My friend made this as part of our daughter’s 1st birthday present! Isn’t it gorgeous? Our girl loves to flip back to this page frequently to tickle (“Ticko ticko!”) the tentacles. She is still learning that it’s not a rip-off item!Ĭheck out the detail on those sliding fish, and the detail on that stitching around each fish and through the coral and plants! It’s a beautiful page, but I’m not letting her play with it until she understands the concept of sliding –not yanking! The car slides up and down along the white ribbon. The stoplights are velcro, and my girl loves to rip them off and put them back on. I just sewed down some cute fabric and stitched some lines across for a quilted look. Since they’re bound with a book ring, I can easily swap pages in and out. I divided my 14 pages into two books: one for babies (0-2yrs), and one for toddlers (2+). I didn’t even know all of them (some were friends of friends) when we started, but I sure hope our paths cross again! *Can I just say that organizing this group of mommas was THE BEST ever?! They were so responsive, so responsible, so encouraging, and did such a beautiful job!! Everyone helped one another out, pooled resources, and wrote encouraging responses in email. I will share how I made my felt chain links in a future post, since that was the one I did :]. Here’s a detailed look at each beautiful page! I have no patterns for you, but you can find similar pages and patterns on Pinterest and/or Etsy. Fast forward two months and… WE FINISHED! WE MADE 14 QUIET BOOKS!! AND THEY’RE AMAAAAAAZING!!!! I was super stoked! I reached out to Christy D., the original coordinator, got as much info as I could on how she organized it, and then got the ball rolling with my own group. Wow #2: …WE’RE GOING TO GET 14 UNIQUE QUIET BOOK PAGES! SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!! Some forwarded the message to some of their momma friends, and within a day, I had 14 commits. I decided to suck it up and put on my organizer hat (which I am decent at, but usually do not enjoy*), and sent out an email to a few mommas who I thought might be interested. I was brokenhearted because I missed the boat! But I figured Etsy would be all over this, so I went home to see how much these bad boys were going for. And then I got some serious sticker shock: $200 for a 12-page book?! FOR SERIOUSLY?! There were individual pages going for $6-30, and even though I’m not a craftsy person, I couldn’t help but think… I could make that! I asked her where she got it, and was a little brokenhearted when she said she and some other friends mass-produced pages and swapped them to make the book. How cute!! I turned to another page and saw a colorful felt page with surprise animals hiding underneath rectangular flaps. I flipped it open to have a look-see, and inside was a felt xylophone, with removable pieces velcroed down in the colors of the rainbow. It all started when I was at a friend’s place and spotted a homemade felt book lying on the floor. THIS BOOK IS GENIUS! I seriously can’t believe I’ve never heard of it before! Sometimes, you just want something handy to keep them busy– waiting at the doctor’s office, or when you’re visiting with a friend that has no kids and no toys and you don’t want to truck a whole bag of playthings for your little one. I’m not of the “children should be seen and not heard” camp by any means, but there are just times when you need them to be quiet– at a church service, or on an airplane.

Potato Head combinations to counting cupcake sprinkles to buttoning buttons to building sandcastles, quiet books help children hone their fine motor skills, review educational concepts, and encourages creative thinking all while keeping your child busy and quiet.

Parents, have you ever heard of a Quiet Book? Also known as a Busy Book? It is a cloth book filled with fun activities that your child can play with… quietly!īRILLIANT isn’t it? From making different Mr.

Quiet book