This Christmas focus on the reason for the season and make your very own Nativity Popsicle Stick Puppets! Download and print the Free Nativity Printable Templates here to easily make Baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the Three Wise Men, a Shepherd (holding the cutest pom-pom sheep), and an angel. This fun DIY is perfect for little hands to use to reenact the nativity story throughout the Christmas season and for years to come. Once you're finished making the puppets, curl up with your kiddos, read Luke 2, and enjoy creating memories as you act out the arrival of baby Jesus together!
To create baby Jesus, first print and cut out the template for his body and head as well as the manger and hay. Use a pencil to trace around the templates onto cardstock and cut out each piece with scissors. To assemble baby Jesus, use a brown Sharpie® to draw eyes and a mouth onto his face and then adhere it to his body with glue. Next, glue the hay to the inside of the manger. Attach the finished baby Jesus to the manger and glue the manger onto a natural wood craft stick.
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To create Mary, first print and cut out the template for her body, head, arms, hands, and hair. Use a pencil to trace around the templates onto cardstock and cut out each piece with scissors. To assemble Mary, use a brown Sharpie® to draw eyes and a mouth onto her face and then adhere it to her body with glue. Next, glue her hands to her arms and attach those to her body. Finally, glue her hair to the side of her face. Attach the finished Mary onto a natural wood craft stick with glue.
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To create Joseph, first print and cut out the template for his body, head, arms, hands, and hair. Use a pencil to trace around the templates onto cardstock and cut out each piece with scissors. To assemble Joseph, use a brown Sharpie® to draw eyes and a mouth onto his face and then adhere it to his body with glue. Next, glue his hands to his arms and attach those to his body. Finally, glue the hair on his head. Attach the finished Joseph onto a natural wood craft stick with glue.
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To create the shepherd, first print and cut out the templates for his body, head, arms, hands, hair, beard, and staff. Use a pencil to trace around the templates onto cardstock and cut out each piece with scissors. To assemble the shepherd, use a brown Sharpie® to draw eyes and a mouth onto his face and then adhere it to his body with glue. Next, glue his hands to his arms and attach those to his body. Finally, glue the hair and beard on his head and the staff onto his body. Attach the finished shepherd onto a natural wood craft stick with glue.
To create the sheep, use a pencil to trace around the sheep face template onto cardstock and cut it out with scissors. Attach two googly eyes to the face and then use a hot glue gun to attach it to a large white yarn pom-pom. To create the feet, glue two black pom-poms to the bottom of the white pom-pom. Secure the sheep to the bottom of the shepherd with glue.
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To create the star, first print and cut out the star template. Use a pencil to trace around the template onto gold glitter paper and cut it out with scissors. To assemble the star, simply attach it onto a natural wood craft stick with glue.
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To create the three wisemen, use the included templates to create the bodies, heads, hair, beard, and crowns. Use a pencil to trace around the templates onto cardstock and cut out each piece with scissors. To assemble the first wisemen, use a brown Sharpie® to draw eyes and a mouth onto his face and then adhere it to his body with glue. Next, glue his hands to his arms and attach those to his body. Repeat with the two other wisemen. Finally, glue the hair, beard, and crowns onto each wisemen. Add a little bling and glue a colorful faceted gem to the center of each crown. Attach the finished wisemen onto natural wood craft sticks with glue.
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To create the angel, first print and cut out the template for her body, head, arms, hands, wings and hair. Use a pencil to trace around the templates onto cardstock and cut out each piece with scissors. Use silver glitter paper to create her wings.
To assemble the angel, use a brown Sharpie® to draw eyes and a mouth onto her face and then glue her hair behind her face. Attach her face and hair to her body with glue. Next, glue her hands to her arms and attach those to her body. Glue her sparkly wings behind her body.
Finally, cut a silver metallic chenille stem and form it in the shape of a halo. Glue the halo to the back of her head. Attach the finished angel onto a natural wood craft stick with glue.
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