keeping little hands busy.

Finished the felt board today and a first set of felt critters to go along with it. I did a farm animal set...the red rooster and yellow chicks aren't pictured. Violet loved it. I'd love to continually be adding to the collection. I'm thinking felt dolls with little outfits. I'd love to do Bible story cut outs and holiday cut outs. This kept her busy today. Her little imagination is so darling.

Here's a quick how-to in case anyone is interested in giving it a go. I bought a 16x20 artist's canvas and felt off a bolt at the fabric store. I just cut the felt a few inches larger than the canvas, folded the edges around the frame of the canvas, and used Tacky Glue to attach the felt around the back. So easy. For the felt characters I bought the smaller felt squares which my craft store sold at 4 for $1. I got the farm animals template off MarthaStewart.com. I think these are a perfect size. Been doing internet searches for more free templates but haven't found any I've loved yet. Anyone out there found good felt board templates?



I picked up this little decorate-your-own foam Valentine's frame for a dollar. Just another something to keep that crazy kiddo busy......probably my most recurring challenge since I welcomed baby number two. She and I had so much fun doing this today. Funny how it's the little things that she finds so much joy and pride in!