A developing book for a child is a wonderful project that will bring joy and benefit to any kid! Delight your children with this book or sew a wonderful gift for a future or young mother. We will tell you in detail how to sew a developing book with your own hands and provide you with a pattern of the main details.

Developing book: choice of materials and options

The easiest way is to sew a developing book from felt and materials whose edges do not crumble (fleece, some furniture fabrics, suede, leather, etc.). This will save you from having to overcast the edge of the parts, which will save a lot of time. However, most of these materials are solid colors, so we recommend adding at least a few backgrounds and patterned fabric details to bring the book to life.

If you use a thin fabric, reinforce it with non-woven fabric. The pages of the book should be fairly dense, so each of them will require a layer of reinforcing material. It can be a bead or tarpaulin, and even thin plastic, if your machine can handle it.

For attaching removable elements, we used Velcro. It can also be sewn or punch buttons and magnets. The clasp of the book can be made on a buckle, magnet or carabiner.

There are several ways to bind a developing book. We will tell you how to sew a fabric book cover - this is the easiest, although not the most fast way. You can, for example, install eyelets on each page and connect them together with special rings that are sold in scrapbooking departments. This binding will allow you to later add new pages to the book.

Draw a sketch of your book in advance and think about what accessories you will use. If you are sewing a book for absolutely small child(up to 3 years), avoid small parts. For example, in our book, on the page with the seasons, instead of making several small circles with leaves or snow, you can make the crown of a tree in one big detail.

Pages with clocks and tic-tac-toe are also designed for children over 3 years old. In order to plan your own pages, we recommend using the help of the Internet, where you will find many options for designing a book using words such as "Educational book" or "quite book".

So, let's sew a developing book for a child with our own hands!

Pattern and cutting

Print out the pattern on A4 paper. Cut out the details.

Our book has a size of 15x20 cm in order to use half an A4 felt sheet as a background for 1 page. Cut out 6 background pieces and 2 cover pieces without allowances. Cut out reinforcing parts: 1 per sheet if using plastic or other dense material, or 1 per page if using a thinner seal.

Please note that all elements must be indented from the edge of 1 cm, for subsequent edging!

Page "Seasons"

Cut out the outline of the tree from the freeform brown felt, fitting it into the outline of the page. The width of the tree trunk is 2 cm. For the same pattern, cut out two 6x20 cm rectangles for pockets. Cut out three circles A, one circle B and one piece C from four different materials: light green, dark green, white and orange (spring, summer, winter and autumn).

For spring foliage, cut out several white circles of different sizes, maximum 1 cm in diameter. For summer foliage, a few red apples or other fruits, if desired. For the sun, cut out one circle A and one circle D from bright yellow material. You can also carve a moon or a cloud from the appropriate materials.

For each detail (except wood and pockets), cut out its exact copy from the additional material to which Velcro will be sewn. These lower parts can be different color, to save material and recycle scraps.

Lacing page

Cut out the soles of the shoes using the cut out pattern. For the second sole, flip the pattern in a mirror. Then cut off the toe and cut out the inner oval, cut the resulting piece in a straight line on the pattern. Cut out two mirrored "nose" shoes, adding 0.5 cm of allowance along the bottom edge.

Cut out the cut-out part of the top of the shoes 4 times, mirroring them in pairs, so that you get a two-sided part for the right and left shoes.

"Sorter" page

Carve out 4 geometric figures from material of different colors (square, cross, triangle and circle D). In the background part, cut out the shapes corresponding to the pattern, the cut out parts will become the basis for removable elements. Cut a 1 cm wide zipper pocket outline at the top. Cut a 15 cm wide x 30 cm long rectangle out of the fabric that will be the background for the details and the lining of the pocket that best contrasts with the main background of the page.

Page "Puzzle"

Draw a square with a side of 12 cm and draw a grid with 2x2 cm cells in it. Arbitrarily arrange geometric shapes (squares, stripes and polygons) on this grid, filling the entire plane. Cut out the shapes and use this pattern to cut the multi-colored parts, as well as the lower part of these parts from any material. Cut out a pocket-rectangle 6x15 cm.

Tic-Tac-Toe Page

For chips, cut out 10 circles A from white material and 10 circles for the bottom of the chips of any color. You will also need 4 strips of suede 13 cm long, or you can simply lay a line to outline the field of play. From red and black material, cut 5 crosses and 5 zeroes. You can also embroider these characters with thick thread.

Page "Clock"

Cut out 2 arrows from white material and 2 arrows from black. Cut the black arrows a little along the contour so that when applied, a white edge peeks out.

For the dial, cut out 12 circles A from white material and 12 circles from dark (for example, gray) material. It is desirable to make the lower details of the same color, as they will become the color of the numbers. Cut out a piece for a 5x15 cm pocket.

COVERS AND BINDING

For the front cover, cut out 5 circles D from the materials different colors and invoices. If desired, cut three pieces of multi-colored ribbon 7 cm.

For the top part of the binding, cut out a 10x6-7 cm rectangle. For the inside of the binding, cut out a 9x20 cm rectangle (for the same number of pages as in the example). If you are using loose material, add a hem allowance.

To tie, cut two ribbons of 30 cm each. For edging, you will need a straight or oblique trim. You can use a ready-made inlay 2 cm wide or cut ribbons 3.5-4 cm wide and equal to the length of the page.

Also prepare:

• Velcro 1 cm wide (about 30 cm white and black, one color can be)
• Zipper length 15cm
• Interlining
• Buttons, beads
• Threads, cords, ribbons
• Eyelets

Page "Seasons"

Sew red "apples" on dark green parts. Sew Velcro squares (soft part) onto bottom circles. Connect the bottom and top part with a stitch along the contour.

Sew white “flowers” ​​on light green parts by hand with white thread. With a yellow thread on large "Flowers", embroider the middle. Sew Velcro squares (soft part) onto bottom circles. Connect the bottom and top part with a stitch along the contour.

Stitch the "winter" white circles with their Velcro bottoms. By the same principle, complete the details in the autumn range.

For the sun, cut out rays on a larger circle, as shown in the photo. Sew Velcro onto the bottom circle. Lay the piece with the rays between the bottom and top piece and sew along the outline of the top circle.

Sew the tree detail in the center of the page. Try on the foliage and sew the second halves of Velcro (harder, with hooks) into place. Also sew Velcro for the sun in the upper right corner.

Sew a buttonhole on the details of the pockets. Fold the pieces to form a flap pocket and sew the sides to the page, placing the pockets on the sides of the barrel. The bottom edge of the pockets must be indented 1 cm from the edge! Sew on buttons.

Lacing page

Sew in pairs the upper and lower parts for the right and left shoes along the inner contour, as shown in the photo. Punch holes and install eyelets for lacing.

Position the soles of the shoes on the page, taking into account the background image, if any, and pin it. Place the "toes" of the shoes on top and pin them as well. With the topmost layer, pin the details with eyelets and sew along the contour with a straight stitch or zigzag (depending on the type of material used).

"Sorter" page

Stitch geometric shapes from two parts, sew Velcro to the bottom in advance.

Pin the lining to the page and sew along the outline of the cutouts and the bottom edge of the zipper. Sew along the center of the Velcro contours.

At the level of 5-6 cm, fold the fabric up again and pin to the top edge of the page.

Sew along the sides and top of the zipper and along the sides of the pocket itself, covering the sides of the pocket lining.

Page "Puzzle"

Complete geometric shapes - puzzle pieces. Sew Velcro on the bottom. On long parts, sew several Velcro or one large one.

Sew a pocket along the bottom edge. If desired, decorate the pocket with eyelets and a cord with buttons and beads.

Tic-Tac-Toe Page

Sew the playing field lines with suede cord or stitch with black thread. Sew two Velcro strips on the top.

Sew Velcro on the bottom, and stitch the top and bottom along the edge.

Page "Clock"

Stitch the details of the arrows. Cut out the contours of numbers from 1 to 12 on twelve white circles. Sew Velcro to the lower parts, and stitch the cut out circles with numbers on top.

Step back from the top edge of 7.5 cm and sew the arrows in the center of the page, placing the smaller arrow on top. On the front side thread the thread through the bead or button, and then reinsert the needle into the same hole. On the wrong side, pass the thread through a small flat button. This mount will allow the arrows to rotate.

Sew a pocket at the bottom.

Covers

On the back cover, draw the alphabet with chalk or soap and sew the letters along the outline with colored thread.

Sew colored circles on the front cover, and a button with beads in the center.

At the bottom, pin the multi-colored ribbons folded with loops, and sew a piece of felt on top.

Binding

Fold the pages in pairs and cleave. Sew along the edge.

Prepare the wraps. Fold the cut strips in half and iron. Then unfold and fold the edges to the ironed middle line and iron too.

Unfold the facings and pin right sides inward with the edge of the pages. Start pinning the piping from the middle of the long side of the page, from the side where the binding will later be - then the junction of the piping will close.

Pin by matching the edges of the piping and the page to the very corner, then fold the piping at a right angle and continue on the other side.

Sew along the entire edge to the width of the fold (about 7 mm). Bring the line to the corner and, turning it at 45 degrees, bring it to the edge. Cut the threads and start stitching again near the corner.

Turn the facing right side out on the other side of the page and tuck it up and pin it to the base. Sew the facing by hand with a blind seam, bending the corners to one side.

In the cover pages, insert ribbons under the facing for tying. Tie knots at the free ends of the ribbon. You can do stitching if you wish.

Take the rectangular part of the inner binding (larger rectangle). If necessary, hem along the long sides. Step back 6 cm and pin with the second sheet of the book, placing the binding in the center of the page, closing the edges of the facings. Bind around the edge of the page, pin it off.

Sew close to the edge of the page. Use the zipper foot.

Step back from this page at least 3 cm (if the page is very thick with protruding parts, step back more) and attach the next page in the same way.

Now attach the covers to the binding without folding the fabric. Sew and cut off the excess.

Toys for children should be not only beautiful, but educational and safe. These toys include fabric books. They help children acquire useful skills, since there are many separate developmental elements on the pages of such a book.

To make a book you will need:

• Cardboard;
• Scissors;
• Needle;
• Threads;
• Buttons;
• beads;
• Colored fabric.

As a basis, you can use cardboard folded with an accordion. So you can not be afraid that the pages will come off and fall out. We will give as an example a master class on creating a cover for a fabric book with our own hands.

First you will need to cut out two thick cardboard rectangles for the outer covers of your book. They need to be covered with a suitable fabric or felt, decorated according to your taste and idea.

For the pages, you will also need to pick up thick cardboard, but it should be thinner than the cardboard for the cover. The height of the pages should be the same as for the cover, and the width can be calculated by multiplying the width of the cover by the number of pages you need, plus two more pages to glue them to the cover. Cardboard pages can also be pasted over with felt or covered with fabric, as you wish. After the cover is ready, you can start decorating the pages of the felt book with your hands.

Developing book for children with their own hands. How to make.

What colors to choose for the design of a book made of fabric

Educational fabric books are created in order to teach the child important and necessary skills, so choose clean and simple colors for decoration. Let it be red, blue, green, yellow, pink, orange, purple. Based on these colors, you will teach the child to recognize them, so it is better to make sure that the baby does not get confused.

One page in a booklet can be sewn on or glued on Velcro multi-colored geometric shapes, then you can teach your baby to recognize shapes and learn colors with him at the same time.

What ideas to use for decorating a fabric book

We will give a master class on creating pages for a felt book. Of course, it will be interesting for kids if you use buttons, buttons, snakes, ribbons and other things that develop fine motor skills hands

On one of the pages, you can sew or attach snakes, buttons, buttons, carabiners, Velcro, laces. Let your child practice fastening and unfastening these useful devices. You can use the pocket tutorial to make the pockets fasten with buttons, snaps, and Velcro.

To fasten circles on buttons, not one, but several, the kids will really like this opportunity. On the page, you can sew an impromptu sketchy sneaker and try to teach children how to lace up.

On another page, you can use a master class on creating balls and pyramids of felt puzzles with your own hands. For example, to make a puzzle ball, you will first need to start with a pattern. Cut out a circle from paper that fits you in diameter and cut it into 4. Take colored felt and cut out each piece from it. Sew Velcro to the place where the circle is attached to the page, also sew the counterpart of the Velcro to each part, and now your puzzle is ready.

A master class on creating a pyramid will be very similar to a master class on creating a circle puzzle. It will be necessary to cut out the details of the pyramid, let them be 3-5. Each detail will need to be made in the form of a rectangle, you can sew felt pads and fill them with cotton wool. Then you will get a beautiful interactive toy, you will need to sew Velcro on each detail. On the page of the book, you also need to sew the reciprocal part of the Velcro.

A good option for an idea would be to use ribbons to decorate a fabric book with your own hands. To be useful, educational cloth books must teach something. So you can sew three ribbons on the page of the book. You can show your baby how to braid and he can repeat this workout with his hands.

On the felt page, you can make a sign in which the child will learn to count. The simplest master class is to cut out numbers from felt and sew them to the page. Pull a ribbon near each number and put on each ribbon the number of beads corresponding to the number. It will be very convenient to use such a developing book, made by yourself, when teaching your baby to count.

On one page, you can make a small garden with fruits and vegetables. You can sew vegetables and fruits from felt with your own hands, or you can stick photos of these fruits and vegetables on Velcro. For children, such a page will be very useful, so they can easily remember the names of vegetables and fruits.

Instead of a garden, you can make roads with cars or a sea with boats. the master class for creating such pages will be the same as the others - you will only need felt and Velcro, as well as a little of your own imagination.

The pattern of a boat or a bus is very simple. You can find a photo of the object you need and simply print it, cutting it into important component parts. If this is a boat, then it will be sails, anchor and sides.

You can make an educational game of hide and seek with a baby on some page. For example, you may find this tutorial helpful. Cut out a cap or hat from felt. Sew it on so that the hat can be lifted up. Under the hat you can hide the eyes, smiling mouth and hair. You can use a photo of the eyes and other ideas. If you use this master class, you will delight the children and they will be delighted.

Educational book made of fabric and felt. Handmade

In order to sew a developing textile book for a child, you need to stock up on a bright plain cotton fabric, thin synthetic winterizer, felt of different colors, beads, buttons, buttons, ribbons, cords and other interesting little things that every needlewoman probably has.

Almost everyone can make toys with their own hands. For this, you need a wish, step by step master classes with a photo, well, preferably, patterns)

Also for work you will need: a transparent plastic cover from yogurt or mayonnaise, a transparent quick-drying glue, a magnet in the form of a thin plate, a rustling film, a bell, a small carabiner, soap or chalk for drawing lines on fabrics, cutting scissors, household sewing machine, iron.

Making a developing book includes 3 stages

Stage 1. Page preparation

First of all, it is necessary to cut out the pages of the future book from fabric and synthetic winterizer. The most convenient for kids is the size of the book is about 20 * 20 cm. So cut out the pages should be 22 * ​​22 cm in size.

The fabric page must be applied to the synthetic winterizer and along the perimeter lay a fastening machine line 3 mm from the cuts.

After the required number of pages has been prepared, you can proceed to the 2nd stage of work on the book.

Stage 2. Book cover and page design

In a developing book, not only the pages should be interesting, but also the covers. You can, for example, depict a large bright flower, the core of which will be made of transparent plastic cover. Under it you can put multi-colored beads. Flower petals can be made from hard felt in different colors. The background of the cover is harmoniously complemented by colored buttons. Thundering from any movement, shimmering with all the colors of the rainbow - this cover will not leave any child indifferent.

The theme of the pages can be anything. When working on a developmental book, it is important to adhere to simple rule, - thanks to the artistic design of the book, the child must acquire and develop new skills and abilities, broaden his horizons, and train his memory.

This is where a variety of techniques come in handy. You can attach elements to pages using buttons, buttons, magnets. Inside the characters sewn onto the page, you can put a piece of rustling film.

You can intentionally "hide" some elements so that the child looks for them. So, for example, you can put a bee inside a flower, ladybug- under a piece of paper, candy - in a felt envelope. Other elements, on the contrary, should be large, bright, immediately conspicuous and call for action, for example, a butterfly “flies” on a thin cord, on a snail’s shell there is a bright button that needs to be moved in a spiral under a thin mesh stitched on top.

Young children are very fond of different sound effects. Therefore, you can place a plastic buzzer or a bell under an element on the page, for example, under the hat of a mushroom house. A window in the house, behind the curtains of which you can see someone's face, and a door that can be thrown open by unfastening the carabiner can also arouse additional interest in the little reader. And behind the door, too, there may be someone who lives in this forest house.

You can switch the child's attention from the natural world to toys familiar to him, cubes, pyramids, balls made of felt. They can be attached to the page using adhesive tape.

The back cover of a textile book can also give a child a surprise - just make a simple pocket on it and put candy or even cards with riddles about the heroes of the book into it.

When all the invented pages are designed, you can proceed to the last stage of work on the book.

Stage 3. Book mounting

Covers and pages must be sequentially and in pairs sewn together. To do this, they are folded face inward and stitched along the sections, leaving somewhere a small hole for eversion. At the same stage, loops and ribbon ties are provided and sewn. With the help of eyelets, the pages can be gathered together on a ribbon, and the strings will serve as a kind of fastener for the book. The stitched pages are turned inside out, ironed, the hole is sewn up. Then it remains only to assemble the textile book into a single piece.

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Good afternoon, dear needlewomen! Do you agree with the opinion that children deserve the best? And most importantly. every mother is ready to give it to her baby. In our previous article, we talked about a business board, and in this article we will discuss one more thing for the development of your baby - this is a developing book made of felt.

The felt book is very useful and original toy for the child. It has many useful functions for the baby: it develops tactile sensations, teaches role-playing games, counting, alphabet, helps to develop fine motor skills, attentiveness, a specific set of functions depends on the content of the books.

The child loves to study the world, fingers touch and explore various objects and surfaces and transmit signals to the brain. Especially your baby will like a soft book made of felt, because it is so pleasant and curious to look at it!

Also, such felt books are called quiet (quiet book), due to the fact that while the baby is busy with a book, silence and tranquility will reign in the house.

A felt book can be purchased at the store, sewn to order or made by hand.

Don't worry, even a novice needlewoman can sew a felt book, and the "Craftswoman" will tell you how to do it. Therefore, you need inspiration and materials for sewing a felt book with your own hands.

DIY felt book video

Which felt is better?

Felt is produced mainly in several countries, including the most affordable ones in China and Korea.

Chinese felt more suitable for beginner needlewomen, as it is quite cheap and suitable for improving skills, after a short operation, spools and scuffs appear.

Korean felt- does not roll, will not be erased, better quality, but at the same time noticeably more expensive.

The thickness of the felt also varies - 1 mm, 2 mm, 3 mm, 4 and 5 mm. Korean felt is also hard and soft.

Felt is best purchased as a set, it is already included different shades which will be useful to you. Some sewing accessories will also come in handy.

DIY felt book

Before you start sewing a developing felt book, first work out the idea:

• The age of the child (the content of the book depends on this)
• Book size (20x20 cm, 20x30 cm)
• The book will be only made of felt or combined with cotton, fleece.
• It is required to sketch a sketch of the book, based on fittings and filling - think over each button and ribbon.
• When the sketch is ready, prepare patterns for each part. You will find some patterns for felt products in this article.
• Consider how the book will be bound and bound.
• Work through the plot and tutorial elements.

By the way, about patterns: if you have the slightest drawing skills, you can draw a unique freehand pattern and cut the pattern according to the drawing, or you can print a drawing or a coloring book for children and cut the pattern from there.

It is not difficult to cut the basis for the pages for a felt book, count how many pages there will be and cut twice as many. Plus felt for the main page.

Materials for the book from felt.

• of course, the felt itself. Approximate quantity: for pages 11 sheets 20x20 centimeters, for elements 20 sheets 15x15 cm.
• pins
• threads to match the felt used.
• decorative buttons
• beads
• Velcro tape
• Buttons
• Laces
• Holofiber or synthetic winterizer
• Rep tape
• zippers and so on

*The APPROXIMATE quantity and types of materials are given. You can change the materials and accessories at will.

How to sew a book out of felt.

All developing felt books are sewn according to the same principle:

1. Glue a sealant to the facial tissue - adhesive fabric with an iron.
2. Cut out the details and elements of the book from felt
3. The elements used are attached to a sheet of felt with pins, and stitched onto sewing machine or manually. Two completed pages sew together, hiding the wrong side. then we finish the removable elements and put them into the finished pages.
4. If you are using removable Velcro elements, so that the child does not damage the felt by accidentally closing the page without attaching the element, sew the soft part of the Velcro onto the page, into the part with hooks on the part.
5. seams, which are used when sewing from felt:
   • "Forward with a needle" (for removable parts);
   • “Behind the needle” (for sewn parts);
   • "Loopy" (in order to arrange pages).

1. Page fixing books made of felt can be different, choose which one you like best: grommet, tape, looped, you can fasten with strips of felt.
2. you can use curly scissors for processing pages - the book will look much neater.
3. Can be sewn between pages synthetic winterizer or tarpaulin. In the first case, the book will be softer, and in the second, harder.

How to sew Velcro to a felt book.

You can sew Velcro to the back of the felt, or to the padding fabric.

1. First, attach the sealing fabric to the wrong side of the appliqué.
2. Sew Velcro to the wrong side of the felt
3. Trim excess fabric
4. Sew on details

You can also see how to sew Velcro on a felt book by watching the video.

How to sew Velcro to fabric video

Felt book collection

As soon as you finish sewing on applications, buttons, laces, beads, in other words, as soon as the pages are ready, start sewing the felt book itself.

You need to take the felt with sewn applications, put it facing the table and put the synthetic winterizer. Cover with the second page, right side facing you.

Now we sew the page manually along the edge, cut off the protruding synthetic winterizer, then sheathe the edges of the pages with inlay.

How to sew a page and finish its edges with fabric video

As we have already said, soft book binding can be made different ways. You can study this issue in more detail by watching the video.

Video: how to make a felt book binding.

Felt books ideas

The ideas for the pages of a developing felt book will never end, there are a lot of them. You can even design the cover in an original way. For example, playing peek-a-boo.

In a felt book, you can arrange a real apartment - with a bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and even a laundry room.

In a toy made of felt, you can arrange the seabed, look for and hide fish in the waves.

The ladybug on the lock develops motor skills, teaches you how to open zippers.

Velcro sorter will captivate your baby for a long time.

Also on the pages you can arrange a real garden! Planting and harvesting in baskets.

Lacing develops naughty fingers, kids are very fond of lacing.

We learn time.

Another original design covers.

You can play in autumn.

Wash and hang socks.

Hide the sun behind the clouds.

Play teremok.

In the fairy tale "Three Little Pigs".

Invent clever games.

Play puzzles.

Play Tetris or the fairy tale "Kolobok"

Under the leaves of a flower, you can also arrange a "seeker"

Fantasize and create felt books for your kids, because a child will remember his mother's books all his life!

Text prepared by: Veronica

Soft books sewn for children with their own hands - this is the most the right gift children. Parents love to give gifts to their child, especially useful ones. The kid will definitely be delighted with a new gift, and parents will be sure that the kid learns, develops and trains skills while playing. Interested?
Hsomething like a soft book with your own hands, dLet's take a look in detail. In our article you will find best ideas books for the baby and a master class on how to sew soft educational books. All the tools and materials needed to create a soft book can be bought in one placewhich works for those who grow a little happiness at home.
A developed child is the child who can entertain himself, find himself interesting activity, find answers to your questions, get dressed when it's cold and vice versa undress when it's hot. And parents can teach their child independence in a playful way. It is the game that is the favorite teacher. When choosing a game, you need to take into account the age, interests of the child on this moment, hobbies, the child himself will show / tell all this, you just have to watch him. The toy must be safe and meet other criteria.
Having studied the market of children's toys, we came to the conclusion "the best toy is a toy sewn by one's own hands." Every mother knows what her baby is thinking. And it is easy for her to make a toy from improvised means (paper, cardboard) and entertain her baby. But usually cardboard, paper toys not enough for a long time, especially if the child's age is from 8 months, the same applies to developing cards with printed images. What to do and what to do if a child puts everything in his mouth and tries to tear and destroy everything? We think the answer suggests itself - to give him the opportunity to study the subject.
Why is it worth sewing soft books baby book?
Soft books contain many details, different in texture, color and size.While playing with such textbooks, the child:
- develops fine motor skills of hands;
- get acquainted with different shapes and colors;
- develops visual perception, attention and thinking;

Develops basic self-care skills;

Develops tactile sensations.

Games and tasks on the pages of a soft book are aimed at developing attention, memory, imagination, thinking, expanding vocabulary, developing fine motor skills of hands and developing speech, helping your baby understand the principlework, how to fasten / unfastendifferent elements, thereby preparing for self-removal / putting on shoes / clothes with such fasteners.

Do-it-yourself developing soft book: ideas.
The number of ideas for soft books depends on your imagination. For inspiration, you can go shopping and look at existing educational toys or look on the Internet.
DIY book and ideas for creating it:
- Page with clasps
The most interesting and mysterious page of the book. Kids really like it, because there are always surprises and surprises in it. As a rule, behind fasteners, closed doors, you can find a lot of interesting things. Doors can be closed with buttons, fasteners, laces. Lacing is also interesting to thread into rings, thereby “helping the bee collect pollen from flowers”, etc.

- Page 7 colors of the rainbow
Learning about colors is useful and fun. You can sew a soft book with pages of different colors, or place a rainbow on one page, or even more interesting “a peacock with a rainbow tail”. On this page, you can sort other objects and shapes by color, or just open the zippers and look for what's hidden inside.

- Geometric page
To study forms. geometric shapes can be not only multi-colored but intricately hidden in space planets. The task, for example, is to find the contour of the object and fix it in the right place with Velcro or a button. Or he can assemble geometric figures from several objects, for example, a whole ship, or a house. Or it can be a tangram, which you can play for a very long time, invent the outlines of various animals and objects.

Puzzle page.

Kids are very pleased when a single whole is formed from a multitude of incomprehensible things, and here your help may be needed.

Page with a face and pigtails.

Braiding pigtails is a very laborious work, but it is easy to undo! The kid trains his household skills, girls especially like them, they love to be like their mothers, and they will be happy to braid and re-braid braids to a doll or mannequin. Braids can be made from laces, ribbons, or even artificial hair.

Account page.

You have noticed for a long time that the baby counts out loud - one, two or five-seven, then he will not leave this page of a soft book without attention. You can count anything from peas in peas to the number of passengers in a train car or bus windows, and even beads on a watch dial.

Change of clothes page

At the age of 2, the child already shows an interest in clothes, and the fun of dressing and undressing gives rise to many combinations and styles in clothes. Helps kids make decisions. For example, a felt doll should be dressed according to the season - winter-summer-spring-autumn. It is better to fasten clothes with Velcro and Velcro.

season page

The seasons can be made in the form of a single tree that sheds foliage, grows fruits, or a whole book with full spreads, where spring is a stream, with rapidly flowing water with geometric ice floes or a ship. And summer with a bee and other animals in worries.

All ideas are good, but here are some tips!

Do not overload the page with elements and bright backgrounds.

Use threads according to the color of the element on the front side.

What do you need to sew a soft book?

A do-it-yourself soft educational book is created using the following tools and materials :

Fabric for characters, details and objects in the book (it is better to choose - it is soft and pleasant to the touch, does not roll down, a wide palette of colors);

Velcro, ;Velcro buy here http://www..php?route=product/category&path=67

To connect pages;

Fillers for the cover and details of the book (for example, and so on);

- . (Chinese felt looks much better glued with doubler with a stiffness of 180 grams)

Making the basis of the book

The basis of the book is its cover, to which the pages will be attached. Workshop on how to make do-it-yourself soft books (cover photo attached): Decide what size you want the book. Draw a rectangle on the back of the fabric. Its length should be more than the intended size by about five to ten centimeters. This stock is the front side of the book. The wider it is, the more pages can be placed in the book. Make two of these patterns. You can use two different fabrics- one is needed for the outer cover, the other - for the inner. Cut out two templates with a margin of up to a centimeter on each side. Mark a ribbon whose width is equal to the width of the front side of the book, and the length is equal to its height. Add from five millimeters to a centimeter to each side. Cut it out. Put a few rings on the tape to secure the pages. Better use three. Decorate one of the pieces of fabric on the half of the front side - this will be the cover. You can cut out figures from felt and sew or glue them on, sew on beads, fasteners, buttons, embroider words or numbers. Get creative. Sew the ribbon with rings to the right side of the other piece of fabric vertically in the center. Be sure to evenly space the rings. Sew the two sides of the cover together, leaving a small hole in the middle on the right side. Turn out the cover. Push the filler evenly inside the cover. It should not be very much, but you need to fill it very tightly. Sew up the opening with a blind stitch. Sew on ribbons for tying. Cover is ready!