Tutorial and pattern: Fabric quiet book

Abby from Sew Much Ado shares a tutorial and pattern at The Creative Spark for making a quiet book. Each page of the fabric book has a different activity to keep young hands and brains engaged in quiet activity. Her patterns include pages with a picture frame, a unicorn with hair you can braid, a lace-up shoe, apple tree with removable apples and a basket, buckles and zipper, and shape sorting.

Click below for her free pattern and tutorial:

DIY Quiet Book with a Free Pattern, by Sew Much Ado

[photo from Sew Much Ado on The Creative Spark]

Quiet books or busy books are educational book/toys made with age or development appropriate activities for babies, toddlers and preschool-age children. They are interactive and tactile. These books usually involve a cause and effect result as well as visual aids to teach fundamental learning skills. These books also develop hand and eye co-ordination. You can find more patterns for making Quiet or Busy books here Etsy.

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