Your children will enjoy sharing joy with this easy Nativity scene Christmas card craft for kids. Include a message or a verse!
These cute Nativity Christmas cards are easy to make (and there’s a template!). You can write a special message or a verse on the back and deliver them to neighbors and loved ones with cookies, an ornament, or just a hug.
Christmas Card Craft for Kids
Check out this fun video of the craft!
Grab your Nativity Scene Christmas Card
Head on over to the Thinking Kids Press store to grab your step-by-step instructions (also shown below), and your Nativity scene templates. 
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.
Supplies Needed to Make Your Christmas Card Craft
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.
- Colored Cardstock
- Glue Stick
- Pencil
- Permanent Marker
- Scissors
- Templates
Make Your Nativity Scene Christmas Card Craft for Kids
Here are the steps for your toilet paper roll craft:
1) Print and cut out your template pieces.
Print the template pages from step-by-step instructions and cut out the pieces.
2) Create your Nativity scene.
Glue the half-circle to the top of a circle to create hair on Mary’s head, and to the bottom of Joseph’s head to create a beard.
Glue each head to the top of a triangle to create the body.
Glue Mary to the long scarf, and Joseph to the short scarf, as shown.
Create the manger and baby by gluing the small circle on the top half of the oval. Glue the rectangle on top of the small triangle, as shown.
Glue the baby behind the rectangle at an angle, as shown.
3) Complete your Nativity Christmas card.
Your 12-month Bible verse calendar has themed devotions focusing on:
- The Bible
- Love
- The Church
- Resurrection
- Jesus
- Prayer
- The Holy Spirit
- The Fruit of the Spirit
- Salvation
- Our Father
- Thanksgiving
- Advent
Want a sample calendar? Grab your free Christmas Advent calendar here.
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