Faith Food and Yarn
Our last puppet for the series joins us today, the Shepherd Hand Puppet. He is representing the shepherds, watching their flocks by night, receiving the good news of Jesus’ birth from an angel. You can make more than one of these if you’d like, like with the kings, or just stick to one. I have […] Read more…
The next three days of our 12 Days of Christmas Crochet-a-Long are dedicated to the Three Kings Hand Puppets, aslo known as the Magi, or wisemen. The Bible actually doesn’t specify that there are three, but many depictions of them create three due to the three gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Then Herod called […] Read more…
The Baby Jesus Finger Puppet is just about as simple in style as they come. The simplicity of that very first Christmas is so beautiful to me. Like I wrote in the last blog, I believe in our world, we have created far too many distractions. We are so wrapped up on our own lives, […] Read more…
The Joseph Hand Puppet, is one of my puppets I am most pleased with! I will be honest, girl puppets are often more fun to make, and easier to make differently with different clothing and hair styles. Yet Joseph’s simplicity is what I love most about him. He was a simple man as well, faithful […] Read more…
Our Mother Mary receives a very special visit from our Angel Hand Puppet, to bring great tidings and marvelous news! Well, we know looking back, how marvelous the news would be. I’m sure, that even though Mary received this with grace, she had questions and concerns! In fact, the Bible even tells us “Mary was […] Read more…
We have to begin our 12 Days of Christmas Crochet-a-Long with the Mother Mary Hand Puppet. Afterall, she is the beginning of this story. The Holy Spirit needed a willing spirit in order to fullfill God’s promise. And Mary said; “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he […] Read more…