My plan was to do something simple and silhouette style, but then I had this idea of making the nativity in my style. I love nativities from all over the world becuase they represent the style and culture of that country. I wanted to do that for this nativity and of course that means flowers. It was so fun to paint and even my daughter was able to help. 

Thick Plywood - 3/4"

Projector or you can free hand it

Paint (I used paint samples for the base)

The first thing I did was draw my design on my ipad and then uploaded it to my computer. I then leaned my plywood on the wall as straight as possible. I used a projector to project my image onto the plywood. I had to adjust it to get it the right size. Once I was happy, I traced the design onto the plywood. 

After my image was drawn on we cut it out with a jigsaw. Pretty straightforward. 

I decided to do each of pieces 3 different colors that were complimentary. I ended up doing 2 coats  each side. 

This is an optional step, but my favorite part for our scene. I like to visualize exactly what I'm going to paint, so I took a picture with my ipad of each of my nativity pieces. I then used Procreate to paint a design on the picture. This gave me a good idea of what would look good. You could do this on paper too. Once I had an idea of what I wanted, I got to work to paint it on the scene. I traced it on each piece with a pencil and then my kids were able to help fill in the shapes. It turned out to be a fun family project.