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elebrate Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem!

Children will enjoy creating their own cards and pressing out

the characters to build their own nativity scene. This book also includes

the story of the first Christmas.

J a n G o d f r e y

a n d C h r i s S a u n d e r s o n

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Make & DoChristmasCards &Crèche

Includes press-out nativity scene and the story of the first Christmas

with

12 color-in

christmas cards

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ISBN 978-0-7847-2336-4

RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Children

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Jan GodfreyIllustrated by Chris Saunderson

Make & DoChristmas Cards

& Crèche

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Mary listened to the angel’s message in wonder. The mother of God’s own Son?She could hardly believe it! “I will do whatever God wants,” said Mary.

Mary was busy at home, sweeping and cooking and fetching water. Suddenly an angel stood in front of her. Mary felt frightened!

The Visit of the Angel

Then Mary hurried to tell her cousin Elizabeth the exciting news. Mary sang a song to God. She thanked him for giving her such a special baby.

“Don’t be afraid,” said the angel. “You’re going to have a baby. He will be called Jesus, the Son of God. He will be great and wonderful.”

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Mary listened to the angel’s message in wonder. The mother of God’s own Son?She could hardly believe it! “I will do whatever God wants,” said Mary.

Mary was busy at home, sweeping and cooking and fetching water. Suddenly an angel stood in front of her. Mary felt frightened!

The Visit of the Angel

Then Mary hurried to tell her cousin Elizabeth the exciting news. Mary sang a song to God. She thanked him for giving her such a special baby.

“Don’t be afraid,” said the angel. “You’re going to have a baby. He will be called Jesus, the Son of God. He will be great and wonderful.”

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How to make the Christmas cards1 Press out all the cards from the book.

2 Fold them in half along the dotted lines.

3 Color in the pictures and lettering.

4 Add your greeting inside.

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5 Personalize the back of the card by adding your name in the space.

6 Put each card in an envelope. You may want to decorate it before sending to your friend or relative.

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1 Press out the three pieces for the star, the stable, the base and the background scene.

2 Fold each piece along all the dotted lines.

3 Make the background scene first: insert the tab on the background piece below the two jars into the slot on the right-hand side of the ground.

4 Take the stable and insert the tab on the left of the roof into the slot above the donkey’s head on the background.

5 Working counterclockwise around the stable, insert the tabs into the slots in this order:

• the left-hand wall into the background;

• the left-hand wall into the base;

• the right-hand wall into the base and then into the background wall;

• the last tab of the roof into the background.

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6 The star fits into the center of the background scene near the top

of the center fold.

7 Press out each free-standing piece and the small semi-circular

stands. Insert two of each of the stands firmly into the base on every free-

standing figure.

8 Position Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus inside the stable, and all the other pieces around the entrance.


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