Christmas nativity scene

Traditionally, the Christmas nativity scene is a Two-story wooden box in which the scenery and figures of heroes are located. Even if you are not going to play a puppet show, a Christmas nativity scene will decorate your apartment with a holiday. In addition, with his help you can tell the child the history of Christmas.

And it is absolutely not necessary to make a Christmas den of wood, The main thing here is not material, but symbols. A paper den may not be worse than a wooden one, made according to all canons. The main thing is that you made it yourself. In addition, you can attract a child to make a paper den.

Try to make christmas nativity scene out of the box: we think that you will certainly have an unnecessary homebox of shoes or sweets. The box will be the basis ("scene") of the nativity scene, which is a nursery. If it is too deep, you can cut the borders a little. The bottom of the box is the back wall of your den.

To start Paint the box inside and out with colored paper. Outside, the color can be any, inside is betterpasted with brown paper, imitating walls and floor. For decoration, cut out of colored paper or a foil of a star and cover them with a Christmas den inside and outside. You can use other decorations for the den, for example, spruce branches, cones, "rain", etc. "Sex" for greater likelihood can be covered with "straw" from thin strips of colored paper.

Now we need make figurines of characters - Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus and the Magi,who brought gifts. By the way, the Magi need not be three: the exact number in the Gospel is not indicated, so there may well be more of them. Three magi-kings - Balthasar, Caspar and Melchior - is a Western European tradition, in Orthodoxy they are not considered kings, and their exact number is not counted.

So, to make figurines for a den, you need to take thin cardboard, paper, scissors, glue and paints (pencils, markers). From thin cardboard, fold and glue the cone - this will be the trunk for the figure. Color the torso: draw clothes, hands. You can make an application instead of coloring. On paper, draw the face of the character, carefully cut out and glue it in front of the cone (we will count the seam from the gluing in the back of the cone). Hands, too, you can not draw, but cut and paste.

To make the figure of the baby Jesus, you will also need a matchbox - it will symbolize the nursery. Paste the box with colored paper. Yellow or light brown paper is cut into thin strips and glued on top of the boxes in random order - this will be straw. On the "straw" glue the cut out of the paper and the painted figure of the baby Jesus.

Do not forget to put it in your Christmas nativity scene and figurines of sheep. The easiest way to draw them on paper is by drawingfrom below a small "stand" (as in the figure). Then cut the lambs along the outline along with the "stand" and bend the "stand" so that the lamb can stand. And if you have small toy lambs, you can just use them.

If desired, you can sculpt figurines for a den of salted dough or polymer clay and even pile out of wool. Generally, Use the technique in which you are able and like to work.

Do not forget to make the Star of Bethlehem, which announced the birth of Jesus. The easiest way is to cut out two star blanks from the cardboard, glue them together, first putting a rope between them (if you plan to hang a star on the ceiling of a den) or a stick (if you want to put a star). And then glue the star with gold or silver foil.

A Christmas nativity scene will bring to your home a holiday atmosphere. Do not miss the opportunity to make a Christmas dessert with your own hands and together with your household remember the history of the bright Christmas holiday.