Our church’s Children’s Ministry needed a manger for baby Jesus for an upcoming Bible story.  Unfortunately, we didn’t have much money to spend on it.  We looked online, hoping we could find a deal, but mangers are pricey these days, so I volunteered to throw one together.  My version might not be awesome, but at least it would be free.

I’d never built a manger before, but I figured how hard could it be?  It’s basically a wooden box with legs.  Easy peasy, right?  I had a pile of scrap wood sitting behind my shed and a nail gun in my garage.  Give me an hour and I’d knock this thing out.