The seventh of January, we are going to celebrate Christmas. How to claimrikosnutsya the miracle of Christmas? On the eve of the holiday at the family table tell the child the legend of the birth of Christ, and then offer to make their own hands nativity scene (from the Latin praesepe -"nursery "," manger ").
There is no strict set of crib size and the number of actors, but it sure It must be a day nursery, where lies the infant Jesus, Joseph and the Virgin Mary figure, bent over the manger, lamb, ox and Donkey. These characters are not just figures, dolls (they did not play) - they were symbols of Christmas.
Traditionally they were made by volume, wood, fabric, cardboard or flat, in one or more levels. Figures can move, depicting themed scenes.
We will need a medium-sized box, which you can paste over with colored paper and the finest fabrics. For the outside choose a dark blue for the interior - red, floor - brown.
The depth of the box arrange our heroes - school establishments (small box with dry grass or straw) Right - Maria, left - Joseph around the manger - the animals in the foreground - a shepherd with his staff in hands. Next to or on top of the roof of an angel post. Heroes blindly from clay or salt dough.
Virgin Mary figure is in red clothes, kneeling (smaller) - to cover the green. Joseph and shepherds Figures are larger shepherds give the hands of staff (of rods, tubes of appropriate thickness) and on a head cover over the rolled tow.
Crèche can be done not only out of the box, as well as from clay, a recess in the manger - the phalanges. Three Kings figures should be in bright clothes and bundles on their heads, too bright, from clay balls and "sausages". Easier angel made of paper.
You can also make a den out of the cardboard rectangle, which is bent so that the lower part was over the top. The upper rounded part, glued thereto cardboard strip-sky using hot melt adhesive or adhesive tape. The sky must be dark blue, it attach yellow stars.
The basis for the figures of characters serve as a paper cone topped. Head use wooden beads large size, hands and cut out of cardboard. To cover need pieces of cloth for the animals - sticks, threads, beads.
Nativity scene made of cardboard will do follow a pattern template. Crib and characters be printed, pasted on construction paper and paint.
If the base of each stick figures rectangle, they can stand on their own.
If you find a color printer, a den immediately get a color. You will only need to cut out all the elements.
Another nativity scene can be made of felt, fleece, cakes, ready-made sets of figures.
The original will and den "vytynanka" - carved by a mock knife from construction paper. Figures can also be embroidered and obtyanut of paperboard substrate or tie in amigurumi technique.
For lighting we use a small light bulb or Christmas garland, which will include evenings.
It will be good to gather the light lights the whole family together with the children and tell them about the great feast of Christmas!
