A Quiet Book for a Not-So-Quiet Boy
Being a minister's wife, we spend a lot of time in church. When R was just starting to crawl around, he got too wriggly for the pews, so we moved to the back of the sanctuary where he could crawl around. I wanted to make him some toys that he could play with in the sanctuary that were quiet - unlike a lot of the baby toys we had at the time. You've probably seen a lot of instructions on making quiet books online. They go from incredibly detailed, difficult instructions, to fairly basic. My quiet book doesn't have any moving parts or things to do - it was more of a book which was quiet. At the time, R loved clips of any kind (his favorite thing to do was re-buckle his carseat), so I used one to close the quiet book. I had a lot of fun with this project. I decided to use materials I already had. My largest piece of felt was black, so the quiet book became night themed. If you have a pet that sheds, I recommend choosing a different color...ours f...
