Valentina Rodyukova

For the basis of the book, I took an A4 sheet and cut out the fabric different colors and textures according to this size, I sewed loops on the side with the help of a machine at the same distance in order to later tie them together, and inside I laid a synthetic winterizer so that the sheets were soft. Here are the pages with the tasks I got.

"On the seabed": the octopus has 10 tentacles, each of which has a bead attached (we learn to count up to 10, fish hid in the waves and grass (they can also be found and counted, besides the fish there are other marine inhabitants with whom you can introduce the child The page is based on blue flannel, the seaweed is made of felt, and the waves are made of napkins for cleaning; button fish.

On the reverse side - "In the clearing." Here the child is not only recognizes the primary colors on the rainbow, but also tries to touch how the rain rustles (oilcloth is inserted inside the cloud, tries the sun on which the beads are sewn. The cloud can be moved away and the sun will peek out (this is how we introduce the child to weather phenomena).And on grass made of fleece, you can grow flowers (count up to three by sticking them on Velcro.

On the next page, made of bright silk material, the child learns to tie a bow or sew on a button. (both options are possible).The button is a circle stuffed with foam rubber, stitched along the edges, with slots for ribbons (in my case, the tape is 2.5cm).Another task is to string pieces of fabric of different textures onto a ribbon (the baby learns to fasten buttons and develops tactile sensations).

On the back of this sheet there are zippers that can be unfastened and fastened, thereby the child gets acquainted with clothing items, and also learns new colors and counting up to 4.

On the page "A train is traveling" the child studies the count up to 5 and correlates the number and the number of items on the trailer. The trailers are made of felt, Velcro is sewn on the back, so they can be interchanged and confused so that the child remembers the order when counting. The wheels are made of buttons with different numbers of holes, the road is made of tape.

On the back of the page there are 3 flowers with a button in the middle. Here you can swap the petals (child develops fine motor skills through work with buttons, learns to combine colors, fantasy develops). In addition, there are 2 heroes on the page - a butterfly and a bee, they can be planted on a flower according to plan (on the largest, on the smallest, etc., so the child learns the size (big small).

purple page (fabric-gabardine) with the task - show the way to the butterfly flower (development of fine motor skills and thinking)

And on the back there is an abacus where you can move the beads and count up to 10.

On the next page, the task for the baby is to put the mouse to sleep, covering it with a blanket (it is made on buttons from three corners (learning a new type of fasteners)

Next, my task is to assemble a pyramid (it is made with Velcro).The child studies the colors of the rainbow, learns what a segment is, learns to correlate the size of the segment (short-long, develops fine motor skills. Nearby are made abacus with moving beads (10 pieces)-learning counting up to 10 and the relationship with the number of elements on the pyramid (more less).

Well, the extreme (but not the last one) page - "Dress up the Christmas tree". On the Christmas tree, you can place a garland in different ways if you run the beads through the labyrinth.

The Christmas tree is made of felt and sewn to the base of the sheet.

I hope that The book will be useful not only for kids, but also for older children, because it does not developing fine motor skills by touching the details, but also many tasks with a mathematical bias, as well as development visual perception. Do not judge strictly, this is my first experience. And tasks with such book you can come up with a lot, if only there was a desire, because you can beat each page and tell the kid a fairy tale. There are many ideas for the continuation of the book, so the work does not stop. Goodbye!

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Compared to previous years, today the store shelves abound with children's books of various themes and designs.

Colorful and interesting, developing and educational, but, unfortunately, children do not always like them.

Not one of the printed copies sold can compare with a book made by the good hands of a loving mother.

In fairness, it should be noted that not every family can afford to often buy books for their baby, and those bought quickly get bored and become unattractive. But there is an opportunity to give a little researcher a new unusual book at least every week.

Knowing the world, the child learns the most common things for an adult. For example, insert a lace into a shoe and tie it into a knot or bow.

It would seem that such a simple task, but it often confuses the baby. Going to the kindergarten, he will often feel the teacher's dissatisfaction on himself, as he will delay the entire team before a walk if he cannot quickly and deftly cope with his shoelaces.

Therefore, mom needs to try and teach this difficult task to the baby in advance, turning this event into an exciting game. This may well be helped by a book in which there is an imitation of a pretty boot.

In this case, a homemade book is presented, consisting of only two unusual pages. According to one of them, you can teach the child the first words, and according to the other, to tie shoelaces.

It is not necessary to purchase expensive materials for making a book, you can completely get by with what you can find in the house, bribing only the little things that will cost a penny compared to new book products.

For manufacturing you will need pieces of cloth different sizes and colors, two pieces of cardboard, string, thread, a needle (and, preferably, a sewing machine), double-sided tape and a gypsy needle.

To imitate a boot, you can use the top of a real children's sneaker or sneaker, which has become small.

The first step is preparing the base of the book - these are two identical pieces of cardboard - you can choose their size to your taste.

In this case, a city is made on the left side, consisting of houses of different heights with windows that can be counted.

Clouds, birds, leaves, trees - the child must know all these names.

Turn on your imagination and come up with something of your own, the main thing is that everything works for the development of the baby.

On the right side, arrange the lacing and funny animals.

Finish the edges of each part of the applique on sewing machine or sew by hand - the fabric should not unravel.

Then fix all the details on the fabric sheets with double-sided tape - so they will not move when sewing.

When all the details are sewn on, the front side of the work is fastened to the fabric without applique on three sides.

From the non-stitched side, cardboard is laid, the fabric is stretched on it and sewn up. The same is done with the second side of the book.

The last step is connecting the two parts together. To do this, you need to take a gypsy needle and thick yarn, stitch freely over the edge of the parts folded together on one side.

If desired, a fabric picture can also be made on the front side of the book, where you can place an application that allows you to learn numbers or letters.

The kid will definitely fall in love with this book if you make it from a fabric that is pleasant to the touch and place bright and interesting pictures in it.

What you need to make a soft book can always be found at home among old things.

It is very important to choose the fabric by color so that it attracts the attention of the child.

Need to prepare:

• pieces of multi-colored cotton fabric;
• felt;
• synthetic winterizer;
• button
• gypsy needle;
• Double-sided tape.

Decide on the number and size of pillows that will make up the book. Multiply the selected amount by two - that is how much you will need identical-sized fabrics.

It is desirable that it be of the same quality, because. otherwise, the pages will look sloppy.

The synthetic winterizer should be cut in size 5-8 mm smaller than the fabric.

In such a book, you can even put the entire alphabet, placing 3-4 letters and objects that begin with it on each pad.

Attach the appliqué to the fabric with double-sided tape.

Then sew it on by machine or by hand.

Each piece of the appliqué cushion is stitched to the unpatterned fabric on three sides.

A synthetic winterizer is inserted into the finished bag, and the pad is sewn on a typewriter around the entire perimeter.

When all parts of the soft book are ready, they are sewn like a folding book using a large needle and thick yarn.

The fabric strap with a loop for fastening is sewn on last, the button is placed on the top cushion.

This version of the book will help the baby learn the numbers - first up to five, then pages with numbers and up to ten can be added to it.

What is very important in this craft is to make the numbers removable so that the little mathematician can find the page that corresponds to the desired number.

The book can be made folding so that all the numbers and pictures are in front of your eyes at once, or you can fasten them on only one side and flip through.

For this product you will need:

• five pieces of cardboard, the size of which you choose;
• fabric of a calm color for the background - it should not distract the baby's attention from pictures and bright numbers;
• thick fabric for numbers and applications (felt is good, but if you don’t have it, you can also use ordinary fabric by folding it several times);
• pieces of Velcro that are sewn or glued to pages and numbers (i.e. these parts will be removable);
• for counting elements, you can use buttons, small beads or other items of interest to the child;
• thin ribbons, ribbons or thick yarn;
• gypsy needle;
• Double-sided tape.

Ten pieces of fabric are cut out according to the size of the prepared cardboard.
Next, an application is being prepared for each digit - it can be several geometric shapes, a tree with apples, a few sweets, etc. The choice of picture will depend on your imagination.

For its manufacture, it is better to use felt, as it does not dissolve into threads and looks voluminous on a flat surface.

The fabric with ready-made applications, sewn on buttons and a piece of Velcro is sewn to the canvas without a pattern on three sides. Cardboard is inserted into it. Then the fabric on the cardboard must be well stretched and sewn on a typewriter or manually through and through.

Now it's the turn of sewing numbers. In order for them to be neat and beautiful, it is better to print the template. According to this pattern, numbers are cut out of felt (each should consist of two parts), which are sewn together manually with an overcast seam. Velcro is sewn to each of them.

The pages can be fastened with ribbons, as in the book shown in the photo, or they can be sewn with thick yarn using a “gypsy” needle over the edge so that the book can close freely.

This book will teach the kid to choose the right figures by name and insert them into the desired shape. It can keep a young child prodigy busy for a long time and help develop logical thinking pique the interest of the child.

To make a book you will need fabric, synthetic winterizer and braid, the length of which should be equal to the height of the book, multiplied by two.

You can’t do without a sewing machine in the manufacture of this book, as it will take a large number of lines.

Choose the size of the book yourself, but you don’t need to make it too large - it should be convenient for the child to hold the figures in their hands and turn over the soft fabric pages.

The fabric should be chosen cotton, as it is easily sewn and does not deform. It is desirable that it be bright beautiful shades, plain or with a small geometric pattern.

Four fabric and two sintepon rectangles are cut out - they will be the pages of the book.
A synthetic winterizer is swept to two of them around the entire perimeter, then the middle of the rectangles is indicated by a line.

On each half of it there will be a hole of a certain shape, into which they will enter, like corks, figurines fixed on a braid.

Next, the figures themselves are cut out - it can be a heart, a square, a circle, a triangle, a rhombus, etc.
The figurines are stitched inside out and turned inside out. A synthetic winterizer is inserted into them, then they are quilted, a braid is sewn to them, with the help of which they are attached to the book.

Then each figure is superimposed in the middle of its page and outlined with a pen. Further, from the wrong side, a synthetic winterizer is swept to the fabric, and it is sewn. The lines go at a distance of 1 cm from each other according to the outlined shape.

After stitching, the outlined figure is carefully cut out and hemmed.
The next step is stitching the parts.

Rectangles with cut out figures are sewn to a single piece of fabric from the wrong side, turned inside out and sewn along the middle line that goes around the cut out shape.

Then the finished rectangles are fastened to each other along the middle part and figures on the braid are sewn there.

Book "Seasons"

This version of the book will useful thing in expanding the horizons of the child. From it he will be able to find out what happens in different times year - when the leaves turn yellow, snow falls, trees bloom and fruits ripen.

The book has four pages, designed in a special way. Colorful fabrics and pictures will help make it interesting and attractive.

For manufacturing, you need to choose a fabric corresponding in color to each season:

• spring - pink, white, pale green;
• summer - red, juicy green, bright yellow;
• autumn - yellow, orange, dark green;
• winter - white, blue, dark blue.

Having picked up the fabric, eight squares of the desired size are cut out of it. On front side let the fabric with a suitable color design. It is desirable that it be dense, as an application is sewn on it.

You can pick up drawings for her on the Internet, use the ones presented in the photo or come up with your own. Then the pattern is transferred to the fabric, carefully cut out and baited with double-sided tape.

If it is possible to sew an appliqué with a sewing machine, then this would be ideal. You can also do it manually, but the work will take longer.

The fabric with the appliqué is sewn to the back.

Openwork crocheting added additional decorativeness to the overall image of an unusual book.
The last step in the work will be stitching the fabric sheets. The book will be in the form of a rug that can be folded in four.

Making things for kids with your own hands, you put some of your love and warmth into them.

No purchased thing, no matter how expensive it may cost, will not replace the one that is made loving mother. Perhaps it will become your child's favorite toy, and he will keep it for life.

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Soft developing book will help the child to improve, learn new things. Mom will sew it from patches, braid, beads left over from needlework.

Ideas for designing a developing book

1. Make sure the pages are different color so that a child from infancy can distinguish between them. It would be nice if there were inscriptions with the name of the color. Then he will remember how these words are spelled.
2. So that the child can develop fine motor skills, thinking, come up with tasks for him. So, on the pages there may be elements that are attached to the base with Velcro or buttons. For example, vegetables that need to be “planted” in the garden, apples and mushrooms, their child will attach to the hedgehog. Having removed the element with buttons, the child will see something interesting behind it. By unzipping the zipper, the baby will open the wings of a ladybug.
3. On some pages, pockets need to be sewn so that the child can put objects there suitable form and size. On others, sew a sneaker made of leather or fabric so that the child learns to tie the lacing, thereby gaining the necessary skill.
4. So that he can braid pigtails, sew a few ribbons next to him, Show the baby how it's done.
5. For the child to learn the score, number the pages, sewing a certain number to each in order.
6. Each page of the book is dedicated to something. For example, one is a garden theme, another is an animal theme, a third is a rainbow, a fourth is a marine theme.

How to make a cover for a soft educational book?

Its dimensions depend on what you want the soft developing book to be. Take your own fleece or felt. These fabrics are soft and hold their shape. You can use both canvases at once, one for the top of the cover, the other for the inside.

The rectangle should be large enough so that you can add 1 cm seam allowance and 5 cm center fold. If you have applications on the cover, then first sew them on the front side. Then fold the two canvases of the page so that the wrong side is at the top, stitch along the edge, leaving 15 cm free on the small side. Through this hole, turn the blank on the front side, put a smaller padding polyester rectangle in it than the cover.

Another option is to make separate pages, make holes in them with a special tool, fix rings here so that the pages can be laced up by connecting them.

You can combine them with a flap, one edge of which you will sew to the first page of the binding, the second to the last. This flap must be basted to each page so that from the binding side they look like an accordion.

DIY soft book - master class

Now you know how to make a binding for her. And here is how to design one of the pages. Ask the child to put fruits and berries in a vase, they will be attached with buttons and Velcro.

• cloth rectangle;
• pieces of cloth;
• large buttons;
• needle and thread;
• buttons;
• Velcro;
• thin synthetic winterizer.

1. From thick fabric, cut out all the details that you will sew onto the page. Better if they are in pairs.
2. Sew both layers of round berries with a zigzag stitch, also make a loop in the center on a sewing machine, cut it through. Sew a strawberry. Attach a green tail to it.
3. Cherries can be crocheted in a circle. On the reverse side, sew buttons to them, paired elements of this accessories, as well as buttons - to the page of the book.
4. Take a sheet of fabric measuring 20 by 20 cm, the same is superimposed on it. These parts are combined with the front sides, stitched along the edge, leaving a gap through which the resulting bag is turned out on the front side. You need to smooth its seams, then insert a sheet of padding polyester inside, which is 1 cm smaller than the page on all sides. Sew up the gap on your hands.

• base fabric;
• bright threads;
• scissors;
• tape measure;
• pins;
• needle;
• braid;
• threads;
• beads.

To create books, you can use the most unexpected materials, for example, cloth napkins, household rags. If they are patterned, flip them to the wrong side.

Since soft books for children contain quite a lot small items, firmly attach them, but do not move away from the child while playing with such an object.

• textile;
• lightning;
• woolen threads.

For kids, one more page can be advised, which will have a soft developing book. With their own hands, children will be able to dress dolls, thereby learning this simple task.

To do this, a doll from a dense base is sewn onto the book, Velcro must be attached to it. Cut out the garments of this toy. Place a closet in the form of a pocket next to it. Remove the doll's robe there, on the back of which you will sew Velcro in advance. Let the child in correct sequence dress up the doll.

• textile;
• filler;
• Velcro
• needle and thread.

He will surely like to put the bear to sleep, cover him with a blanket. With such a toy, the child himself will soon fall asleep for the company.

Do-it-yourself educational book for baby boys

Young gentlemen like cars since childhood, so use them to create a soft educational toy.

• colored fabric;
• buttons;
• small household sponges;
• markers.

We sew only on the right pages, the left ones will become a garage. Attach Velcro here, as well as on the back of the cars, so that the child can park his vehicle at night.

If the children are small, it is better not to attach buttons to the sponges, but to draw wheels. Or you need to tirelessly monitor the children during such a game so that they do not harm themselves with torn off small objects.

Let there be a rising boom on his car, this can be done if you fasten two elements with two buttons. Make a Velcro gate so that, if necessary, the child can open it and enter the building on fire. The braid will turn into a brace, the boy will like to play with such objects, to feel like a fireman.

Soft books on the theme of home farm and garden

On this topic, you can also make soft books. This is a great experience for kids, they will learn the name of the animals, they will know how to care for them. You will tell what vegetables can be grown, how to collect and stack them.

Let's start with the home farm.

A fence is made from rectangular strips of fabric, turn the green fabric into grass and into a tree crown. Line the pages with tucked strips of fabric. After that it's ready soft book Of course, you can buy which, but it is very expensive, and your own can be created from the remnants of matter.

Indeed, to create vegetables for the garden, very small patches are needed. Cut out triangles from the orange ones, sew them in the form of cones, fill them with filler through the upper hole, sew green fleece tops here. Here is the finished carrot. To “plant” it in the garden, position the braid horizontally, sew it so that root crops fit between the seams. Attach a large pocket nearby, where the child will put the crop.

Place a bunny nearby, let the baby know that this animal loves carrots very much. Also in such a book you can sew a flower in the form of a pocket into which a bee will fly and collect nectar.

The bee is made of yellow fleece, black stripes of braid are sewn across the body, you need to attach a ribbon to it.

Make hidden corners in the book so that the baby gradually finds them. Let the hedgehog live in a mushroom house, only by opening the door you can find this animal, to great joy child.

Educational toy for girls

It is performed in the same way, but here a little different. The baby will surely enjoy dressing the doll, as mentioned above. She will also be interested in hanging clothes on a rope, taking them off.

• felt;
• fleece;
• thin elastic band;
• clothespins;
• hairpins.

Cut out various pieces of clothing from fleece and felt. Let the child hang them on a rope using real clothespins, hairpins.

The next textile book is made in pink colors that girls like.

• textile;
• beads;
• button;
• wax pencils;
• threads;
• beads.

Can be sewn inside ladybug, having made a slot in the center, the young of the insect will penetrate here. In order for the girl to learn to weave a braid, on the next page there will be an application of a young lady with long hair from yarn.

Learning to count from a soft developing book

So, in passing, the child will remember how the initial numbers are written, if you do not forget to number the pages. To make him learn to count, make the following soft educational book. To create it you will need:

• base fabric;
• laces;
• large beads;
• marker.

This is how, in a relaxed atmosphere, while playing, the child will be able to develop and improve, learn new things. It is very important for parents to show him how to handle certain objects so that a soft developing book really becomes one.

To make it easier for adults to make it, we suggest watching a fascinating story.

How to make a page for boys so that they know what kind of transport exists, you will learn from the following video.

The girl will be happy to play with a book made in the form of a house, put the doll to bed, wash it in the bath, wash things in the typewriter.

The book can be sewn entirely from felt or in combination with other fabrics. One of the main advantages of a felt book is that you do not need to process the edges. And one important point: the better the materials used, the more presentable it will be appearance finished book. Therefore, do not use old diapers, worn clothes and the like for sewing.

Here is the main list of materials used:

• Felt. I already wrote about what kind of felt it is in a publication about. Let me just say that most often hard Korean felt is used for developing books. It holds its shape well, the edges do not crumble, and the product will retain its original appearance for a long time.

• Cotton. It is often used as the basis for the pages of a book. American-made cotton is popular among experienced craftswomen. Cotton from China, Korea, Thailand, Poland, Russia is also used. The main thing, when choosing, pay attention to the quality of the fabric, its density. Cotton works well for patchwork. For example, such a ready-made set of cotton cuts can be bought on the Aliexpress website.

• fleece, artificial leather, artificial fur. These fabrics are often used in educational books to imitate various surfaces. For example, brown faux leather will look good as a tree trunk.

• Interlining, dublerin. Used to seal the pages of educational books. Collar dublerin is mainly used, it is also called bando. It has a high density, which means that the pages will keep their shape well. Important: do not use cardboard to seal the pages! Otherwise, the book will be impossible to wash.
• Glue web. Used to capture various details on a page.
• Sintepon. It is laid between the pages of a developing book to add volume.
• Velcro. An irreplaceable thing when creating a developing book from fabric. It is a soft part of the contact tape (Velcro), and can occupy both the whole page and part of it. For example, in this way you can create a felt puzzle. There are two types of velcro fabric: on an adhesive basis and without an adhesive layer.

Irina Sorokina has an excellent video on working with velcro. Be sure to watch it if you are seriously thinking about sewing a developmental book!

• Velcro (contact tape). No educational book is complete without it. With the help of Velcro, removable elements are attached to the pages of the book. Usually, the hard part of the Velcro is sewn onto the removable element, and the soft part is sewn onto the page itself.
• Waxed thread, hat elastic, various laces, ribbons. I would like to talk about tapes separately. In educational books, only rep tapes but not satin. This is related to the fact that satin ribbons quickly deteriorate due to Velcro, which is usually abundant in fabric (felt) books.
• Beads, buttons, sew-on rhinestones, beads and other decorative elements.

Developing book for kids with their own hands.

Since childhood, we have all heard the phrase more than once: Best gift- one that is made by hand. You can disagree with this, but a bright and joyful period is coming - you have become a mother or grandmother. Among all the pleasant troubles, the question arises of where to get good, harmless, useful and educational toys?
I answer: sew with your own hands!
Pros:
environmentally friendly materials (after all, we take natural fabrics for work),
safety (all fragments are soft),
positive energy (so much love is invested!),
developmental purpose (each fragment with some kind of task).
Minuses:
I didn't find them.
When my grandson was born, I decided to sew him a soft educational book. Before starting work, I drew future pages, thought it over, prepared necessary materials- and this is what I got:
1. This is the cover of a book. Artyom really likes that the book bears his name. The thermal sticker is attached with an iron, the letters are sewn on a sewing machine.

2. We unzip the “zipper” on the boot - a mouse lives inside (it lies freely, not sewn). The toe of the boot is on the Velcro fastener.