Nativity blocks

Just passing on this fun activity we’ve been doing this [tag]Christmas[/tag] season.

My boys love to move things about and make so we decided to make a [tag]nativity[/tag] scene out of [tag]wooden blocks[/tag]. I first saw the idea at my local MOPs presentation. The speaker had a set her grandchildren use. She left us with measurements and pictures so it was really easy to get going with this project. I modified her ideas here. 🙂

• Find a nice person at Home depot: Cut 8″ 2×4 into the following lengths

Mary 7″

Joseph 8 1/2 ”

Shepherd 8 1/2 ” each

3 wisemen 8 1/2 ” each

Baby Jesus 5″

2 sheep 4″ each.

• Sand well.

• Colour the characters and cut out.

• Apply the Mod podge glue front and back

• Fix the picture to the block

So far we’ve completed Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus the 3 wise men and a shepherd…..over the past few weeks. We have a few more to complete. The boys reenact the nativity scene their way by the fireplace.

It makes a nice compliment to the [tag]advent story[/tag] we do each night.

Something unique that they both made when they were 4 and 2…..something we’ll use each year. I’ve always wanted a nativity scene but held off as all the ones I wanted the kids would want to touch and possibly break. This is the perfect compromise. They get to move it about and we get a special nativity scene just right for this “touching age” .

Merry Christmas.

See you in the New Year.