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Nativity Scenes to Color
Whether you like to color within the lines or not, you'll love coloring these vintage engravings…
Children's Nativity
Even tiny hands can cut and assemble this lovely nativity!
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3-D Decoupage Nativity |
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Posted Dec 7, 2009, Courtesy Crèchemania — 177 Downloads; PDF; 7.5 MB A Free Download! |
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If you haven't discovered how easy and fun it can be to create a 3-D nativity decoupage here's your chance! Three beautiful black-and-white engravings by 19th century engravings Austrian artist Joseph Ritter von Fürich await your artistic eye — and your scissors… |
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Arches Crèche |
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Posted Dec 11, 2005, Courtesy Celso Battistini C. Rosa — 3,550 Downloads; PDF; 7.5 MB A Free Download! |
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Clube Amigos de Presépio founder Celso Battistini C. Rosa of Brazil shares a vintage crèche from his collection. The Arches Crèche depicts The Adoration of the Shepherds, and is made up of just three pieces, so its easy to cut out and assemble. "A crèche," says Celso, "doesn't just continue an old venerable tradition — it reveals the true meaning of Christmas…" |
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Brandyská (Brandy's) Nativity Sheet |
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Posted Jun 14, 2010, Courtesy Milan Zábranský — 89 Downloads; PDF; 24.5 MB A Free Download! |
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Beguiling "advertising" sheets were given away for free in the Czech Republic, but there was a catch: product placement—even in the hands of the Magi! |
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Byzantine Crèche |
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Posted Jan 3, 2005, Courtesy Crèchemania — 2,929 Downloads; PDF; 5.8 MB A Free Download! |
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A priceless icon of The Nativity from Mt. Athos, the Holy Mountain in Greece, inspired this fold-out Byzantine Crèche. Adapted from the Gospel of NIcephoros Phokas in the collection of the Great Lavra Monastery, The Nativity unfolds in this crèche's seven arched panels. The Byzantine Crèche includes all the traditional elements of the Byzantine iconographic tradition of The Nativity… |
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Carolyn's Vintage Diorama Nativity |
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Posted Jun 8, 2010, Courtesy Carolyn Loshbaugh — 98 Downloads; JPEG; 15.8 MB A Free Download! |
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Carolyn Loshbaugh shares with us a vintage "Christmas Diorama." The 13 figures of the original sheet were scored so that they could be pressed out, but on this Free Download you'll need your scissors or X-Acto knife — but no glue: tabs hold pieces together and upright. |
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Children’s Nativity |
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Posted Jan 3, 2005, Courtesy Crèchemania — 5,192 Downloads; PDF; 2.5 MB A Free Download! |
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Even tiny hands can cut out — using blunt-end scissors, of course — and assemble the Children's Nativity. This delightful nativity is filled with children bearing gifts for the newborn Child is available in two variations. The original two-piece version, and a three-piece Crèchemania version that eliminates the overlapping front seam… |
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Cuadros del Rosario Nativity Sheet |
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Posted May 19, 2010, Courtesy Antonio Garcia Escudero — 96 Downloads; JPEG; 8.8 MB A Free Download! |
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From Spain, courtesy of Enthusiast Antonio Garcia, here's a colorful vintage nativity sheet, "Cuadros del Rosario," Rosary Boxes. The Adoration of the Shepherds is pictured in bright colors and simple lines, easy for even children's hands to cut-out and assemble… |
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Czech Nativity Sheet |
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Posted Jun 14, 2010, Courtesy Milan Zábranský — 61 Downloads; JPEG; 27.6 MB A Free Download! |
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Brightly dressed in their folk costumes men, women, and children approach the stable in this vintage Czech nativity sheet from the collection of Milan Zabransky. Could the capital letters "VRBAK" on the lower right hand corner denote the artist? |
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Darrel & Peter’s Christmas Card |
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Posted Jan 2, 2009, Courtesy Crèchemania — 308 Downloads; PDF; 9.5 MB A Free Download! |
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Capturing the true meaning of Christmas in words and art, Darrel & Peter's card is so simple to make: just print and fold! Darrel's touching poem is sure to strike a chord: "It is simply stated in the record/A few lines only/Saying that He was born/In a stable, a barn, a cave/hallowed out for animals/Because there was no room/Anywhere else." |
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Greek Pop-up Christmas Card — in Many Languages! |
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Posted Dec 8, 2008, Courtesy Crèchemania — 4,092 Downloads; PDF; 4.7 MB A Free Download! |
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When I was young, I used to admire such Greek Christmas pop-up cards in bookshop windows. Now this Vintage Greek Pop-up Card can be yours — free! Say, "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year!" in the original Greek, English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Latvian, Maltese, Romanian, or Portuguese! |
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Icon Christmas Card |
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Posted Jan 2, 2009, Courtesy Crèchemania — 319 Downloads; PDF; 30.6 MB A Free Download! |
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Especially close to my heart, this icon of the Theotókos — "She who gave birth to the Lord," — has been a part of my life as long as I can remember. The Icon Christmas Card is available in two versions: one that requires the cutting out of the arched window, and one that does not. Either says, "May the Spirit of Christmas Fill your Heart," in a most personal manner… |
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Jennifer's Crèche |
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Posted Nov 29, 2009, Courtesy Jennifer Hooton — 278 Downloads; PDF; 13.4 MB A Free Download! |
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Jennifer Hooton — a friend from Salt Lake City — loves paper nativities: "The stylized, old-fashioned look makes me feel like a child again," she says. We're so glad she shared Jennifer's Crèche with us. Requiring just three pieces and easy assembly, you're sure to love making Jennifer's Crèche, and proud to display it… |
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Lambs Crèche |
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Posted Dec 9, 2009, Courtesy Jennifer Hooton — 127 Downloads; PDF; 14.3 MB A Free Download! |
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Jennifer Hooton offers you another nativity from her collection. A wood plank manger houses The Nativity, and the ox and ass look own as Magi and Shepherds adore the Newborn Child. The roof and bottom of the manger curve outwards while the back wall curves in, and the whole is held firm by the Holy Family piece which is inserted in the side wall slots... |
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Magi Nativity |
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Posted Nov 11, 2006, Courtesy Jennifer Hooton — 2,852 Downloads; ; 9.6 MB A Free Download! |
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Jennifer Hooton's first offering to us, the Magi Crèche features one-piece construction. "I would like to challenge everyone," says Jennifer, "to make and distribute as many paper crèches to your family, friends, and acquaintances as possible!" I second the motion! |
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Mistletoe Christmas Card |
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Posted Nov 10, 2006, Courtesy Crèchemania — 3,197 Downloads; PDF; 4.5 MB A Free Download! |
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A vintage 1920s glossy Christmas postcard becomes a fold-out Mistletoe Christmas Card. Framed by an oval surrounded by blue flowers, the Virgin tenderly holds the Child while a little angel reaches out to hold the Babe's hand. You can create this simple card as a folded card tied with ribbon; a "die-cut" card with ribbon; or as a Mistletoe Diorama… |
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Nativity Triptych |
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Posted Dec 4, 2009, Courtesy Crèchemania — 269 Downloads; PDF; 16.5 MB A Free Download! |
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A delightful — and delightfully simple — crèche, the Nativity Triptych is printed on a single sheet. A few cuts and folds later, The Adoration of The Magi pops-up before you. The lighted candles add a nice touch, as does the gold gilt and the Gloria in Excelsis Deo banner that unfurls above… |
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Navajo Nativity for Children — from Carolyn Loshbaugh |
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Posted Jun 10, 2010, Courtesy Carolyn Loshbaugh — 66 Downloads; PDF; 19.6 MB A Free Download! |
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"About 40 years ago, during my college years in Arizona, I made a number of trips to the Navajo Nation to visit my friend who was a missionary there," says Carolyn Loshbaugh. "I was privileged to see many Navajos still living in their hogans, weaving rugs, shepherding their sheep, and very few of them speaking English. As i pondered these memories, I wondered what a Navajo Nativity might look like…" |
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Perola “Advertising” Nativity Sheet |
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Posted Mar 13, 2007, Courtesy Svatava Vizinová — 1,412 Downloads; PDF; 58.3 MB A Free Download! |
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Svatava Vizinová's gift to all paper nativity lovers harkens to my childhood. This beautiful Perola "Advertising" Nativity Sheet reminds me of the ones my father would buy me for few drachmas. Only mine featured incence, frankincense, and myrrh — not flour and coffee, as does this vintage Czechoslovakian nativity sheet… |
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Portico Nativity |
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Posted Jan 4, 2005, Courtesy Crèchemania — 2,230 Downloads; PDF; 2.3 MB A Free Download! |
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A classic toy theater proscenium — featuring two Muses — becomes a stage for the fold-out Portico Nativity. German artist Theodor Guggenberger designed this proscenium circa 1890. It becomes a marvelous theater nativity with the addition of 1952 manger scene figures… |
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Svatava Nativity |
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Posted Oct 2, 2009, Courtesy Svatava Vizinová — 1,305 Downloads; PDF; 6.3 MB A Free Download! |
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From the Zábrdske Betlémy Museum — and heart — of my Czech friend Svatava Vizinová comes this lovely nativity. Svatava's Nativity features the Adoration of the Magi and Shepherds and is made up of only two pieces. "For your Christmas tree," writes Svatava, and adds, "Not only for your Christmas tree… For everybody who would like it…" Thanks, Svatava! |
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Three Nativity Scenes to Color |
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Posted Nov 7, 2006, Courtesy Crèchemania — 2,838 Downloads; PDF; 2.6 MB A Free Download! |
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Whether you like to stay within the lines or not, you're sure to love coloring these engraved Nativity scenes by the 19th Century Austrian artist Joseph Ritter von Fürich. You can choose among Nativity, The Adoration of the Magi, or The Adoration of the Shepherdess (that's right, a lone woman is kneeling in front of the manger). Or decide it would too much fun to color all three — especially with the help of a child… |
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Vintage Nativity |
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Posted Jun 9, 2010, Courtesy Jennifer Hooton — 25 Downloads; PDF; 8.1 MB A Free Download! |
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Jennifer Hooton shares a nativity that means so much to her. "It was made just a few years before my father was drafted to serve in World War II at age 18," Jennifer says. "It comforts me to know that such an emblem of peace was created at at time when the world was in such turmoil." |
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