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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Lucy's quiet book

I got the idea to make a quiet book from one of my good friends Tiff who made her beautiful baby girl Lyla one. We don't have the internet so I had to remember what I saw on her blog and use my creativity and make up a lot of the pages. I made it as one of Lucy's Christmas presents (shhh, don't tell her). She's going to love it in a couple years. In the mean time she'll chew on it while I tell her "No." haha. Here it is.

Here's the cover
This page you can turn the hands on the clock.
The flowers are buttons that you can remove. The dial on the phone spins and the handle is velcroed to the page so your kids can pick it up and 'talk' on the phone. Preferably they are calling mommy. ;)
The balloons teach colors and they snap on and off. The beads teach counting up to 10.
The shoe can be laced and tied (wish I did the shoe in felt...it looks sloppy in calico). The sports balls are removable and can be matched to their appropriate sport.
This alphabet took me about a week to cut and hand stitch on. Grrr.
Tic-Tac-Toe and the Touch and Feel page. This page is my least favorite. The squares aren't aligned and the pink square is a mess. But I guess it makes it unique, right?
On this page you can match the shapes and they are attachable by velcro. If I were to do it again I would add a crescent. That was the most often mistaken shape when I taught preschool. So moms out there make sure your kids know the crescent shape (and that it's not called moon, although that is a good example of one). The teepee zips open and closed.

My favorite pages! The doll can be dressed in all sorts of clothes. And the barnyard has a dog, cow, chicken, and cat inside that you can play with. I couldn't get the clearest pictures but you get the point.


And a stoplight page. I don't really know the point of this page but it works. I guess they can learn the meanings of the red, green, and yellow lights.

3 comments:

Janell said...

Um. I seriously want that. I could never make that! I have no sewing knowledge...or equipment. :)

Paul and Shug said...

That's way impressive.

Jamie Cline said...

Oh my gosh, Kelsey. You are totally amazing. Wow. I wish I had your skills and your patience!