Decorate your home in true holiday spirit with this easy-to-make miniature tableau of the Holy Family, perfect for a windowsill or a child's dresser.

Materials

• 2 small terra-cotta pots
• 1 small terra-cotta saucer
• Acrylic paint
• Fine-point marker
• 3 wooden knobs, one smaller than the others

• Tacky glue
• Fabric
• Embroidery floss
• Raffia

Instructions

1. Paint the terra-cotta pots and saucer. Use a fine-point marker to draw faces on the wooden knobs.

2. Once the paint is dry, turn the pots upside down and use tacky glue to attach a larger head to the bottom of each pot. When the glue is dry, drape a piece of fabric around the top of each head and tie it in place with embroidery floss.

3. Form a swaddling blanket from another piece of cloth, as shown, gluing it to secure the shape. Glue the small head to the blanket and set it in the saucer on a bed of raffia.

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