Recently I posted about a quiet book I made for my youngest grandson. It was a lot of fun to make. It was also time consuming and created a huge mess in my dining area (the only eating area in our house). We have a nice big table and my son who is still at home kept adding leaves to it as I spread out my mess further and further. If you’d like to see the finished result of that project you can see it here: Baseball Quiet Book.
I had previously (about 8 years ago) made two quiet books for my other grandbabies. When I made these books, I had always planned to add to them. They each had 8 pages. The baseball book above has 12. I took advantage of the mess already created and momentum I had going to be somewhat creative and decided to add four pages to one of those books. Below are the new pages. If you’d like to see the post about the original books, you will find it here: Quiet Books
All of these pages were inspired by other pages I had seen on Pinterest. Isn’t pinterest great? There is never a lack of creative, talented people willing to share their ideas. The sun page is adorable. I changed it up a little from the one I saw on Pinterest but it is basically the same idea. There is something very satisfying about tugging on the sunbeams and seeing them move back and forth. It’s an activity that is easy for even the youngest who might use this book.
This 2nd page is the “fish” page. Another Pinterest inspired page. I was hoping to find the changing sequin fabric that would go from black to rainbow but our Hobby Lobby just had this one in stock. It changes from rose sequins to silver sequins. Still satisfying to run your hand across and see the colors change (although rainbow would have been better). The ribbon tails are a little over the top but aren’t they cute?
One thing the original books lacked that should be in every quiet book is a page that teaches little ones to use snaps. There are lots of ways to do this but when I saw (on Pinterest) that someone had used a peacock, I knew that was what I was going to have to do. Bright colors that can be matched or mixed up depending on the child’s desire.
Buckles, buckles, buckles. This page has been on the list to do from the beginning. I was hoping someone might have a better idea other than just a bunch of belts. Well, I have to admit, I was a little creatively drained at this point and just did a basic belt page with a variety of buckles for lots of practice.
I had a quiet book in the 1980’s. My mom bought it from missionaries who trained women in another country to make these. Mine had several of the designs you show on your 3 posts – the mitten, buttoning on flowers, snaps, all kinds of things. I remember my son playing with mine at home, but not at church – I must have forgotten I had it! Yours are adorable! I know they will be treasured by many for years to come.