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Make your own Christmas crib

Your kindergarten children are sure to know how to fold so-called witch's stairs. This folding technique is the basis for the individual crib figures. You will need different types of construction paper for this Colours, Balls as a head (alternatively also compressed cotton wool), glue, acrylic paints, scissors and various felt-tip pens. For the three nativity figures, i. H. For Joseph, Mary and the baby Jesus as well as for the cradle, a witch's staircase must first be made. You can choose the colors yourself. Strong colors are particularly decorative.

  1. Cut out two strips of the same color to design the witch's staircase and fold them into a witch's staircase. You can then stabilize the individual witch's stairs by gluing the respective ends together with glue. Then the handicrafts are put up.
  2. You should frame the body shapes in the same color to create more stability. The best way to do this is to use strips of paper with the same width that emerge from the witch's staircase.
  3. For the heads of Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus, have the children paint compressed cotton balls with acrylic paints and glue them to the prefabricated body shapes. Alternatively, you can also use small, natural-colored wooden balls for the heads, which are also painted with felt-tip pens to create a face.
  4. To indicate hair, z. B. Your children can stick a black paper border (about 1.5 cm wide) on the head of the Marienfigur or make a hairstyle for Josef with acrylic paints. In the case of a crib child, it is sufficient if the body is tinkered with white paper as a witch's staircase and the head is only decorated with a face.
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  5. With the large nativity figures Maria and Joseph, scraps of paper in the form of arms can complete the handicraft figures of the nativity scene.

Have the crèche decorated

  • Create a Christmassy atmosphere by suggesting or using natural materials to indicate the area around the nativity scene. let decorate.
  • Your children will be particularly proud of this extraordinary Christmas crib and will certainly be delighted if they have made it themselves.
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