65 Nativity Crafts & Activities for the Family

This is a sweet pop-out coloring craft that is a nativity scene that the kids can call their own.

Coloring is a favorite activity for young and older kids alike - and I love giving kids the options to color a picture that focues on Jesus around the holiday season.

Here's another version of a 3D nativity. A little more cutting, but the minimalist design is just precious.

Christmas countdowns are so much fun. This activity combines coloring as well as a nativity countdown!

This printable includes the people (and animals!) in the nativity as individual coloring pages. So fun to color and cut and create your own nativity scene!

These are super sweet! Your child can color them to create ornaments! Glue them back to back or attach to a wood slice or DIY ornament craft!

These are sweet candle holders that tell the Christmas story. You can place these on a mantel, the dining table, or anywhere in the house! These come in black and white to color as well as pre-colored!

This free printable contains the people and animals of the 1st Christmas that you can cut out and pose in your own nativity.

What a colorful and fun idea for creating a nativty! You can grab the free materials here and get to creating!

Handprint crafts are guaranteed winners, but this angel version announcing Christ's birth just might top them all.

This is another super cute handprint craft that focuses on Baby Jesus in the manger! This has a free template, too!

If you don't mind a little paint and messiness, this is such a precious activity for little ones to do with footprints and handprints!

This is another fun version of a handprint and footprint craft for kids! This one has an option of just doing a footprint, if you only want to deal with paint on one body part!

If you homeschool or like to mix nativity themed learning into the mix, this is a full printable pack for free, perfect for preschoolers!

This whole set is 50 pages of all kinds of materials for learning and fun - flashcards, coloring pages, puppets!

Color by numbers were some of my favorite activities growing up! This printable set has 9 Christ-centered pictures to choose from! Love it!

This is another Advent calendar countdown, where your child can color the stars in all the way up to Christmas - leading up to a starry night! A beautiful and colorful printable!

This is a simple craft that involved a printable template, yellow paint, and a fork!

This simple craft comes with a free template to create a sweet manger scene from craft paper and card stock.

This craft used just a few simple materials - and kids can practice lacing with yarn and a hole puncher!

You can never go wrong with a paper plate craft! I love that this sweet scen focuses on the birth of Jesus.

This is another sweet version of a paper plate craft that comes with a free printable template for all the elements of the Nativity!

This a version of a nativity created entirely from popsicle sticks! So adorable!

This is such a fun idea - create a magnetic Nativity for the kids to play with! Such a fun, interactive way to get them into the story!

This is such a cute and fun activity for the kids! You can grab the free template here to make this sweet project!

This post has 5 different printable Nativity crafts - a mosaic craft, an ornament, a fingerprint craft, a drawing puzzle and a wreath craft - all free printable templates!

How cute is this? This is a simple popsicle craft that the littler ones would have so much fun creating.

Yarn and popsicle sticks are the main materials you need for this craft ornament that sweetly shows the holy family.

Would you even believe it - this ornament uses peanuts!!! I am in love with the sweetness and creativity of this one.

I love the effect of this light up ornament! It would look fantastic on Christmas tree at night time! This uses a silhouette template, tissue paper, an LED candle and a plastic cup! Genius!

If you like crafts with a more organic and natural feel, this is a sweet version of the Christmas manger for the tree.

This would be a fun DIY ornament for the older kiddos to participate in - tracing and painting, with a wonderful craft to keep or give as a gift!

This is a beautiful craft made with just a few household craft supplies! I love the silhouette of this precious scene.

This is a touching spin on a stained-glass craft with tissue paper - the silhouette of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Really beautiful!

This really is such a super sweet version of the Christmas story! And made wit humble toilet paper rolls!

I absolutely love the simplicity and joy of this one! It would look so sweet in a frame or even to use as the front of a homemade Christmas card!

I cannot get over how amazing this one is. I literally smile every time I look at it. What a creative way to depict the Holy Family! I just LOVE this one.

C'mon, now. How precious is this!?! This gives me 70s claymation vibes that I'm 100% here for!

Now this is something my sons would 100% be into! I love that they can use their building skills to create something really meaningful that speaks their language.

If you've got little readers in the house, this is a sweet way to incorporate the Nativity. These are also great to include in Christmas gifts!

This is another nature-inspired crafts - using sticks and pebbles. I think it perfectly captures the humility and simplicity of the 1st Christmas.

This is another nature-inspired rock nativity that signifies the precious humility of that first Christmas.

This is a simple craft with a stunning effect - a hand-painted scene on wood block. Gorgeous addition to any Christmas decor.

If you have some kids (or you!) who love to paint, this is one that looks complex but is actually very easy to do. And the effect is absolutely brilliant!

This is an adorable beginner sewing project! How fun! I've also used fabric glue or hot glue on easy sewing projects with a lot of success!

This craft is really letting your imagination run loose with a variety of natural materials and see how you can create a nativity from it. I love the creativity in this one!

You don't have to be an artist to do this project - but these are absolutely artistically crafted with simple paint pens!

This is another version that has simpler drawings that might be easier for younger kids (or those artistically challenged!).

I had to include this version, too! These are so, so cute!

This is a wonderful idea for a craft that includes the whole retelling of the Christmas story. The printables are gorgeous.

What a special way to have your child track the journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem! I love the nostalgic feel of this and the gorgeous, creative elements!

This activity covers the course of 25 days leading up to Christmas - with Scripture and adding a piece to the nativity story each day. It is GORGEOUS and unbelievably, Julie is giving away this 14 page printable absolutely free. So, so generous.

This free printable comes with 12 different squares from the Nativity Story, making it a beautiful way to retell it with your kids as well as display it!

This Scripture based trail mix something that you and your kids can put together for DIY jar gifts or for a yummy Christmas party mix!

If you grew up with a felt board in Sunday School, this nativity is a throwback to that! You can grab the template and pattern here to create your own!

I love this idea for a wreath that focuses on the Nativity! This is a great craft for older girls and moms, too!

For the moms who love to decorate, this is a gorgeous display that you can use as a centerpiece for your Christmas table.

Cookie jar crafts have been popular for Christmas decor in recent years - I love the idea of placing a nativity scene inside of one! Classy and Christ-centered!

For a piece of elevated decor for your home, try making this sweet shadow box! This would look beautiful on the wall, a shelf or on a Christmas mantel.

If you love a rustic touch to your decor as well as one that focuses on Christ, check out this one! Lots of Dollar Tree materials are used to make this beauty!

This is a beautiful piece of Christmas decor made with a wood craft set from Dollar Tree! Absolutely love how this one turned out!

Luminaries always make Christmas seem more cozy and magical - I love this nativity version of holiday jars made with vinyl. They'd be beautiful for mason jar gifts as well!

I love this idea for a a Christmas sign! The nativity scene is beautiful but those starry lights take it over the top for me.

I love this idea! It's a gorgeous way to celebrate Jesus' birthday!

This is one you need to see to believe! Check out how to create a larger than life nativity scene. It is absolutely stunning!