Three Wise Men on Camels SVG

A procession for a long shelf

Most Nativity pictures are tall. This one runs sideways, which makes it the natural choice for a mantel strip, the top of a church banner or a long wooden board. Three camels step along a golden dune that falls gently from left to right, and a gold star hangs in the sky over the leading rider.

Each traveler is easy to tell apart. At the back rides a man in cream with a tall gold cap, in the middle a man in blue with a gold turban, and at the front a man in red with a gold crown. All three wear a cream head covering, and every camel carries a matching red blanket edged in gold.

Color layers

• Base and lines in deep navy: the solid sheet underneath, visible as the fine lines and a slim outer edge
• Stable and animals in warm brown: the three camels
• Blue robes in mid blue: the middle rider’s robe and sleeve
• Red robes in brick red: the front rider’s robe and sleeve, plus all three blankets
• Cream parts in cream: the back rider’s robe and sleeve, and every head covering
• Faces and hands in warm tan: three faces and three hands
• Star and gold in gold: the star, the dune, the three headpieces and the blanket trim

Pieces and weeding

Expect a real project here: the solid file has 35 pieces and no cut-outs. Among them are the camels with their separate far legs, the blankets and trim lines, each rider’s robe, sleeve, head covering, headpiece, face and hand, then the dune and the star. Nothing holds them together once the narrow gaps are weeded, so vinyl crafters should lift the whole picture on transfer tape, and paper crafters should assemble it over a card base. It passes our cut checks from about 5 inches wide.

Building a church banner panel

1. Scale the design to at least 12 inches so the riders read from the pews.
2. Start with the navy layer, in felt-backed card or heavy paper.
3. Work from the ground up: the dune first, then the camels, then the blankets.
4. Add robes and sleeves before the head coverings, and leave the headpieces for last.
5. Glue the finished panel across a plain fabric banner and save the star for last.

To skip the layering altogether, Print Then Cut produces the same picture from one sheet.

Where the caravan travels well

• Shadow boxes, where the wide format fills a long frame.
• Wooden signs painted one color at a time from stencils.
• Advent displays, moving the panel closer to the stable each week.
• Landscape Christmas cards, as a single dramatic front panel.

Size guide

The smallest parts are the hands and headpieces, and under 5 inches they stop cutting cleanly. Print the file instead for tags or small cards.

Pairs well with

Stand the Classic Nativity Scene at one end of the shelf as their destination, or use a single Christmas Camel when space is tight.