Olivia's Quiet Book

 One thing I have wanted to make

even before I had a grandchild is a 

felt Quiet Book.

 

I'd seen these online and have looked at many

patterns and pages.

 

My granddaughter turned one on Dec. 27th and

it was time for a quiet book!

 

I found this pattern on Etsy and a friend

helped me cut the pieces on her Cricut.

(Boy did THAT save some time!)

 

Because life has been crazy

I didn't get working on this until this past week.

 

It is finished and ready for delivery!

 

In making this, I learned many things

that I will use when I make more pages as 

Olivia gets older.

 

I hope she likes this as much as I enjoyed making it for her.

 

 

These are the pages of her book.

I decided to put them into a book form

differently so the pages can be removed

and added to easily.

The tabs on the left side have big button holes

and I made a strap to go through those to hold the pages together.

Some pages have little activities on them

and others have crinkle fabric between the felt pieces

or beads to move.

I know buttons should not be used for little ones,

but these are sewn on so tightly that I'm not sure

I could get them off if I needed to.

The lady bug has a little lady bug on

a ribbon behind the zipper.

 

 

The bee is velcroed in place with little

things to find under the flower petals.

The beads move under the netting on the fish.

The owls wings move up and down

and there are things to find in his belly.

 

 

The apples are velcroed in place on the hedgehog. 

 The door on the mushroom opens

and the beads spin.

I have the next set of pages picked out to make

and these will have more advanced activities

as Olivia gets older.

Happy Birthday, Olivia!!