While a bunch of people were hanging out at the Festival of Trees, we decided to go a different way and go to this awesome Nativity Festival! Thanks to an amazing friend who tipped us off about it, we spent a fun afternoon looking at some pretty terrific and interesting nativities from all over the world. There were so many different types. To name a few: made from fabric, cross stitch, nesting dolls, glass, wood carvings, one carved into an ostrich egg, paper quilling, ribbon, metal, rubber ducks, a coconut.... so many fun discoveries! They had a scavenger hunt the kids could do, a dress up area, a craft area and cookies to snack on. This was all put on by a local stake center, pretty impressive.
One of the first ones that I, Diedre, really liked - a black bear set.
So tiny and cute.
I think I counted at least 5 nesting doll sets, this one was my favorite there.
Painted on the side of a horse, very creative.
Done from ribbon.
Amazingly cool kid dressed up as a Wise Man.
Stained glass piece.
Caleb and Haley's favorite, the coconut nativity.
A tiny gourd the size of my phone. Amazing detail for so small.
The festival's smallest nativity and William's favorite.
One more of Caleb's favorites. There were so many, and all so different and fun to look at! We were dashing form table to table to look at each other's discoveries, so it was sometimes hard to stay reverent or feel the Christmas spirit. However, there was this sweet girl playing Christmas carols on the piano, so that was nice to have a song going though my head as we looked for the next fun nativity. A great weekend activity for our family.
