Away in the Manger

With all the Santas, reindeer, and snowmen out there it can sometimes be hard to decorate for Christmas with Christ in mind, so I made this last project with “The Reason for the Season” to remind us why we really celebrate Christmas! This is a perfect project to do with your child or grandchildren or a Sunday school project.

I started by digging out some material, from my bag o' felt scraps. I drew a little sketch of what I wanted the design to look like...can you tell I'm not an artist!?! I cut all the shapes for the Nativity scene out of felt. I wish I had a full piece of red felt for the background, but I didn’t, so I used green (keeping with the Christmas colors).   I laid the design out on the on the large piece of felt to make sure everything looked good, then I picked it up piece by piece and attached them with glue. You could always sew or glue down the top to make it look like a garden type flag.  I just reused a ribbon in order to hang it.   This was super easy and it reminds us of the birth of baby Jesus. 



A felt manger scene



Supplies (I didn't end up using the Holly)



Put felt pieces in place ....Daisy enjoyed watching  :-)




Tessa working on her manger



Tessa's turned out heavenly.

  




Christmas Illumination

There is nothing like the illumination of candle light during the holiday.  These candle holders are made of recycled bean candles, but you can use any tin can. Old fashion coffee cans would work the best.   Make sure you soak them to get off all the glue.
They are fairly easy to make and they look beautiful when the lights are out, or during the evening. I lite one on my front porch at night and it looks so pretty.  You can use your imagination on where you can use these delightful candles.  Enjoy!

Here are the diections for these holiday candles



Supplies Needed



Tape a Christmas design in the can. Then make marker holes where you
going to drill holes in the can.

  


 

Spray painting the cans with color and sparkles

Let dry for a couple of hours

Now they are dry. Now Add some greens, lights and candles.

We made two Christmas Trees and a Gingerbread man.
So pretty.