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Colour and Cut Out
Nativity
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17Jun09
 CONTENTS
ALL YOU NEED IS:
3
Ideas for your Nativity pictures
4-5
About the Christmas Story, with map
ZIGZAG NATIVITY to cut and fold, no sticking needed
6
How to make up
7-9
Print in colour
10-12
Print in black and white
ONE-PAGE NATIVITY Basic scene on one A4 page
13
How to make up
14
Print in colour
15
Print in black and white
FULL NATIVITY with stand-up figures, animals and trees
16
How to make up
17-21
Print in colour
22-26
Print in black and white
COLOURING EXTRAS
27-28
Christmas Story wording
29
Map to colour
30-42
Each figure in large size
Paper or card
Scissors
Sellotape or glue stick
Coloured pencils,
crayons or paints
Remember
to keep your Nativity
scene away from
candles and Christmas
lights!
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 IDEAS FOR YOUR NATIVITY PICTURES
After colouring
the scene, fold the
pieces flat and put
inside a Christmas
card as a gift for
a friend.
Make 25 stand-up
figures and place one on
the scene each day of
Advent. Put the baby in
on Christmas Day.
Stick the
figures to a
decorated paper
plate to make a
wall plaque.
Decorate the
figures with glitter,
silver foil, confetti,
wool or snippets
of fabric.
Make lots of
angels and hang
them from some
tinsel to make a
garland.
Use the
colouring pages to
make a big wall poster
– sellotape them all
together at the
back.
Use
shredded
yellow or brown
paper to make hay
for the stable
floor.
Stick the
figures to drinking
straws to make
puppet show
figures.
Use the
pictures to make
your own Christmas
cards, bookmarks,
note paper and
gift tags
Take a photo
of your finished
Nativity scene and
have it printed on a
mug or tee shirt
Use a shoebox
on its side as your
scenery background.
Paint the inside blue
and put stars and
angels in the
sky.
Make a extra
stand-up figure and
put a photo of yourself
on – you can be there
in the stable!
Cut closely round
the figures, paint solid
black, and stick to
coloured paper to make a
silhouette Christmas
story.
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 ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS STORY
Who was Mary?
Why were there donkeys and camels?
Mary was a young lady in Nazareth specially chosen
to have baby Jesus.
These animals were used to carry people and
heavy loads. Donkeys can cross the countryside
and mountains where the roads are rocky.
Camels can survive the heat of the desert – they
eat the tough plants and do not need to drink very
often. Donkeys and camels are still used in the
same way today.
Who was Joseph?
Joseph was a carpenter who married Mary. When
Jesus was growing up, Joseph taught him how to be
a carpenter.
Why was there no room for Joseph
and Mary?
Who were the wise men?
They were priests from other countries to the east
of Israel. They studied the stars and believed that a
bright new star meant the birth of a king. That is
why they followed the Christmas star. The journey
was very long and slow, and so they probably
arrived a year or two after Jesus was born.
It was very crowded in Bethlehem so all the places to
stay were full. Everyone had to go the place where
they were born, so they could be registered and their
taxes could be worked out.
What is a manger?
A manger is a box to hold hay and food for farm
animals. Some mangers were made of wood and
some were carved from stone.
Why did they bring gold, frankincense
and myrrh?
Gold could be used as money.
Why were the shepherds in the fields
at night?
Frankincense and myrrh are perfumes. They come
from the sap of certain trees. The sap drips out and
dries hard into lumps. The lumps can be burned to
make scent, just like we have scented candles.
They can also be made into perfumed oils for
people to wear. These gifts were very expensive
and were meant to show great respect for a king.
They needed to protect the sheep from wild animals
such as lions, jackals and eagles, as well as thieves.
They wore a thick woollen cloaks to keep warm.
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 ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS STORY
Where are Nazareth and Bethlehem?
They are small towns in Israel in the Middle East. Nazareth is in the north.
Bethlehem is in the middle near Jerusalem. The distance between them is
112 kilometres (70 miles) and the journey would have taken about a week.
NORTH
AMERICA
EUROPE
ASIA
Bethlehem
AFRICA
SOUTH
AMERICA
AUSTRALIA
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