Do you love handprint crafts as much as I do? I think they make such adorable keepsakes that I can never resist them! I hope that you’ll be as delighted with this HANDPRINT BABY JESUS ORNAMENT craft as I am!
They are super cute and super easy to make with the FREE PRINTABLE BABY JESUS CRAFT TEMPLATE.
In this fun religious Christmas craft your handprint becomes the manger and it’s filled with paper strip straw so that Baby Jesus has a cosy bed to lie in!
This is such a cute Baby Jesus craft for preschoolers and they can either hang them on the Christmas tree as ornaments or glue them onto cardstock to make a Baby Jesus Christmas card. Or, you could do both like us because they’re too darn cute not to!
We used a dark blue cardstock for the handprints of our Baby Jesus Christmas craft but you could, of course, use any colour you like.
The little baby Jesus template comes in three different sizes so that you can match it to the size of your hand and these can be coloured in with any colour skin tone you prefer.
While you’re here you might like to take a peek at our collection of other Religious Christmas Crafts for kids. There are so many lovely ideas to choose from.
Scroll down to see how to make Baby Jesus in a Manger ornaments and get your free printable template.
Adorable Handprint Baby Jesus Ornament Craft Tutorial
Jesus Christmas Ornament Supplies:
- Free Printable Baby Jesus Craft Template (Get yours at the bottom of this post.)
- Printer Paper
- Coloured Cardstock (For your handprint)
- Marker Pens/ Coloured Pencils
- Glitter Pipe Cleaners
- Scissors
- Glue
- Sticky Tape
How To Make A Baby Jesus Christmas Ornament
1 – Download and print your free printable Baby Jesus craft template. Get yours at the bottom of the post.
2 – There are three different sized babies and straw strips to choose from. So choose the baby that will fit in your palm and colour it in.
3 – Draw around your hand onto coloured cardstock (we used blue) and cut it out. Cut out your straw strips and glue the middle of each one onto the middle of the handprint to make a soft bed for Baby Jesus. (Just glue the middle of the straw strips so that the ends can be lifted up a little to make a 3D effect.)
4 – Cut out your decorated Baby Jesus and glue him onto the straw filled manger.
5 – Cut a length of glitter pipe cleaner and bend it to make a loop. Sticky tape the loop onto the back of the handprint manger. (If you don’t have pipe cleaners you could just use some string or yarn.)
6 – Hang your handprint Baby Jesus on the Christmas tree for everyone to enjoy.
We hope you enjoy this baby Jesus Christmas craft. Fill in the form below to your free template sent straight to your inbox. Below the form there is also the option to print the instructions if you need to too.
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Handprint Baby Jesus Ornament Craft
Make a cute Handprint Baby Jesus Christmas Ornament.
Materials
- Free Printable Baby Jesus Craft Template
- Printer Paper
- Coloured Cardstock (For your handprint)
- Marker Pens/ Coloured Pencils
- Glitter Pipe Cleaners
- Scissors
- Glue
- Sticky Tape
Instructions
- Print the free template, colour it in and cut it out. (There are 3 sizes to choose from.)
- Draw around your hand onto coloured cardstock and cut it out.
- Glue the middle of each straw strip one onto the middle of the handprint.
- Glue Baby Jesus onto the straw.
- Make a pipe cleaner loop and sticky tape to the back.
- Hang your ornament on the tree.