Build A Manger For Baby Jesus

Draw on baby jesus face and some lines to make the swaddling.

Build a manger for baby jesus.

Have this mind among yourselves which is yours in christ jesus who though he was in the form of god did not count equality with god a thing to be grasped but emptied himself by taking the form of a servant being born in the likeness of men. Then and there tim and i decided that we would use a manger as the focus of our christmas décor. When you think of the baby jesus in the manger i urge you to consider the incredible example of manhood in jesus christ. Place a manger in your home.

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. Place baby jesus into his manger. Choose your face colour from the baby jesus craft printable and cut it out along with the white rectangle.

I like to have hands on visuals for my class as much as possible. And i try to make things as cheap as i can but i want visuals that i can use over and over. Glue the face onto the top middle of the white rectangle. Space the 7 remaining pieces of wood along the top of the legs to create the manger.

Deciding to build a manger. Every time someone does something kind invite that person to place a piece of straw in the manger to welcome the baby jesus. Use a hammer and nails to nail the piece into the v on both sets of legs. Build the body of the manger.

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.