12 Days of Crafts: Little Baby in a Manger

Laura & Nancy raised the crafting bar with a cute Baby Jesus project. Laura brought little mangers that Emily had made out of popsicle sticks, then hot glued a wooden bead to some blue felt to make a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes. Ethan and Evan enthusiastically glued straw to the mangers and carefully put Baby Jesus to sleep.

Ethan, Evan, Laura, Sarah hard at work


Look closely and you can see how cute the finished product is.


Nancy also has a manger and baby doll upstairs. After talking about the Christmas story a little, the boys just carried the doll around. They both rocked it quite a bit- Evan sings "rocky rocky rocky baby." I asked Ethan what he sang to the baby and he began to sing "I love you... a bushel and a peck." It was so sweet. I am always so relieved when they mimic the nice things I do with them, not just the screechy-sounding "Can you hear my voice?!" that Ethan has been asking Evan lately.

Thank you so much, Laura, Nancy, Sarah, Emily, and Tessa! We had a great time.

Laura & Nancy