The holiday season is upon us, and what better way to get into the true spirit of Christmas than with our delightful Christmas Nativity Candle Holder Craft?
These 3D Nativity coloring sheets are super fun and easy for kids to decorate and construct. And best of all they’re available to download for FREE in black and white and also full color!
Simply color, cut and stick and then pop a battery tea light in the middle to bring joy and warmth to your home this festive season.
Enjoy the Magic of Christmas with Our Christmas Nativity Candle Holder Craft!
Crafting during the holidays is the perfect way to come together and create lasting memories. Our Christmas Nativity Tealight Holder is simple enough for little kids and pretty enough to appeal to bigger kids too.
It’s a lovely Christian craft to teach kids about the story of the birth of Jesus and the true meaning of Christmas. It would be a cute Sunday school craft or bible class activity for kids of all ages.
This easy Nativity craft provides an opportunity for kids to learn about the Nativity story while getting creative and having fun. It’s a lovely hands-on 3D Christmas craft and the soft glow of a pretty twinkling battery-operated candle really captures the warmth, peace and joy of the festive season.
8 Different Christmas Paper Luminaries To Choose From
The good news is that this free printable tea-light candle holder set includes eight different Nativity paper luminaries featuring classic Christmas characters. All of them come in black and white for kids to color and also pre colored. Kids can have fun making just one, two or them all!
Kids can choose from an Angel, Mary and Joseph holding Baby Jesus, 3 Kings (and each different wise man is wearing a different crown and is holding a different gift for Baby Jesus) and a selection of 3 sheep.
Each luminary is clearly outlined for kids to easily color and fold to make their simple and pretty tea light holder. Whether it’s a child’s first Christmas or a grown-up’s 50th, the use of battery-operated tea lights ensures that the craft is safe and there’s no need to worry about open flames or messy candle wax.
How To Make A Christmas Nativity Candle Holder
These Christmas Nativity luminaries can be proudly displayed as a lovely centrepiece on the holiday table or mantlepiece.
They’d also be lovely as a thoughtful Christmas gift for friends, family and teachers too. The glowing of these peaceful light holders will appeal to everyone!
Craft Supplies:
- Free Printable Nativity Candle Holder Templates (Get yours at the bottom of this post.)
- White Cardstock or Paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Coloring Materials: Pens, Pencil Crayons etc.
- Battery Votive Candles (DO NOT USE ANY REAL FLAMES!)
Step 1 – Print and Color
Begin by printing out the free Christmas Nativity Candle Holder templates. (Get yours at the bottom of this post.)
Kids can have fun decorating them any way they please to create their own unique candle holders. They can use pencils crayons, marker pens, paints, anything they fancy.
They might also enjoy adding a bit of glitter and bling with sequins, tinsel or bio-glitter too. Perhaps some gold accents to the white robes of the elegant angel, or some sparkling glitter to Mary and Joseph’s halos?
Step 2 – Cut and Assemble
Once the coloring is complete, carefully cut out each paper luminary.
Then fold it in half diagonally backwards along the dotted line so that the nativity character is on the front and glue it together.
Next, curl the two triangle points together to make a 3D figure that stands on its own. Glue the points together to leave a little circular space in the middle.
Step 3 – Add Twinkling Tea Light Candles
Now you can bring your nativity scene to life by adding a twinkling battery-powered flameless candle to the centre of each Nativity figure. They will look so pretty glowing on display and you can put them to decorative use all around your home!
How to Get Your Free Printable Nativity Candle Holders
Our Nativity Luminary Coloring Craft is such a fun activity that lets kids to enjoy at Christmas time. So get your free digital product today and let the holiday craftivities begin!
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May your home be filled with warmth, love, and the spirit of Christmas. Happy crafting!
Do you have any more Nativity Crafts for kids?
Yes I do! We love Nativity crafts here on Kids Craft Room and have lots of religious craft ideas for you to enjoy:
- Printable Nativity Scene to color and play with available from our shop.
- Nativity Headbands
- Nativity Baubles – kids will love coloring their own Christmas decorations to hang on the tree.
- Paper Nativity Finger Puppets
- Baby Jesus Christmas Cards
- Handprint Baby Jesus Ornaments