| To make a cardboard nativity scene al you | | | | Joseph holds a lantern. Cut a long stick with |
| need is... | | | | a 'V' shape at the top. Stick this into |
| | | | Joseph's hand so that it is standing upright. |
| Loo roll tubes or other tubes, scarps of | | | | This pole is to suspend the lantern from. |
| paper and coloured card, glue, scissors, felt | | | | |
| tip pens, cotton wool, and a few sequins for | | | | To make the lantern, take a small, rectangle |
| decoration. | | | | piece of card and fold it in half so that the |
| | | | top and bottom of the lantern are together. |
| To make the figures... | | | | Cut slits along the folded edge. Open up the |
| | | | card and now curve it round so that the two |
| The loo roll tubes for the main body of the | | | | side edges meet and slightly overlap stick |
| figure. Wrap coloured paper around your tube | | | | these two side edges together. When the glue |
| so that it completely covers one half of the | | | | has dried off a little, give the lantern a |
| tube. This becomes the body and the bare tube | | | | little squeeze so that the lantern forms '' |
| becomes the figure's head. | | | | Shape. Insert a roll of flame coloured paper |
| | | | into the lantern, glue and trim so that it |
| Cut out two small rectangles from some card, | | | | fits snugly into place. This makes the |
| these become the arms. Stick them into place | | | | lantern glow as though it were lit. Stick on |
| n the figure's body, towards the top of the | | | | some threat or a thin strip of card so that |
| coloured paper. Stick a 'D' shaped piece of | | | | the lantern can be hung from Joseph's pole. |
| flesh coloured card on the end of the arm to | | | | |
| form a hand. | | | | Sheep are made by covering a loo roll tube in |
| | | | cotton wool. Cut out a face shape from card |
| Draw on the figure's face with felt tip pens. | | | | to stick on one end of the tube. Cotton buds |
| You can also draw on clothing details or | | | | form the sheep's legs and feet. Cut a cotton |
| patterns. | | | | bud in half to form two legs, glue all the |
| | | | legs into position. |
| Extras... | | | | |
| | | | Jesus is made from a rolled up piece of card, |
| The shepherd holds a crook, its a hooked tool | | | | with coloured paper covering his body. |
| which shepherds use to put around a sheep's | | | | |
| neck as a sort of temporary lead to guide the | | | | The manger is made from a loo roll tube. Cut |
| sheep where the shepherd wants it to go. Cut | | | | the tube in half lengthways to form two |
| a long hooked shape tool from card and stick | | | | guttering looking parts. Cut one into leg |
| it standing upright in the shepherds hand as | | | | type shapes on each side and stick the two |
| though he was holding it. | | | | half tubes together, back to back. |
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| The three wise men wear crowns or a turban. | | | | Arrange all the figures on a table to |
| Cut these out of coloured paper and wrap them | | | | recreate the nativity scene. |
| around the top of the wise men's heads. | | | | |
| Decorate them with sequins to make them look | | | | You could also attach a thread from your |
| jewel encrusted. | | | | figures and hang them from the Christmas |
| | | | tree. |