Happy Birthday Baby Jesus Christmas Ornament Craft

Kids can celebrate the coming of baby Jesus — the incarnation of Christ — with this fun Happy Birthday Baby Jesus Christmas ornament craft.

Happy Birthday Baby Jesus Ornament Craft

When I was a kid, my mom made Jesus a birthday cake every year.

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It was one way to focus on the incarnation of Jesus. The fact that God-the-Son became fully human while remaining fully God as a part of his plan for salvation for his people is pretty amazing. So, the fact that Jesus–God-the-Son and the Son of God–has a human birthday, well, that is something our kids can consider as you explain the coming of Christ in human form.

Now, do we know when Jesus’ actual day of birth is?

No. But the reason Christmas is such a big deal is that Jesus was born as a human! God was made man–for our sake!

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Happy Birthday Baby Jesus

Read Luke 1:26-38 with your child.

Before making your ornaments, discuss:

Who came to see Mary? (Luke 1:26)
What did the angel Gabriel tell Mary was going to happen? (Luke 1:28-31)
Who is Jesus? (Luke 1:32-33)
Virgin means that Mary was not married. She was not even pretending to be married. Having a baby was a miracle. How did Mary respond to the angel’s news? (Luke 1:34)
Consider memorizing Luke 1:37 as a family.

The incarnation of Christ is an important historical and theological event. You can help your kids learn about Jesus’ birth with this fun ornament craft.

Baby Jesus Ornament Craft

Check out this fun video of the Happy Birthday Baby Jesus ornament craft!

Tips for Making Bible Crafts with Kids

Doing art projects with kids can be a challenge. For that reason, many parents forgo this valuable time altogether. As an art major and a parent who has done frequent art projects with my four children, I have a few suggestions for you.

Cover your space. Use painting drop cloths and plastic to keep your furniture and flooring protected.
Cover your kids. Grab a couple of your old T-shirts and throw them over your kids, buy them painting aprons, or designate clothes specifically for crafting.
Do the prep work in advance. Do as much prep work for a project as you can before you get the kids involved. Not everything on the page needs to be their work. It’s OK to help.
Schedule several short sessions for one project. Children need several days to be able to create larger projects. Art is time-consuming and requires energy.
Encourage your kids. Children are likely to be frustrated by the disconnect in the artwork they envision and the art they actually create. Remind your kids that they improve every time they create, and tell them how much you love their work (even if you don’t know what it is!). Also, stick figures are fabulous.
Operate the hot glue gun and X-ACTO knife. Hot glue burns are terrible and X-ACTO knives are razor sharp. Until your kids are old enough to cook, I’d advise you do the hot gluing and razor cutting. For this project, you may want to pre-cut the Nativity Scene.

Happy Birthday Jesus Christmas Ornaments Printable

You can get your free Baby Jesus ornament templates and step-by-step instructions in the store!

Printing your verse frames:

Sometimes readers are concerned about using colored ink. If this is the case for you, there should be a setting on your printer that allows you to print in black and white. Printing in grayscale will still use some color, but it will come out prettier than black and white
I recommend printing on white cardstock so the cards will be more durable and the back won’t show through on the front. This is my very favorite cardstock: Neenah Premium Cardstock.
You’ll need to cut them out and glue them onto toothpicks. You can choose the black and white flags for your kids to color in, or the already colorful set.

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Supplies Needed to Make Your Baby Jesus Ornament Craft and Happy Birthday Jesus Ornaments

You’ll need a few supplies to make your project. You may have a few of these items already. If not, these are all fairly inexpensive and will serve you well for multiple projects.

44PCS 4 x 4 inches Assorted Color Felt Gold Eye Embroidery Needles Embroidery Floss 50 Skeins Fiskars 01-004761J Softgrip Scissors Straight Stainless Steel, 8 Inch Pentel Twist Erase CLICK Pencil Satin Craft Ribbon, 1/8-Inch

Felt squares
Needle and thread
Ribbon
Pencil
Scissors
Your printable templates

Make Your Baby Jesus Christmas Ornaments

Here are the steps for your happy birthday baby Jesus ornaments:

1) Print Your Happy Birthday Baby Jesus Ornament Template.

Print your step-by-step Baby Jesus ornament instructions and the templates. Cut out the template pieces.

2) Cut out your Baby Jesus ornament pieces.

Lay the template pieces over the felt pieces in the colors your child would like to use for the each piece. Trace the pieces on the felt and cut out the pieces.

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3) Make your baby Jesus ornament.

The swaddling clothes piece is an oval. Cut a small slit along the template’s yellow marked line as shown. Then, insert the top side of the head through the slit. Using a needle and thread or embroidery floss, stitch the top side of the slit onto the top part of the head. Create swaddling clothes look by sewing two simple running stitches diagonally–zigzagging across the felt as shown.

Next, place your felt baby Jesus in the middle of the hay. Stitch around the body using a running stitch to sew it onto the hay.

To create your manger, place the bottom side of the manger right over the top of the larger manger piece so that they line up exactly. Stitch around the sides and the bottom of the manger, as shown, using a flat blanket stitch for the sides and bottom. There is no need to sew along the top.

Place the hay on top of the manger and line up the edges.

Cut a piece of ribbon and form a loop with it. Insert the open end of the lopped ribbon between the hay and the manger base, in the middle of the ornament on top.

Sew the hay and baby Jesus to the manger by sewing around the sides of the hay using a running stitch. Be sure to sew the ribbon in between the hay and the manger. Complete your sewing by tying two knots on the back of the ornament and cutting off any extra thread.

4) Make your gift ornament.

Begin your gift ornament by placing the lid on the top side of the box. Then, use a running stitch around the edge of the lid. Next, stitch the small round center knot to the center of the bow pattern by making an X with your thread.

Place the ribbon felt piece vertically along the middle part of the box and stitch down the center of the ribbon.

Sew the bow onto the top of the gift box as shown.

5) Make your birthday cake ornament.

Stitch the flame onto the end of the candle by slightly overlaying the flame onto the candle. Next, sew the cherries onto the top frosting felt piece. Then, sew the middle cream frosting layer across the middle of one of the cake pieces.

Lay your decorated cake piece on top of the undecorated cake piece and line up the edges. Sew the edges of your frosting and cherries piece on top of the decorated cake.

Stitch the felt candle onto the top of the cake, then stitch around the sides of the two cake bases.

6) Add ribbons to your happy birthday Baby Jesus ornaments.

Take a piece of ribbon and form a little loop for each ornament. Stitch the ends of the ribbon to the backside of each ornament as shown.

You’re ready to hang or gift your happy birthday baby Jesus ornaments!

Great Books about Jesus, the Reason for Christmas

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