The quiet book, literally translated into Italian “book of calm”, is one of the most popular games for children. It is a real book, especially suitable for the little ones, which is made with felt or pannolenci , characterized by figures or subjects that can be sewn by hand, machine or glued with hot glue . HOW TO MAKE A FELT BOOK OF CALM

Why so loved? Because it greatly captures the child’s attention, offering him many “sensory sensations”, thanks to the experimentation and manipulation that can be done. These books, in fact, are very useful for hand-eye coordination (fine motor skills); moreover, the beauty is that they are modular, ie the child can attach and detach the various elements of the page, thus carrying out games and stimulating activities.

Of course, there are countless proposals for felt books on the market, which vary according to the activity you want to do or the learning you want to achieve: let’s think, for example, of books that teach children to learn colors, or to count, if not to tie your shoes.

However, we believe that the beauty of this playful proposal is not just the book itself, but its realization , which often sees mothers try their hand with great imagination and creativity.

So let’s see how to make our personalized QUIET BOOK:

• Choosing the fabric : as we mentioned above, we suggest the use of felt or possibly the pannolenci , because they are easily manipulated fabrics, easy to cut and sew. In addition, these fabrics also react very well to hot glue (easier to use).
• Choice of theme : what do we want to propose and teach our little ones? There are many themes, starting with shapes, colors, numbers, letters, animals and many others. But if our baby is very young we can also offer him something that focuses mainly on the senses, touch and hearing.
• Accessories : first of all arm yourself with a lot of patience and creativity as well as scissors, needle, thread, die-cutter , ropes, eyelets, buttons and ribbons.

All that remains is to get to work: HOW TO MAKE A FELT BOOK OF CALM

1. First we have to decide how many pages we want to do; then, we measure and trace the pages using a CD or the page of an old book as a model.
2. Let’s create a cover for our book by cutting exactly two page shapes and adding a central “spine” of about 2/3 cm, which will be used to assemble all the pages.
3.  We proceed by gluing the edge of each page to the next, and finally we take our cover, sprinkle the “backbone” with glue and assemble our book.
4. Now we just have to unleash our creativity, customizing each page, starting from the cover. We trace the shapes on the page (star, circle, square), and with a piece of felt of another color we cut out the various shapes that the children will then attach (using the velcro) on the corresponding path.