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Simple drawing of the Nativity
Yesterday, I taught some members of my church how to draw a Nativity scene. It was fun teaching the class and everyone’s projects turned out beautifully. Make your own! Affiliate links below.
Use a pencil to very lightly draw Joseph, Mary, and Jesus on white cardstock. Start by making an oval about the size of your thumb for Baby Jesus. Add a circle for his head on the right hand side of the oval. Draw Mary’s head directly above Jesus’ and then Joseph’s head slightly behind Mary’s. Draw Mary’s gown and arm, then add Joseph’s cloak and arm.
When you are happy with your drawing, trace over the lines with the black pen.
Add the faces. I used simple curves for their eyes and mouths. Obviously, you can do whatever you’d like. Feel free to give Joseph a beard, add noses, etc.
Color in the three faces and two visible hands with the flesh tone of your choice. Then use a yellow colored pencil to draw a glow around the baby.
Color the clothing, leaving Jesus’ swaddling clothes white. For depth, I added some shadows underneath the arms and where Mary is shading Joseph.
Cut out your drawing, then set it onto a piece of black cardstock. With a very sharp white colored pencil, write a verse or a message along the bottom. I used part of Matthew 1:21 (. he shall save his people from their sins. “)
Glue the Holy Family in place, then draw the Star of Bethlehem using the gold Sharpie. Add glitter with the Nuvo pen.
I did my first draft entirely with colored pencil before deciding that coloring in the background was WAY too time-consuming for such a short class. But it was a fun experiment for me to do.
I hope you are all enjoying the Advent season.
Labels: Christian, Christmas, colored pencil, Crafts for Kids, Nativity, Prismacolor, religious
Cindy deRosier has a masters in Education and taught for 11 years. She uses that experience to blog about kids crafts and family-friendly educational travel. She is the Editor of Fun Family Crafts, a website with over 12,000 kid-friendly craft tutorials. Cindy is the co-author of “What Would Jesus Patent?” and does freelance writing and designing.
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Christmas art for kids – a Nativity scene
I was very much inspired by That Artist Woman’s Nativity Silhouette, but I made a variety of changes to her idea. Be sure to check out her version, as it is just beautiful!
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What we did
Before getting started, I created a stencil out of a piece of cardboard. I used Under My Umbrella’s Nativity Patterns as a guideline, then cut it all out.
Then it was onto mixing the paints. I grabbed 5 cups, added white paint to one of them and blue paint to the other four. Then I created different shades of blue by mixing white paint with the blue paint in three of the cups. I set them out, from white paint to the darkest blue paint. This led to a great discussion with the kiddos about shades of colors! As one boy said, “but it’s all just blue! Blue is blue!”
After the paint was ready, I invited children to come over and get started on the first stage of the project. We painted a white circle in the middle of the paper, then proceeded to paint circles around it with darkening shades of blue. It was interesting to watch the children throughout this process! Some were incredibly precise, careful to go in order from lightest to darkest and not wanting the paints to mix. Others had a blast mixing all of the shades up on the paper. I may be biased, but I think each child’s painting turned out awesome!
Once the background dried, it was time to add the Nativity scene. I held the homemade stencil in place while the children painted. It was pretty messy, of course, but the children really enjoyed it.
Finally, once all of the paint was dry, the kiddos added a glittery star above the Nativity!
In her Nativity Silhouette post, That Artist Woman used a different technique to add the Nativity scene. I actually offered that as a choice to the kiddos, but they went with my (messier!) version instead. They seemed to enjoy the process of using the stencil!
What do you think about this Nativity Christmas art for kids? Would your children enjoy trying it out? My students really got into the process of it!
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