Preschool Bible Crafts

• Pair of scissors
• Black felt pen, thin tip
• Red felt pen, thin tip
• Template of the manger
• Brown cardboard (lightweight) or brown construction paper
• Raffia or straw or beige yarn
• An egg carton
• White glue
• White toilet paper

• Download the template here 

• An adult should trace the template of the manger onto the  brown cardboard or construction paper.

• Then the child cuts it out.

• Or, staple it to the brown cardboard, cut it out, and then          remove the template.

• Bend down the legs of the manger where the dashes are.

• Bend up the sides of the manger where the dots are.

• Cut 2 sections out of the egg carton. This will be Baby Jesus.

• Draw a face and hair on Baby Jesus with the red and black felt pens.

• Get a long strip of toilet paper and wrap Baby Jesus in               swaddling clothes.

• Brush some white glue onto the bed of the manger.

• Put some raffia, straw, or 6" strips of yarn on the glue.

• Place Baby Jesus in the manger.

• Take some raffia or straw or 6" pieces of yarn and surround Baby Jesus with them.

• Doll craft clothespins -small
• Wiggle Eyes - small
• Tissue Paper 2 to 3 colors (cut in 4" x 4" squares)
• Colored construction paper cut in 5" x 1/8" strips
• Acrylic paints
• Glue gun or fast-drying craft glue
• Small crochet hook or chop stick (to curl the paper for the         antennae)

• Glue on the eyes.

• Cut 2 or 3 different colors of tissue paper in 4" x 4" squares.

• Lay them on top of one another and pinch them in the middle. It will look like a bow.

• Slide the pinched tissue paper into the clothespin. You don't need to glue it. It is tight enough that it will stay on its own.

• For the antennae use a quilling technique.

• Take the small strip of construction paper and fold it in half.

• Take a thin chop stick or crochet hook and curl the end of one side around and hold it for about thirty seconds.

• Do the same to the other end. If it does not curl enough,          re-wrap it and hold it a bit longer.