How to Re-enact the Nativity Scene
- 1). Decide who will represent the Holy Family. Choose a boy to be Joseph and a girl to be Mary. Jesus can be a real baby or a doll.
- 2). Assign parts to the rest of the participants. Shepherds, angels, the three magi, the innkeeper and miscellaneous extras can all be accommodated.
- 3). Design the set. If you're doing the simplest version, all you really need is a place to lay the baby.
- 4). Dress the cast. Use adults' bathrobes tied with sashes for all participants, saving the plushest velour robes for the magi. Use a white robe for the angels, and a blue robe for Mary. Dress shepherds in brown or black. Give the shepherds staffs made from old broomsticks.
- 5). Make head coverings using towels or scarves. Wrap towels turban-style for the magi, and add a fake jeweled pin to complete the look. Shepherds should cover their heads and let the remainder of the towel fall down their backs and shoulders. Give Mary a longer head covering that falls around her shoulders.
- 6). Make halos for the angels, or let them go without head coverings.
- 7). Provide gifts for the magi. These could be bottles of perfume, objects made of aluminum foil or gold foil wrapping paper, or jewelry boxes.
- 8). Have all the participants take their places. The baby should be in the manger, with Joseph and Mary at his side. Everyone else should be offstage to start.
- 9). Have someone read the story of the Nativity from the Bible (start at Luke 3), or from a book about the Nativity.
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Participants should act out their parts as the reader continues the story. If desired, Christmas songs about the Nativity can be interspersed. - 11
Discuss the meaning of Christmas with the children after the performance.
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