December 5, 2012

Stained Glass Nativity

Easy preschool Christmas craft

I found this adorable stained glass nativity on Pinterest and I couldn’t wait to make it with my kids.  This nativity project is perfect to make with your preschooler this Christmas, and will look great hanging in your window, or on your Christmas tree.

Stained Glass Nativity - Easy preschool Christmas craft

Stained Glass Nativity materials:

  • Contact paper
  • Nativity Silhouette – Free Nativity Printable
  • Colorful tissue paper cut into squares
  • Scissors

Stained Glass Nativity - Easy preschool Christmas craft

  1. Print and cut out your nativity
  2. Lay out your contact paper sticky side up.
  3. Center your nativity silhouette on top of the contact paper.
  4. Begin placing squares of tissue paper inside the nativity silhouette to create the look of stained glass.
  5. Once the nativity is filled with tissue paper, lay a second sheet of contact paper on top of the entire project.  Be careful not to trap air bubbles.
  6. Trim the excess contact paper with scissors.
  7. You can either tape your stained glass nativity to your window or use a hole punch and hang it from a string.  Either way, it will look great.

Stained Glass Nativity - Easy preschool Christmas craft

We also created mini stained glass nativity ornaments.  We used the same process above.  I just shrunk the nativity on my printer, and cut the squares of tissue paper smaller.

Stained Glass Nativity - Easy preschool Christmas craft

I think the kids actually enjoyed making the mini version better.

Stained Glass Nativity - Easy preschool Christmas craft

Both versions are adorable and a fun treasure to pull out each Christmas.  They would also look great as gift tags, or on special Christmas cards.

If you are looking for more simple stained glass projects for kids, check out these adorable recycled stained glass ornaments we made a couple of weeks ago.  Another simple and inexpensive Christmas craft to make with your kids.  I love them!  We also made this simple Tinfoil and Sharpie Art that looks just like stained glass.

For more simple Christmas Crafts, check out our:

Jeweled Christmas Tree Craft

Paper Strip Christmas Tree

Gingerbread Play Dough

Popsicle Stick Manger

Gingerbread Ornaments

Related posts:

  1. Christmas Craft: Paper Plate Wreath
  2. Jeweled Christmas Tree Craft for Kids
  3. Stained Glass Ornaments
  4. Stained Glass Shamrock Craft
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17 thoughts on “Stained Glass Nativity”

  1. Jane' on December 7, 2012 at 8:32 am said:

    This is great! Where did you find your silhouette?

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  2. susan on December 7, 2012 at 11:27 am said:

    Beautiful craft that would be loved for many years. Thanks for showing us how to make this. I have bookmarked this so that I can do this with my godson this year!

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  5. pauline@lessonslearntjournal.com on December 13, 2012 at 3:40 am said:

    Hi. I can’t believe I’m only discovering your blog now. Love your work! xoxo P

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  6. Carrie on December 14, 2012 at 3:21 pm said:

    Oh, how pretty!! I love it!! We will definitely be trying this. Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!

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  9. Jennifer Glahn Reck on December 29, 2013 at 9:32 pm said:

    Thank you!! I made these with my first and second graders and LOVED them! This will be my all time favorite Christmas craft!!

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  10. Connie Short on July 12, 2014 at 10:13 am said:

    Love, love, love, this! Will definitely do this with my Sunday School Class this year.

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  11. Carol Hawthorne on November 18, 2014 at 10:48 am said:

    Thank you so much for this wonderful Christmas craft for children. We plan to use it in our Primary class at church for kids 3 thru 12.

    Where did you get your silhouette outline?

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  12. amanda orme on December 5, 2014 at 11:09 am said:

    I really love this, it is so darling. I will be honest there is no way that I could cut out such a cut silhouette. Do you by any chance have a template for it that you can post for those of us that are challenged with scissors?

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  13. Agnieszka on December 8, 2014 at 2:23 am said:

    Thank you very much for that great idea. I have just made it with kids from Sunday school in Krakow… so far away from you in Poland. Greatings and have unique Advent time.

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  14. Anastasia @ Montessori Nature on December 13, 2015 at 4:26 pm said:

    This looks gorgeous! Can’t wait to make one with my kid!

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  15. Jenny on December 14, 2015 at 10:12 pm said:

    Love this idea. We blogged about it for our 12 Days of Christmas with the kids. Thanks for sharing!

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  16. arlyn on December 19, 2015 at 2:25 am said:

    Love it! Perfect for our Sunday School Craft.

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  17. Kim on December 20, 2015 at 1:23 pm said:

    Cute craft. 🙂

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