We've been adding to our nativity set each year and I know folks have been coming to my site from Pinterest to get the new patterns. Here they are finally!
We started with the Holy Family and then added the Wise Men (links to pdf files are included in this blog post). A couple of years ago we made shepherds with a lamb and last year we made a beautiful, big camel and a cute little donkey (links to both patterns below near the pictures). Our next goal is the angel and maybe a new star. But I looooove the whole set and it makes me happy to see it in my yard every Christmas season.
Here is the right side of our yard.
And these two are on the left side.
The camel is really big so it took one complete 4x4 plywood and then we able to flip the donkey and fit it into place with the leftovers. In the pattern I advise having a 36"x24" piece of plywood for the donkey (because I can't remember if we had a board bigger than 4x4 for both and I don't want anyone to end up short on wood). Click here for the pdf file.
It all came together beautifully and Joey is turning into quite the jigsaw artist.
Here's the shepherd set up close. If you look at the bottom you can see we started setting the middle piece back behind the 2x4 (we started doing that the second year we had the Holy Family set). It gives us more room to move the figures and it creates some nice depth and shadows. Click here for the pdf file.
Here's the pattern layout on the 4x4. If you look in the red circle you can see where Joey added a little "support beam" on the shepherds staff. I filled this area in with a sharpie so it's not obvious (I'm going to go over it again this year since it really needs a couple of coats to darken it). I added that to the printable pattern as well.
I hope you are able to use these and they are a blessing to you and your home. One reader made a set to place outside of their church during Christmas and it thrills me to know many people were able to enjoy them. They are my gift to you. They took us many hours to create and compile in this format so please be kind in your comments. Have a beautiful Holiday Season this year! Merry Christmas from our home to yours.
Link to Angel and Star set
Link to Holy Family set (blog post Here)
Link to Wise Men set (blog post Here, at bottom of page)
Link to Shepherds and Sheep set (blog post Here, at bottom of page)
