Enjoy the season of the Nativity with your family with these At-Home Nativity Activities. Tell the story of the birth of Jesus Christ as an interactive pageant, using a Nativity scene or while decorating the tree. The Free Nativity Script Printable can be easily modified for the size of the family, church gathering or even for a fun children's Nativity play script activity. Include props and costumes to add to the fun.
What's more fun than throwing a birthday party? Celebrate the birth of Jesus with some birthday fun. Lead up to Christmas with a lesson each week to help your family celebrate the weeks before Jesus' birthday. Read on for more Nativity activities to celebrate the season at home this year. Be sure to also check the convenient Religious Christmas Kits including the Nativity Yard Decorating Kit and the Nativity Advent At-Home Set.
Make a family Nativity pageant part of your Christmas traditions. The section in the free printable for the At-Home Nativity Scene Script uses the Gospels of Mark and Luke to tell the story of the birth of Jesus. The story can be told using one or many narrators while other family members or guests act out the night that Jesus was born. Family can be given character lines to say for added participation. Be creative and add Nativity props, costumes and settings to celebrate Jesus' birth and make the night come alive. The script includes optional songs to sing or play to add further fun.
Take advantage of your go-to video conferencing platform and involve even more family. You can simply increase your audience by inviting other family members to tune in and watch the performance. Get more family actively involved and have each household take a scene and act it out for your entire family audience.
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Set up your Nativity scene using the Free Nativity Script Printable. The section in the free printable for the Nativity Scene Setting Script uses the Gospels of Mark and Luke to tell the story of the birth of Jesus. Give family members the characters or figures from the Nativity scene. If you are worried about nativity figures, this Nativity Magnet Set makes a great alternative to use. As the script is being read, family members can have their characters travel to the stable. Make use of the entire house for the travels of those heading to the stable. If you have a Nativity with lots of characters, have the family add some lines for the other characters. The script includes optional songs to sing or play to add further fun. Remember the greatest gift ever received every time you look at your Nativity scene.
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Have fun with a Nativity scene and turn the figures into Christmas tree ornaments. Attach a piece of twine or fishing line using hot glue to Nativity characters. The Mini Nativity Scene or this Chipboard Nativity Playset would work well. Once the ornaments are done, decorate the tree while telling the story of Jesus' birth. Give each family or guest an ornament to hang on the tree. Use the narrator parts of the Family Nativity Script to tell the story. You can have one narrator or include several people to read the different narrator parts. After each part of the story, have the family member or guest hang their character ornaments on the tree. Remember the greatest gift every time you look at the finished tree!
Throwing a birthday party for Jesus is a great way to celebrate the meaning of Christmas. The Nativity story reminds us of the greatest gift any of us have ever received. Have fun baking and decorating a birthday cake or birthday cupcakes. Children can design and make a birthday card especially for Jesus. Together with your family or guests, play some birthday games or make some Christmas crafts. Set the table with Happy Birthday Jesus Tableware and decorate with some special Happy Birthday Jesus Balloons to add to the festivities. Just remember to put Jesus first this Christmas. Sing some Christmas songs celebrating our Savior's birth and remember to sing Him a very special Happy Birthday song.
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The greatest story ever told began with the first nativity. God's Son, Jesus, was born to save us all. Receiving the gift of Jesus is reason to celebrate not only during the Christmas season but at all times. Celebrating the Nativity Season includes five lessons revolving around the birth of Jesus. Lessons include the prophecy of Jesus' birth, God's plan for Mary and Joseph, the birth of Jesus, the angels' visit to the shepherds and the wisemen's visit to worship Jesus. A lesson can be done each week using the Celebrating the Nativity Lesson Book leading up to Christmas and each lesson provides a memory verse and a lesson point. Two fun activities to do with your family are suggested for each lesson. Learn and play together as a family with items like the Nativity Scripture Sequence Puzzle or make your own Nativity Puppets from popsicle sticks to teach the Nativity. Incorporate other Christmas Bible Lessons through the season with your children by checking out the Christmas Sunday School Lesson Activities.
Incorporate other Nativity activities throughout the season with children by creating fun crafts at home to teach them about the Nativity. Create your own unique Nativity scene board made from a wood slice, the Nativity Felt Board with felt and Free Nativity Scene Characters Printable. Children will love creating their own scene of the Nativity. Utilizing the Mini Nativity Set, children can make the Nativity stories come to life by wrapping each individual character with tissue paper, placing a Free Nativity Scripture Printable Note inside the package, then let children open each and read the scripture card out to the family. Be sure to check out all of the Nativity activities for kids.
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The Nativity and so many other Christmas activities can be celebrated at home with some fun products to set the scene. These Religious Christmas Kits include festive ways to decorate the Nativity at your home including outdoors with the Nativity Yard Decorating Kit and the Gold & Silver Nativity Decorating Kit to set the Nativity scene inside your home. Get the kids involved with a countdown activity using the Nativity Advent At-Home Set. Bring the gift of Christmas outside your home by delivering Nativity Cheer Bag Handouts to fellow church members, your friends and family. The ideas are endless to spread joy around your home and with others.
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Make the Christmas Story a center of your home decor this holiday season. Take The Christmas Story Sign and add a watercolor design to add an antiqued look. Using a thick plastic bag and markers, create ombre colors across the bag. Spray water over The Christams Story Sign using a spray bottle then overlay the the plastic bag with markers over the sign. Once dry, this sign will be a special reminder of the reason for the season. Be sure to also check out the Heaven & Nature Sign Christmas Decorating Ideas for more religious Christmas decorating ideas.
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