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Shining CD Christmas Nativity Craft

An easy to make Christmas Nativity Craft. I love the way the CD shines in the light giving this easy holiday craft a lovely glow. This Christmas Nativity craft might be a little changeling as a pre-school craft, but older children should have no problem creating and cutting out the basic geometric shapes for the nativity scene.  Attach a magnet and use to decorate the refrigerator or attach a string to the back for a shining Christmas ornament.

Basic Shapes and a recycled CD create a Nativity scene

Materials

  • Several colors of construction paper including brown for the stable
  • Gold foil paper for the star
  • Recycled computer or music CD
  • Craft glue
  • Scissors

Instructions for the Christmas Nativity Craft

Alternative: No CD to recycle? cut a circle or square out of a foil or holographic gift bag from the dollar store.

Before starting this craft, a teacher or adult should clean the shiny side of the CD with a little rubbing alcohol.

With the brown construction paper, cut out a rectangle (approximately 2.5″ by 1.5″) and a triangle (approximately 4″ by 2″ high). These two pieces will create the stable. The stable needs to be large enough to cover the center hole on the CD. This is a good opportunity to teach children about measuring. Another option would be to create a template for the children to trace.

Glue the two parts of the stable on to the shiny side of the CD.

Cut 2 triangles out of different colors of construction paper for Mary and Joseph and a small rectangle (approx. 3/4″ by 1/5″) for the manger. Next, cut out 3 small circles for Mary, Joseph and Jesus.

Glue these pieces in place as shown. Triangles and rectangle first then the circles.

Cut out a free-form star from the gold foil paper and glue to the top of the stable. I used a leftover gold foil bag from the Dollar Store.

Tip: If any excess glue gets on the CD, just wipe away with a Q-tip dipped in rubbing alcohol.

About Theresa Johnston

Activities For Kids has been an on-going passion of mine since 1998. I'm a long-time Orlando resident and huge Disney Fan! Prior guide for About.com and current editor for AboutOrlando.com. I hope you enjoy the crafts, recipes and ideas that you find here.