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  • Silhouette or shadow puppets of Mary sitting on the manger holding Jesus while Joseph bends over touching the baby's face

    Bible stories

    The Nativity Story

    November 25, 2025December 3, 2025

    Nativity story written by Sara Wegman, illustrated with photos of the Nativity puppets on a magnetic board (instructions how to make one here)  In November 2018, at my daughter Sara’s suggestion, I created the puppets

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  • Past Times Nativity — Free Christmas Printable DIY!

    Bible stories

    How to Host a DIY Nativity Shadow Puppetry Show

    December 5, 2018November 29, 2020

    Hi all! My name is Sara, and I’m the daughter of Helene, the creator of Past Times. My mom has spent years of her life pouring love and creativity into shadow puppetry, a story-telling medium

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  • Dutch heritage

    How to Make Wooden Shoes out of Paper

    November 4, 2018May 8, 2020

    What you need yellow poster board from your local craft store (for size of an 8 year old at least 24″x 13″ or 65x35cm) scotch tape stapler two pieces of thin elastic How to make

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  • Dutch heritage

    How to Make a Dutch Hat out of Paper

    November 4, 2018October 21, 2020

     In 2001, when I had to dress up my eight-year-old daughter Sara in Dutch costume for a third grade event, I found instructions for a Dutch hat on an origami listserv. The lady who

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  • Dutch heritage

    How to Make a Dutch Costume out of Paper

    November 4, 2018September 24, 2024

      This is my daughter Sara at a 3rd grade class presentation about holidays around the world. The children were asked to tell something about the country their ancestors came from, and to include something

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  • Dutch heritage

    How to Make a Dutch Boy’s Cap out of Paper

    November 4, 2018January 8, 2019

    What you need two sheets black A4 or letter sized poster board (8 1/2 x 11 inch). scotch (= non-shiny) tape The patterns Print out the patterns and check if they measure as indicated. If

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