Place baby jesus into his manger.
Build a manger for baby jesus.
Build the body of the manger.
I like to have hands on visuals for my class as much as possible.
Place a manger in your home.
Deciding to build a manger.
The set tends to blow over very easily and i was tired of constantly picking up the pieces.
And i try to make things as cheap as i can but i want visuals that i can use over and over.
When you think of the baby jesus in the manger i urge you to consider the incredible example of manhood in jesus christ.
Use a hammer and nails to nail the piece into the v on both sets of legs.
Then and there tim and i decided that we would use a manger as the focus of our christmas décor.
Draw on baby jesus face and some lines to make the swaddling.
To create the slatted look begin by placing one piece of wood across the sets of legs at the place where they meet in the middle of the v shape they create.
We loved the idea.
Every time someone does something kind invite that person to place a piece of straw in the manger to welcome the baby jesus.
Glue the face onto the top middle of the white rectangle.
Choose your face colour from the baby jesus craft printable and cut it out along with the white rectangle.
A few years after we had built our house we purchased an outdoor nativity set that came with mary joseph and baby jesus so we could display an outdoor nativity scene.
Space the 7 remaining pieces of wood along the top of the legs to create the manger.