Wednesday, September 1, 2010

felt wall

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Felt has got to be one of the most underrated textiles that there is. Almost every time I look over at the wall of felt at Yardage Town I think... what the heck? who buys that? Now I know... ME! So there was a huge wall of felt at the the New Children's Museum in San Diego. It is so cute. There is a basket with scissors and pieces of felt to make your own objects to stick on the wall. Rather than giving Henry scissors to make his own {which will eventually come down the road} I have been obsessed with making them for him. I haven't gotten the board done yet {our house is busting at the seams as we wait to move our rooms around} but my idea is to staple gun a large strip of blue felt on top and green on the bottom of a piece of plywood. I am going to screw that on to the wall and let Henry have fun with all the pieces that I have made.
What else should I make?

Posted by Fern and Feather at 6:29 AM
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16 comments:

  1. That is the cutest idea ever! Once we make our move and things settle down I think I would like to attempt this too! You're such a great mom!:)
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  2. love it! you def get the best mom award for this:) here are more ideas...here are some local ideas for you- surfboards, woody, vw bus, beach cruiser, tricycle, palm trees. and if you wanted to add water you could do sea life:) henry is so lucky to have a momma like you!
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  3. you are such an amazing mom..i think you need to make a mommy felt person..
    i used to play with somethign similar as a kid loved it!
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  4. I am so obsessed with felt and this is one of the best ideas I have seen for kids in a long time. I'll be doing this with Emerson for sure! Well done. How about some letters?
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  5. so fun -- great idea. how about some adding some animals to the mix? lately i'm learning how to needle felt and it's so rewarding.
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  6. Grace shared my top two, a vw bus and a surfboard. This is such a wonderful idea! Thanks for being such a wonderful mom and helping to inspire the rest of us.
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  7. Ok. I'm not even a mom yet and this has got to be the cutest stinkin' thing I have seen in a while. I want one too!
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  8. such fun ideas... my wheels are turning... seriously I think about felt at red lights... I know I am nuts.

    couple things-
    1- I am thinking that a little felt wall class is in order once the house is done
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    2- I am thinking that I need to do a city theme, the Eiffel Tower, NYC skyline... oh my goodness the list goes on!!
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  9. Oh he'll have so much fun playing with these!! How about a house and a puppy and kitty?
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  10. Well, let's see........how about a barn and picket fence for all your animals. If your hand isn't totally cramped up from cutting, maybe a beach scene too!
    I want to come play with this felt wall.
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  11. these are awesome! mom of the year award goes to you. i'm sure he'll love it!
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  12. I made a felt board for my kids when they were young and it was fun - I think I enjoyed playing with it more than they did!
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  13. How about some Vermont things - Cow, Ben & Jerry Ice Cream, Skiiing, and a few Green Mountain tops! loves fun!!
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  14. this is adorable! i have girlies so i'd do a felt version of "paper dolls."
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  15. oh stop, alexis! how do you do it all?!?
    these are amazing.
    YOU are a fantastic mom, lady.
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  16. We have a felt board almost like yours, I made the kids a train with a bunch of different cars and a railroad track. They love it, but there favorite pieces are the ones I made of our family. One body for each of us and little outfits - sometimes my daughter will burst out in tears because she can't find her Daddy. Visitors get quite the shock till I tell them she is looking for 1 piece of felt in a stack of hundreds. Hope your guys have fun with it. Oh yeah, we like the weather pieces too - sun, clouds, lightening, etc
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