The project that has kept me busy over the last 6 months:

I decided that before life gets too busy to work on projects, I wanted to make another quietbook. I spent months looking at different templates online in order to determine what pages I wanted to work on. Here is the finished product at this point, although I used eyelets and rings to hold the book together so I can add more pages when I want. I made two covers because the pages are so thick that they fit better in two books. These pictures don't have the best lighting, but I was too lazy to retake them:

I got the idea for this matching sports page from my friend Kelsey:

Dress Mr. & Mrs. Potato head:

The extra clothes and accessaries can go in the basket or be clipped on the clothes pins:

Tie the ballet shoe or the tennis shoe:

Matching colors on a color pallet. I thought the paint brushes would be fun to use to "paint" on the colors. Also, the spinning color wheel will hopefully be fun:

I love the road page. I found erasers in the shape of a bus, truck, and helicopter and Lyla loves playing with them!!

Counting page with petals that come off and can be put in the green pocket:

Build a hamburger page with velcro mustard & ketchup, and fries that come out.

Classic barn page. The doors open and inside are these finger puppets:

The seasons page: snap on leaves for fall, flowers for summer, leave bare for winter.

Mailbox page with envelopes for missionaries & grandparents. Also a pocket to hold coloring paper and markers, crayons, etc.

Shapes page- balloons held by the monkey, which is an iron-on applique from Joann's:

Button on ice cream scoops, or they can go in the ice cream truck:

Tic tac toe game, the pieces can go in the pocket on the next page- good zipper practice:

I used the really thick felt for most of the pages which I think will hold up much better than the normal felt. I also discovered wonder under and it became my new best friend. It's so easy to use and so useful in many different projects! Most of my ideas I got from these two websites:

http://servingpinklemonade.blogspot.com/2011/01/quiet-book.html

http://www.oopseydaisyblog.com/2010/09/quiet-book-makes-its-debut.html

It's been a fun project but I'm excited to be done. Now I just want to make a church quietbook someday...we'll see if that ever happens! :)