For the last month or so, Chuck and I have been busy in the wood shop. This project kind of started in the summer, when Chuck got an outdoor nativity scene from a friend. It is a simple scene, made of plywood, painted white and it comes together rather easily. It consists of a manger with a star, the silhouettes of Mary and Joseph and the crib, a couple of lambs and two fences that act as the support. At night a spotlight is shone on it. Very simple. Well, Chuck wanted to make one for himself, and I wanted to make on also. Then Chuck's wife decided that they would make great Christmas gifts for their 3 married children. Then she decided that two of her sisters, and Chuck's younger brother Tom would like them too. So Chuck and I started out making 8 of these. I can tell you it takes quite a bit of cutting with sabre saws and band saw to cut these out. Then, one has to paint all of them. Thankfully, Chuck is retired so he was able to spend many hours in his shop during the week to get them done. I took some pictures, and when I find them I'll edit this to show the end result.
3 comments:
Great work on the manger scenes! It looked nice in the yard. Love you,Naomi
Hi,
My wife has been looking for plans to build a Nativity scene very similar to the ones that you built. I would like to build one for her and would like to know if you know where I can purchase the plans? I have been on Google and only come up with the individual figures made out of wood. If you could help, I would really appreciate it.
Thanks!
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