Nativity ~

As you saw in the last post, we don't have much for Christmas decorations this year, but I really wanted to have a homemade nativity set. So, I searched on handy dandy pinterest and found 3 inspirations that I mixed together to make this one! 

I had a bunch of the supplies already so it only cost me about $15!

(i'm not sure if it was my camera, how they uploaded or blogger, but don't mind the shrunken look or poor quality of the pictures...)

All of the wood and wire are from Bayer Wood Products...

& whatever color paint you want to use...

First, I painted all of the "bodies" and the manger...

...then eyes...

...cheeks...

 ...whites of the eyes...

...eyebrows & smiles!

Then I glued all of the heads onto the bodies...

& then stuffed the manger with some moss and baby Jesus : )

Then I took the wire and made wings, staffs and a halo and cut some twine into smaller pieces.

Then I hot glued the wings, halo and belt on the angel...

 & the shepherds...

 & the wise men!

 For Mary & Joseph I cut up a brown washcloth to make their head pieces, some twine for the tops and some twine for some added "decoration" for Mary so she looked a little more feminine LOL

Here they all are...

Ta-da!

I love it! 

How about you? : )