I've had my eye on a full sat of 'Nativity' figurines in the charity shop for a while..
So I bought them and set to work making a Nativity scene. The only thing I needed now was a cardboard box (courtesy of Iceland). All the rest was either sourced from outdoors or I already had; wallpaper paste and old newspapers (to papier mache over the basic structure for strength), parcel tape, wood glue, superglue, twigs, moss, low voltage fairy lights, barley straw, pine needles, a plastic food container (for the backlight to shine through), and to sit it all on cotton wool.
It cost approx. £8.00 to make, including the figurines, and took a few days to make. I'm glad I made it, always wanted a Nativity scene as to me, the real meaning of Christmas is lost in commercialisation these days. I looked on ebay and couldn't find any I liked so made one myself. If you'd like to make one, it's quite easy, just ask me, but time wise I wouldn't advise making it so close to Christmas!
Ignore the dismantled coffee table in the background!
Push a plastic bowl through the cutout, cut holes in the lid, insert lights, put on lid, and voila!, a light bearing angel.