Free Nativity Word Search (Printable PDF + Answer Key)

Set up the manger scene on paper with this free Nativity word search. It tells the Christmas story from Luke and Matthew: MARY and JOSEPH travel to BETHLEHEM, find shelter in a STABLE, and BABY JESUS is wrapped in SWADDLING clothes and laid in a MANGER.

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About the Nativity word search

ANGELS bring the news to SHEPHERDS watching their SHEEP, and a STAR leads the WISE MEN with their gifts of GOLD, FRANKINCENSE and MYRRH. Children can check off each figure in a real Nativity set as they find it. The word list runs easy-to-medium and suits children from about 6 up, a calm activity for Advent, Sunday school or Christmas Eve. The answer key is on page two. More in the Christmas word searches and the Jesus word searches.

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