1. To make the Baby Jesus cradle, paint the underneath of one bowl brown and the whole of a second bowl brown.

2. Up end the bowl with the brown bottom and glue the completely brown bowl on top of it, base to base.

3. To make the straw for Baby Jesus to lie on cut your yellow paper into thin strips.

4. Lay the straw into the manger. You can glue it in place if you like or leave it loose.

5. Choose your face colour from the Baby Jesus craft printable and cut it out along with the white rectangle.

6. Glue the face onto the top middle of the white rectangle. Draw on Baby Jesus’ face and some lines to make the swaddling.

7. Roll the Baby Jesus craft up and glue it into a cylinder.

8. Place Baby Jesus into his manger.

1. First print out the template on white cardstock.

2. Next, paint the circle the skin color and the long oval blue. This will become the baby Jesus.

3. Now pour the brown and yellow paint onto the plate.

4. Then dip the underside of the fork prongs into the brown paint.

5. Starting in the center of the white cardstock, drag the fork from the middle outwards. TIP: Drag the fork lightly to create longer lines.

6. Continue going from the center of the paper outwards until the whole page is covered in brown fork lines.

7. Now repeat with the yellow. You don’t have to wait for the brown paint to dry. The combined colors create a nice straw-like appearance.

8. Next cut the painted circle and oval from the template. Glue the head to the body and draw on a face. You can use google eyes as well.

9. Glue the Baby Jesus to the manger and the craft is complete!