A few weeks ago I managed to thrift an item which epitomized a good part of my childhood -- a felt board!
This particular board is the exact same design as the one I remember playing with when I was a little girl. On one side there's a green chalkboard, and on the reverse, orange felt.
I don't have any felt pieces to use with the board yet, but I'm on the lookout -- or better yet, I'd actually like to make the pieces myself. I hope Gretchen enjoys creating scenes out of felt as much as I did!
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oh my I had the same exact one!! Mine was on a stand and you could flip it over!! You just brought back a flood of memories of me making everyone play school with me, especially my mom...I always had to be the teacher...ENJOY! Such a fab find!!
Check out this website:
http://www.3hcraftworks.com/site/about.shtml - it's a company out of Vancouver that works with disabled adults, and they make fantastic "felt story" packages, at very reasonable prices.
Enjoy! What an excellent find!
WANT!!!!!!
You could hot glue some pretty amazing figures together. Oh man. The possibilities are endless. Have fun!
I used to have the same chalk board as a kid. I hope Gretchen has fun with it. I'd cut out little animals out of felt. Like elephants or HER favorite animal right now, she could make a zoo?
ohh i had a felt board! my mom made it. She just stretched and stapled a huge piece over a piece of wood. It was 6 foot wide (or so it seemed). She cut out a ton of figures for me as well. I remember the horses and other parts of the farm scene, there were fish too. I played with that thing for hours.
this is so cool! now i want to make a felt board for gage. i had completely forgotten about playing with those when i was little.
Wow this brings back long forgotten memories. A good way to make felt animals etc - in google images type in whatever animal you are after and 'silhouette'. It will give you a nice easy outline to cut around.
Thanks for the great ideas guys -- I promise to share once I've created some little pieces!
So fun! I love felt boards! And that one is particularly awesome!
I love these....so many memories. Definitely make some of your own...little fawns and forest trees...I can see it now CUTENESS! xx
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