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December 18, 2012 by Jenae - 13 Comments
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Paper Bag Manger Craft

Paper Bag Manger Craft

I was in charge of teaching our children’s church for two to six-year olds this last Sunday. I was scouring the internet for ideas and came across this adorable paper bag manger craft. Naturally, I had to put my own spin on it (especially since you had to register for the printable baby Jesus).

I did all of the prep work ahead of time, so the kids just had to assemble their mangers at church as one of our centers, along with these Nativity Printables (sequencing, patterning, ordering) as another. I read the story of Christ’s birth from The Jesus Storybook Bible and for the remaining time, we watched The Very First Noel. Things didn’t go exactly as planned, especially since we had been up almost the whole night before with Big Brother as he had the stomach flu. But the children’s mangers turned out to be very cute!

Here’s what you’ll need:  a brown paper bag, a slotted clothespin, doll hair (optional), permanent maker, gauze, and foam glitter stickers. I used the X-acto knife and self-healing mat that we received compliments of Elmer’s Craft it! and it made cutting the bags SUPER easy!

 

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1. Trace a window shape onto your paper bag and use an X-acto knife to cut. If you’re just cutting one (as opposed to 30 like I did), you could use scissors, although it will take quite a bit longer.

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Once you open the bag, it will have windows on the sides of the bag too!


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2. Write your caption in permanent marker at the bottom of the bag.


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3. To make Baby Jesus, draw a face on the round end of the slotted clothespin. We glued a little doll hair curl (that I bought at a craft supply store) on the top of each of our babies.

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4. Cut a small piece of fabric to act as the swaddling cloths. I used gauze because we had lots of it already on hand.


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5. Wrap up the baby!

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6. Fold the top of the paper bag down about an inch and staple. Attach the glittery foam sticker.

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7.

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What is your favorite CHRISTmas craft?

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Comments

  1. Mallory says

    December 18, 2012 at 8:52 am

    I love this! I am going to make this with the kids I teach at church on Sunday!

    How fun! Thanks for sharing!

    XOXO Mallory

    Reply
  2. Sarah says

    December 18, 2012 at 1:16 pm

    Thank you girl! I was looking for something special to do with our kiddo’s this Wednesday night and this is exactly what I needed. So cool and so meaningful!

    Reply
  3. JackieToo says

    December 19, 2012 at 7:28 am

    Thank you and Merry Christmas!

    Reply
  4. Sue Stirling says

    December 19, 2012 at 7:49 am

    So simple so clever so cute!
    Sue

    Reply
  5. Isabel says

    December 19, 2012 at 9:44 am

    I love it!! My daughter & I will make this during the weekend…..what a perfect neighbor gift!

    Reply
  6. Carrie says

    December 19, 2012 at 5:53 pm

    Oh, I love this!! We will definitely be making one of these. Thank you for sharing it!!

    Reply
  7. Kristen S- Craft Gossip says

    December 21, 2012 at 9:32 pm

    This is such a wonderful craft. We have yet to purchase a nativity scene, so I think this will do just fine:)
    Just posted on Craft Gossip! Thank you for such a beautiful craft that we can use to teach our children about the real meaning of Christmas!

    http://lessonplans.craftgossip.com/?p=7381

    Reply
  8. Jennie says

    December 6, 2013 at 11:33 pm

    Lovely. Just what I need for Sunday!

    Reply
  9. Suleyka says

    December 14, 2013 at 8:23 pm

    You are a lifesaver! We needed a last minute craft for our kids Christmas party ob Monday. Very cute, meaningful and not messy!

    Reply
  10. Kathleen says

    December 20, 2013 at 11:15 am

    Darling! We are making these in children’s church on Sunday. What did you use for the straw?

    Reply
    • Jenae says

      December 20, 2013 at 1:29 pm

      I used a large bag of Raffia from the craft store. :)

      Reply
  11. Amie says

    December 1, 2014 at 9:50 am

    Just wanted to let you know that we will be featuring your blog post on http://www.facebook.com/faiththatsticks on Friday. Such a cute idea!

    Reply
    • Jenae says

      December 1, 2014 at 10:02 am

      Thanks so much, Amie! :) I truly appreciate it!

      Reply

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