How to Make Your Own Nativity Costumes for Kids
Many Christian churches put on a nativity pageant or play every year at Christmas time. Costumes for these nativities can be purchased or rented at costume stores, but that is sometimes too expensive. Luckily, most characters in the nativity wear the same type of clothes: a robe and a veil. Therefore, with a little time and some sewing skill, you can make your own nativity costumes and save lots of money. Plus, you can get a little creative and add your own personal touch to the costumes. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Brown fabric
- Brown thread
- Sewing machine
- Rope
- Purple or blue fabric
- Purple or blue thread
- White fabric
- White thread
Instructions
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To make a robe for Joseph or the shepherds, cut out 2 pieces of brown fabric, each as wide as the child's shoulders plus 2 inches and long enough to reach from his neck to his ankles. Lay the 2 pieces of fabric directly on top of one another, right sides together.
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Sew together the long sides of the fabric, leaving an opening of about 6 inches at the top of the sides for the arms to go through. Sew the top of the robe together, leaving an opening of about 6 inches in the middle for the collar.
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Cut 2 more pieces of brown fabric, each 8 inches wide and as long as the child's arm plus 2 inches. These will be the sleeves. Fold each fabric piece in half (right sides together), bringing the long edges together. Sew up the long side and sew one sleeve to each arm opening of the robe.
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Cut the robe open in the front, directly down the middle. Hem the collar, sleeves, front opening, and bottom of the robe. Turn it right side out and secure it on the child by tying a piece of rope around his waist.
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To make a head wrap or veil, cut out a piece of purple or blue fabric that is 26 inches long and 13 inches wide. Hem the piece of fabric all the way around. Place the piece of fabric in top of the child's head, allowing the long part drape down her neck. Secure the veil by tying a piece of rope around the forehead.
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To make angel's wings, cut out 2 pieces of white fabric in the wing shape. Hem the fabric all the way around, leaving a small opening. Thread some wire through the hem all the way around the wing until it comes out the opening again. Twist the ends of the wire together and sew the opening closed.
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Create an angel's robe by following steps 1 through 4, substituting white fabric for brown fabric. Sew the wings onto the back of the white robe.
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Tips & Warnings
Use steps 1 through 4 to make a robe for each character by simply changing the color of the fabric. Mary's robe should be made of purple or blue fabric and the Wise Men's robes should be made of purple, blue, or red.
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Comments
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not very helpful instructions. for example, what width should the starting fabric be? how do we make the sleeves? I'm stuck making these for church on Sunday and this is all I get for instructions? um...not too helpful I'd say. kindof, just misses the final touch.
