Quiet Books

UPDATE: I recently made another quiet book for another family of grandbabies and while I was at it added to one of these.

For the new quiet book, follow this link: Baseball Quiet Book

For the additional pages, follow this link: More Quiet Book Pages

I have been working on quiet books for my grand babies for 3 months. Not everyday for 3 months. More like, a couple of weeks and then a 2 1/2 month break. I finished one. Gave it to my sweet Everlee and then had to take it back to make a small repair. I finally got around to repairing it tonight.

When my oldest son was a baby, I decided to make him a quiet book. It took me several weeks and was a huge, tedious mess. Back in those days (26 years ago) there was no Pinterest to get ideas from. I borrowed 2 different patterns, chose the pages I wanted in the book and made a couple of my own design. My original plan was to make one for each of my children. That was the only one I made. All 6 boys used it and loved it.

Now that my oldest 2 boys have had their first babies I decided I would attempt to make each family a quiet book. Hopefully, by the time my 10 year old has his first baby, I’ll still be young enough to make him a book.

In the meantime, I thought I would share pictures of the one I have finished. I hope to add a few more pages but for now, this will do. If you’d like to see where I got my inspiration from, check out my Quiet Books board on Pinterest.

The binding of the books is made with a length of gros grain ribbon sewn down the center with key rings spaced evenly. The pages are attached to the rings with grommets

PUZZLE PAGE

The puzzle page has 2 four piece puzzles. Each puzzle piece is attached by a ribbon.

123 and COLOR CHAIN

I found these cute 123 buttons at Wal-mart. Each number corresponds in color and and amount with the beads next to it. The color chain at the top corresponds with the colors of the numbers as well. The chain fits together with velcro.

I SPY

The I Spy page was a bit of a challenge. I’m still not convinced this is the best way to do it but it will do for now. The pieces hidden in the I Spy packet are buttons. Matching buttons were sewn on the page itself so my sweetie will know what to look for. The packet is a bit heavy which makes the book heavy. I may eventually take some of the clear beads out to lighten it a bit.

MITTEN

This is the only page that is similar to the original book. It is a super easy one to complete and a favorite one with the kids.

BEEHIVE

The beehive was fun to make. The bumble bee (there should be 3, I think I’ll have to crochet some more), is crocheted and hides in the hive with the zipper closed. The flowers can be unbuttoned if desired.

FLOWER POT

There is a lot of button practice with this one. The leaves button on to the flower stems and the stem button onto the flowers at the top.

PIGGY BANK

A chubby pink pig. Who doesn’t love that. This piggy bank has a slot at the top to put coins in and a zipper at the bottom to let the coins out.