Black & White Nativity

COST: approx. $5.00

here's what you'll need...

• Wood blocks - 2 pieces of 2x4 and 1 piece of 2x6 - each cut to about 5.5" long. You can probably get cut-offs in the lumbar area of most home improvement stores - they'll even cut them down for you.
• Acrylic paint - black
• Nativity pictures - the exact site for these pictures wasn't available, but similar ones can easily be found online. They were printed on a regular home inkjet printer.
• Knobs for the top
• Ribbon for accent

here's what you'll do with it all...

• Sand the block just to smooth out the rouch edges
• Brush on a couple coats of black paint
• Sand just enough to give a worn look
• Apply pictures - you can use most types of liquid sticky glue - or use Modge Podge if you want to paint a finishing coat all over the front of your pictures and blocks. I used sticky glue to adhere the pictures only, and left them with more of a matte look rather than the satin look you get when covering with Modge Podge.
• Drill holes in the top of each block and screw in your knobs. Note: you'll need to shave off the flat end of the screw that comes with your knob - then screw one end into the knob and the other end into your wood block.
• Tie your ribbon around each knob.