Gingerbread Nativities

 Our December family fellowship night was a huge success! We had 20 families come and make gingerbread nativity scenes.  Now, you may be wondering... What? A gingerbread nativity scene? Don't you mean a gingerbread HOUSE?

Well, I got the super awesome idea from Messy Church. We bought graham crackers (apparently a stronger, more usable option than actual gingerbread....and, let's be real, less baking involved), gumdrops, pretzels, licorice, Oreos, animal crackers, and marshmallows, and I made some huuuge batches of royal icing - actually way easier than I thought it would be!

Here are some of the materials we set out...

And here are some of the finished products! Pretty great, huh?

The girls working on this one thought it was hilarious to have sheep "poop"!

The 5-year-old who did this one said "All the animals are sleeping because they're waiting for Jesus to be born." Whaat? Way too cute.

Pretty great! The kids had an awesome time and the families got so creative.

Merry Christmas!