Quiet Book

Ever since Owen was born I've wanted to make him a quiet book.  So earlier this year I started to gather ideas from the internet.  Including: Modest Maven, Oopsey Daisy, Crafty Chic, Homemade by Jill, Camille's Casa, Serving Pink Lemonade, and quietbook.blogspot.com.  All fantastic helps!  Ultimately, it became a hodge-podge of ideas and my own creation.  After I got all the ideas together, I put it away for a few months.  It was too overwhelming!  So the cycle continued of working on it for 2-3 weeks, putting it away for 2-3 months.

Finally with my mom's help a few weeks ago we were able to finish it!!  And I LOVE how it turned out!  There are 20 different pages...

Matching letters

 Fishing page: the hook on the pole, and the fish are magnetic.

 

 Apple picking: the apples snap on/off into the basket

 

3 different puzzles.  A basketball, heart, and star

Barn with finger puppets inside

 Lace the football (Go Cougars!)

 



 Gumball page: matching colors & Tic Tac Toe

Matching letters

Feely fingers with different textures & matching shapes

Car page: garage holds 5-6 different cars (taxi, bus, fire truck, car, etc.) that he can drive around

Ice Cream: Make a cone w/ all different toppings & Mailbox page: write notes, doodle, etc.  (The flag goes up and down!)

Getting dressed: 4-5 different outfits of choice.  I realized as I took the pictures that I forgot to give the man a face... oh well.

Here are 2 outfits: 

 BYU Football

 

 Missionary

 

Flower page: Flowers come on/off the buttons

 

 

Jury is still out on whether Owen likes it or not (he better!)... but at this point-- 10 months &  60+ hours later-- I am just glad it is done!