Quiet Book Project

Since Ember is getting older and able to do more manipulative things, I wanted to get her a "quiet book" to have during church to help her stay busy and quiet instead of being fussy. But as I looked online and in stores - I had trouble finding what I wanted. Some I found for a decent price but they were not quite what I wanted. I found some that I really liked, but they were around $50-$100 on Etsy and similar sites. So.... I decided I would try to make one of my own. The only problem... I do not sew and do not have a desire to sew! So, I did this whole book with fusible webbing and fabric glue and very very little sewing! Ember likes it so far and since the pages are inside a 3-ring folder type binding - I can switch out pages as I am inspired to make more! It was actually really fun to make and I am happy with the final product. Of course there are some flaws that I have had to fix once she started playing with it but overall it was a positive experience and I am excited to make more pages! 

Here is the cover I made (Funny thing - the fabric on the cover looks very similar to the fabric that Baby Sorraya Brucks was sleeping on in the NICU)

Here are the pages with a brief description of what you do on each page:

Pull off the Velcro house pieces/shapes and match them back in the correct place

Un button the smaller flower heads and re-button them on

Open and close the zippers

Take the socks out of the laundry basket and match them to their correct match

Pull off the Velcro cookies and match them to the number under the cookie based on the number of sprinkles on top

Count the beads

Pull the finger puppet animals out of Noah's ark and put them on your fingers

Pretend to paint - and also pull the paint colors off and rearrange them

Write with chalk on the chalkboard and use the flannel to erase and redraw

Unzip the ladybugs back to find her spots and place them in the correct place. Then take them off and put them back in the storage pouch

Buckle and unbuckle the doggies collar

(Ember's favorite so far are the Velcro ones and the chalkboard and paintbrush pages)