I am planning to make one small set - Jesus, Mary and Joseph…..not bothering to put the arms on those - I kinda like them without. Then a full set with arms…and possibly wise men too! :)

Baby Jesus;
Using skin tone and white yarn.
I added a row of reverse single crochet around the top edge of the manger. My crocheted ‘hay’ ended up looking a little like a bowl of spaghetti…..so I swapped it out for the real thing! I’ve added pics of both versions.

Mary;
Using skin tone, ‘Patons’ ‘Jet’ brown for her hair, pink/mauve and blue/mauve yarn.
Made as per pattern - I added a row of rev sc around the front edge of her head scarf.

Joseph
Using ‘Needles’ olive green for his clothes and a ‘Needles’ light blue for his headscarf.

Donkey:
Using Carnival Soft light grey and dark grey yarn.

Sheep
I don’t have any chunky textured yarn for the sheep, so where it calls for the chunky yarn, I used the white yarn held double and then brushed the sheep with a stiff brush to make it fluffy.