No Sew Quiet Book

I've decided to "Blanket Train' Anderson. Some of you may already know what this is. I first read about blanket training from the Duggar's first book. It sounded like a really interesting concept so I took it on.

I have to admit I haven't been as consistent as I've wanted to be, but even so he is doing great with it! The idea is to have a certain blanket that they sit on & play quietly on. No getting up, no running around. It teaches self-control, discipline and contentedness as they get 1 quiet toy to play with. 

I love all of these quiet books I've seen floating around Pinterest but I don't have sewing skills (yet!) BUT I do have lots of random, leftover craft supplies so I decided I would just make my own quiet book for him with the supplies and skills that I do have!

He has enjoyed playing with it & I had fun making it! I had some felt sheets leftover from a Christmas craft that I ended up not even using. I cut the felt into "pages" & added to them from there.

I used 2 different colors of felt for the first "page". I added these beads on a piece of yarn & triple-knotted it then hot-glued it on. This is one of his favorite ones to play with!

 For this page I just hot-glued some different ribbon tags on. I also cut the corners off the felt to add some interest. Too. Easy.

On the blue page I hot glued these wooden tools (leftover from one of his nursery projects). They're so cute!

On the next page I cut some fringe to add some interest. I then painted these craft sticks & hot glued these colored stars on. Seriously, a monkey could have made this thing and he really likes it!

The last page is another piece of red felt with some paint pen polka dots all over it. I didn't think you'd need a visual for that ;-)

To finish it all off, I used a single-hole punch in the corner of every page and tied them all together with scrap ribbon.

DONE.