Magi and Me Jesus, here is Comic my gift to you . SCRIPTURES: Matthew 2:9-12 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route. Luke 2:12 And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.” MATERIALS: PREPARATION: • Nativity and Me Comic Template (print and cut into • Print Nativity and Me Comic Template Cut into squares squares) • Pens/pencils • Scissors DIRECTIONS: REVIEW with students the scriptures above and the gifts that the 3 Wise Men gave to baby Jesus when they visited Him in Bethlehem. ASK: If you were to visit Baby Jesus today, what gift would you bring Him? Be thoughtful and be ready to explain why you are choosing to give Him this gift. Does He need it? Why? 1. Give each student a Comic square. 2. Instruct students to first, draw themselves underneath the “callout bubble” holding the gift that they would bring Jesus. 3. In the callout bubble, write what you would say to baby Jesus about the gift you brought to Him. 4. Once all students are done, connect their Comic Boxes together to create one, long, comic strip. Read the comic strip aloud to class. .