Scroll down for a FREE, fun Christmas craft that may be useful for you this season!
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The Holidays Are Here!
Sometimes I get intimidated by the holidays. Volunteers are traveling out of town, Christmas plays and programs around every corner, I want children to have fun and memorable crafts and activities to do, bulletin boards need decorating, and children are in the hallway waiting for class to start. Rather than letting the chaos affect me, I found ways for myself and my teachers to thrive in it. I have created various resources to assist in children’s ministry. Holidays 365, for example, is a book I wrote to provide a ton of craft and activity ideas for all holidays year-round! Even though I wrote it, I forget what items I need for certain crafts; and this book is always a quick and easy solution!
You can check it out here if this book may be helpful to you!
It is my goal to assist you as we all work to champion children’s ministry:
- Thanksgiving is here, so I hope you can still grab the 3’x3′ Color by Number and Doodle Art Posters that we have available here. These are perfect for children to color as they pass by in the hall or in the classroom when they are waiting to be picked up!
- In preparation for the Christmas season, we also have 3’x3′ Christmas Doodle Art Posters available here with more options than ever before.
- We also have various Christmas shirt designs, Christmas Props, Signs, and even Bulletin Board decorations COMING SOON! Keep an eye out for these fun additions this year!
Below, I have a great Christmas Nativity Plate craft for you! Check out the video below where I walk you through exactly how I made it!
Gather Supplies:
- Ceramic Plate (Smaller size, white/light colored plate.)
- Black Sharpie
- Light Blue, Yellow, Dark Brown, Medium Brown, Tan Acrylic Paint
- Baby Wipes (Helpful for cleaning fingers between paint colors.)
Instructions:
- Depending on the age of the kids, you can either have them write “You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger. Luke 2:12 around the edge of the plate, or already have it written in sharpie for them before they begin.
- Start with the dark brown paint ,let the kids finger paint the “manger” base.(Thumb and pointer fingers work best for this project since there’s usually more control over those fingers.)
- Next, grab the tan paint and make finger prints for the “hay”.
- The medium brown can be used on the thumb for Baby Jesus’ head, and another finger in light blue for his “cloths”.
- Finally, use a finger in yellow paint to make the star.
- Let the paint completely dry a few hours before baking.
- Once dry, bake the plate for 30 minutes at 250’F to set and seal the design on the plate.
- Remove with a potholder and let cool completely before touching. Plate should be used as decorating only, not for serving or for eating off of unless paint that is for glass is used when crafting and the plate is cleaned after baking.
- *Plates at Dollar Tree work great!
