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Peg Doll Nativity: making the figures

December 19, 2012 Ticia 11 Comments

Yesterday I showed you how we made our Bethlehem.  Today, I’ll show you part of how we made our figures for the peg doll nativity.  While my kids play with this at home, I could see this as a great center for a preschool Sunday School class.

Create a peg doll nativity

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Supplies for the Peg Doll Nativity

wooden peg dolls (I buy mine at Casey’s Wood Supply, Future Ticia 2022 bought them from Amazon when I’m not buying large numbers at once, but Casey’s Wood Supply has a wider variety possible), acrylic paint, paint brushes, sharpies (there will be more supplies for the adding details post)

How to paint your Peg Doll Nativity

painting peg doll nativity

I’ve found it easiest to first paint your peg doll completely covering it with the skin color.

how to paint peg dolls

After painting the skin color on, cover places you don’t want to be painted with blue tape.  In this instance, I only covered the hands, because the robes were all going to be the same colors.

how to paint peg dolls for nativity

In between colors I’ve found it expedient to just clean the paintbrush with a paper towel.  The times I’ve actually cleaned it with water I had problems because then the paint got watered down from the excess water on the brush, no matter how well I dried it.

After painting the clothes we painted the hair.  I’ve found it best to paint hair last because then you can paint over clothes if need be, and it looks more natural.

peg doll nativity set up

Here’s the Mommy painted and decorated figures (tomorrow’s post will have what we did for those extra decorations).

kid made peg doll nativity

And the kiddo painted ones.  These ones are Princess’, as near as I can tell…………

Making peg dolls part 2

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Comments

  1. Natalie says

    December 19, 2012 at 10:17 am

    Kiddos did a wonderful job!

    Reply
  2. Christy says

    December 19, 2012 at 12:44 pm

    I have to get some of those peg dolls!

    This project is fantastic! LOVE it.

    Reply
  3. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    December 19, 2012 at 5:52 pm

    Thanks for the tips! One of these days I’m going to shock DH by buying a whole bunch of blank peg dolls for the kids to decorate…

    Reply
  4. Phyllis at All Things Beautiful says

    December 19, 2012 at 5:58 pm

    They look like they are enjoying making that set so much!

    Reply
  5. Annette {This Simple Mom} says

    March 4, 2013 at 9:48 am

    I don’t remember seeing this post! So glad you sent me to it!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      March 4, 2013 at 5:16 pm

      Hopefully it helps you make your Star Wars guys.

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