My friend Megan and I talked about making a quiet book for our boys and we knew it would be a lot of work. We thought it would be fun to do it with friends, so we rounded up a group to make them with. We've met a couple of times to work on them. Two of the times we have met, each person has brought the supplies for everyone to make a page that they have chosen out. We swap all the pieces and try to get as much done as we can. What we don't finish that night (which is nearly everything!) we work on at home. This has been a lot of work, but so fun. I know Brady (and our future kids) will love playing with it, although they probably won't appreciate all the hours I've put into it. I'm proud of what I've done so far with it, so I wanted to show it off!
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| Dog Page-It has a real collar and leash buckle to practice fastening things. This is the first page I brought to swap, and it is my favorite of them all! The dog has on Shelly's old tag. |
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| Apple Picking page-The apples snap on and off so you can put them into the basket. |
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| Tic-Tac-Toe page-The X's and O's are made out of foam |
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| Fish Tank page-For young kids to match colors |
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| Counting Page-Beads go from 1 to 10 |
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| Puzzle Page-There are three different puzzles to put together |
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| Coloring Page-Simple and easy to replace the notebook and crayons |
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| Mitten Page-kids can slide hands into the mittens |
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| Camping Page-zip open the tent, and there's a bear! |
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| Mail Page-the flag goes up and down and there are fun letters inside the 4 envelopes |
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| Brush Your Teeth page-The water is ribbons, there's a mirror above the sink and you can take out the toothbrush and pretend to put toothpaste on it (the toothpaste even crinkles!) |
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| Barn Page-all the animals are finger puppets
What do you think? What's your favorite page so far? We will meet one more time to swap pages, so I will have about 18 in the end.
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9 comments:
Love this! It looks like tons of work. Hopefully I can make one as cute as yours. I'll call you sometime for details.
Wow! That looks great. Maybe I'll try to make one for Addy. Notice I used the word "try."
Holy crap! That looks amazing. Now I really want to do one. . .did you find patterns to follow?
So cute!
LOVE IT! how amazing! wish i wasn't so terrified by it or i'd make two for my boys!
This is sooo cute, La!
this is so cute! i've always wanted to make a quiet book. what a fun idea to swap and share supplies. you're inspiring me!
Cute book Laura, I like the last one the best. I love the farm animals, but I am favored toward animals.
These are all so cute but man, that does look like a lot of work!! I think the barn one is my favorite.
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