Belle Cherie Handmade: A 'simple' Quiet Book. I had a go at making a 'simpler' quiet book on the weekend (as opposed to Hamish's!).
I wanted to see how much effort it would take because I was thinking it might be a good item to include at the Craft Market. It was so much fun to make and it's a great way to use up all of those felt scraps! It did take a little longer than I thought, only because I was making a lot of it up as I went along, some ideas for pages I borrowed from other blogs and then made my own 'pattern' pieces up because my book is a little smaller then most. I also had to control myself here and there, if I had my own way I would've sewed on little beads for the cupcakes and embroidered the girls face etc., but then I would have to charge $100 for it ;-) It also turned out unintentionally girly, oops! Pg 2 and 3 - Dress the girl A little girl (in underwear) complete with a wardrobe of outfits.
Busy Bag learning activity for Toddlers and young by BuyBusyBags. Felt Pizza. My daughter loves to cook.
All her toys have turned into food at one point or another. She's always mixing and baking and giving me a "taste" of the snacks she's made. A while ago I bought a couple of these little cookie sheets for her at the Dollar Store. She loves to pretend to make cookies or pizza on them with her blocks or bean bags. I love them because they're magnetic too so she can play with all her magnetic toys on them. Quiet Book Feature. The barn doors open to reveal these 5 homemade finger puppets.
Clothes from the laundry lines are used to dress the dolls on the right. FYI - If you are wanting to make your own Quiet Book... here is what we did. 1. We used unbleached muslin pages and cut them 10 1/2" x 12" (planning for a 1/2" seam allowance). 2. 3. . * she has links to LOTS of helpful Quiet Book posts online * *the templates for the barn and mailbox pages came directly from her website* 4. Quiet book templates. The Quiet Book Makes Its Debut! My friends, I thought today might never come.
When I decided months ago to tackle the quiet book, I think I was a bit ambitious--or perhaps crazy! I planned 20 detailed pages for my book, and attempted to finish one page each week. Page by page, piece by piece, the pages came together and I have been dying to show you the finished product! I can't begin to tell you how happy I am to have actually finished this big (more like enormous!)
Project! No, you aren't seeing double!! So come take a peek inside the books with me! {Just click pictures to enlarge} Build a Hamburger Page Skill: Decision making, food knowledge, imaginative play. Using burger accessories stored in the McDonald's bag, you can build your own hamburger, complete with meat, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles.
Ladybug Page Skill: Buttoning. The ladybug's spots can be buttoned and unbottoned. Stoplight Page Skill: Matching colors, learning about traffic rules. Quiet Book Pages for Girls: Flower Garden and Hair Braiding. I just recently finished a quiet book for my nieces.
It was a lot of fun to make. I love making things for people that I love (it makes sewing velcro onto everything that much more tolerable). It was a nice change to make things for girls rather than little boys. I thought that I'd share a few images from the Quiet Book. Just Sweet and Simple: Busy Book. When it comes to busy books, I've always had mixed feelings.
The pages don't all seem age appropriate at the same time. The activities range from simple flip book pages to difficult activities like tying bows. And they are very time consuming to make. But, I really like the idea behind them. Quiet Book. I'm really excited to share this project with you.
Several months ago someone put the idea into my head that I should make some quiet books. This is one project that I've never really had the desire to do, but that little seed kept growing until one day I found myself drawing up the templates and then at JoAnn's buying the supplies. It really was an easy project, but extremely time consuming (and I was making two at once.)
Here are the results: How to Make a Quiet Book. Felt Pizza Play Set by feltyfun. Toddler Busy Bag. Bakery. New toy!
I finished Jenna's Christmas present! I finished it two nights ago! When the husband saw it yesterday, I informed him proudly, "That's Jenna's Christmas present! " "A bit early, isn't it? " he asked. "Not really," I returned. Who finishes their Christmas presents on time nowadays? Ah well, it feels good to finally clear away the mess and gummy scissors*, I say.
Bag - unzips - opens out - Toddler “busy bag” swap! « the rigneys. **UPDATE: Check out Toddler “Busy Bag” Swap, Take Two!
Sandcastle Quiet Book Page. Do you want to make and sell items from this pattern?
Commercial licenses are available! Our latest quiet book page is another beach themed one for our upcoming vacation. Jax is thrilled with it and couldn’t wait to try it out. It is a very simple page featuring sandcastle parts you can build into any structure you’d like, then store away in the bucket. Here is what I used for this page: the pattern, natural-colored background felt, felt (in natural, tan, brown, medium green, lime green, white, aqua, pink, hot pink, violet, orange and yellow), a scrap of white tulle, white mini ric-rac and seaside buttons (from the craft store – left over from my iSpy page.) Activity Bags for Children - Yarn-or-Fabric. Busy Bag Swap- Chat thread - Nappy Addicts. That's What {Che} Said... Whenever you have to spend more than 15 minutes in the car, with kids, you know you better come prepared! If you can remember, I talked about Michael and his 8,973,672 questions he asks in the car. If he asks you a question, and doesn’t like the answer, he will ask that SAME question, OVER AND OVER again until you give him an answer he is comfortable with.
(It took me a few times to figure this out) He does not accept “Because that’s just how it works”, “Because that’s just what happens” or “Because I said so” as acceptable answers.