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Wooden Block Nativity

Author: Amy Latta

Equipment

  • scissors
  • hot glue gun and glue sticks
  • wire cutters
  • paintbrushes

Materials

  • 1” square dowel cut into two pieces; one 4”, one 5"
  • 2 1” wooden beads
  • 35 mm peg person
  • acrylic or multi-surface paint
  • 1 1/2” wooden star
  • 20 gauge wire
  • twine
  • neutral linen or cotton fabric scraps

Instructions

  • Paint wooden blocks and star as desired.
  • Wrap the small peg person in a square scrap of linen/burlap.
  • Glue wooden beads to the tops of the blocks.
  • Glue a 4x6” piece of fabric to Mary’s head.
  • Glue the blocks together along one side, and glue the peg person on top.
  • Glue the star to a 10” piece of wire (curl wire around a pencil).
  • Glue the star to the back of the blocks.
  • Tie a piece of twine around the blocks.