Monday, November 26, 2012

Nativity Ornaments


Five or six years ago, my family began the tradition of making a special batch ornaments to give out to various people we come into contact with throughout the Advent season.  We give them to sales people, delivery drivers, store clerks, postal employees, waiters, etc.  

We also drive around throughout the season to look at Christmas lights.  Each night, we vote on a few favorite houses and knock on those doors to deliver our ornaments as prizes to those families.  

No matter how God chooses to have our paths cross, the recipients are always blessed and truly grateful.  In addition to thank you, we often get smiles, tears and hugs.  The biggest blessing to us, however, is bringing joy and spreading God's love to others.    

For several years, we have made Christmas Nails (tutorial here).  This year, however, we wanted to do something different.  I was looking through my craft supplies and found some wooden peg dolls and eggs.  I purchased these to make a set of dolls as a gift, but didn't end up making them. I decided to try making nativity ornaments with them.  I am so excited about how they turned out!!  I only had enough supplies today to make 4 of them, but I ordered more and can't wait to get them all made!!  

I will be posting a tutorial once those supplies come in.  I will mention that these were EASY!  It only took me about 10 minutes to make the first 4, including allowing the paint to dry.  




7 comments:

  1. I love your idea to hand out ornaments to different people. It's a great way to focus on others during the busy holiday season!

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  2. Extremely cute. I am hoping I will be able to start this with my family this year.

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  3. Those are really cute! I'd love to make some with my boys. Can you tell me how tall your wooden dolls are?
    Thanks!

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    2. Thanks!! I purchased the supplies at Hobby Lobby. The dolls are 2 5/16" and the eggs are 1 5/16".

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  4. Those are really cute! Would you tell me how tall the wooden dolls are? I would love to make them with my boys and our homeschool group.
    Thanks!

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