A human figure stands, arms stretched out to the side. It has white skin, literally. The skin is made of white paper. I won't be adding any color to it. This may as well be a ghost. The outer cloak is made of plaid fabric in the following colors: dark grey, light grey, a soft light green, and a hint of blueish Grey. 4 matching buttons are visible. The cloak is long, hanging from shoulders to where the feet would be (I did not sculpt feet). The sleeves are long, dangling to about halfway down the figure. There is purple hair on the head, lovingly made out of some thin purple yarn that I had laying around. The figure is wearing a necklace: a metal nut hanging from a thin bit of pink yarn.

The same figure, but from the back.

Made significant progress on whatever this thing is. I'm debating whether I should give it a hood, and perhaps a pair of eyes. And what to do with the base sheet of cardboard? Hmmmmm.

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This is the inner makeshift skeleton for a human figure. A thin cardboard tube serves as the spine/central support column. The head a the top is a round shape, though in this photo you can see a paper towel jutting off the top. It looks like a flimsy Mohawk. Also visible are the cardboard rub cage (with only 3 ribs) and the cardboard pelvis (very abstract). Oh, and the whole thing is pretty small, about half the length of my hand.

A silly thing that happened while I was working on this other silly thing. I've since glued the paper towel down so that working on the rest of the head will be easier.

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This is a vaguely human shape, standing on top of cardboard. I have chosen not to include legs, but the arms are visible near the top. The head is plain white for now. The fabric glued to the figure is plaid with the following colors: grey, green, and a hint of light blue. There are 3 matching buttons attached.

This is some of the fabric before I glued it to the figure in the previous photo. My clothes iron is sitting to the left of this piece of cloth. It worked well; the fabric is almost completely flat.

No idea what this will turn into tbh, I'm just winging it. Also, ironing the scrap fabric ahead of time made arranging it a LOT easier.

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The figures for Mary and Joseph stand behind a wood colored manger. I don't have access to hay, so I used some leftover pillow stuffing as bedding. The background behind all of this is paper that I've drawn some wood boards on in pencil. I've decided not to color it in for now.

A close up shot of the manger. The tiny pillow I made by hand is now more visible. The scriptures don't mention a pillow, but I felt bad about setting an infant on top of loose bits of bedding, even if it's just a miniature model of an infant. I'm a softie.

Nativity scene update: we have a manger! We also have a basic background that I may not end up doing much with. Making Baby Jesus could take some time, as that is a surprisingly tall order.
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A model house with fake foliage (left), and a matching model well (right). I colored the cardboard tubes with alcohol-based markers, but almost everything else is recycled material. The house and the well sit on two separate cardboard bases. The bulk of the house walls is just small rocks I found outside. Little cardboard tubes make up the frames. The fake foliage was originally supposed to be homemade paper, but the sheets turned out too thick, so I've glued bits together and added some color to them for moss-covered rocks and what not.

A closer view of the model well. The inside is a metal bottlecap filled with dollar store resin to create some fake murky water. Small pebbles surround the bottlecap, tightly hugging the outside of it to form the well. A small brown ring surrounds it on a cardboard base to simulate wet ground.

The model well, but in as much sunlight would come through my window. The surface actually reflects the sunlight a lot like actual water would. I'm quite pleased by this.

Made a little well to go with my model house, finally remembered to get photos in good lighting. Mostly recycled material, except for added coloring and the dollar store resin. And glue.
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