Build A Manger For Baby Jesus

We loved the idea.

Build a manger for baby jesus.

Place a manger in your home. Have this mind among yourselves which is yours in christ jesus who though he was in the form of god did not count equality with god a thing to be grasped but emptied himself by taking the form of a servant being born in the likeness of men. Deciding to build a manger. To create the slatted look begin by placing one piece of wood across the sets of legs at the place where they meet in the middle of the v shape they create.

Build the body of the manger. The set tends to blow over very easily and i was tired of constantly picking up the pieces. Then and there tim and i decided that we would use a manger as the focus of our christmas décor. Every time someone does something kind invite that person to place a piece of straw in the manger to welcome the baby jesus.

And i try to make things as cheap as i can but i want visuals that i can use over and over. Choose your face colour from the baby jesus craft printable and cut it out along with the white rectangle. Make your own manger for baby jesus. Draw on baby jesus face and some lines to make the swaddling.

Space the 7 remaining pieces of wood along the top of the legs to create the manger. Use a hammer and nails to nail the piece into the v on both sets of legs. I like to have hands on visuals for my class as much as possible. When you think of the baby jesus in the manger i urge you to consider the incredible example of manhood in jesus christ.

A few years after we had built our house we purchased an outdoor nativity set that came with mary joseph and baby jesus so we could display an outdoor nativity scene.