Easy DIY Travel Felt Board Tutorial

This file folder travel felt board is easy to make!

How to Make a Simple Felt Board for Travel or Quiet Time

MATERIALS:

• One sheet of felt – make sure it’s the regular kind, not the stiff type. You want to choose a color that is different from the color of the shapes you intend to use with the board. Craft felt works fine for this activity.
• File folder
• Glue stick

STEPS:

1. Trim the felt to fit inside the file folder
2. Cover the back of the felt with glue using the glue stick. If you’re using liquid glue, spread it very thinly – otherwise it will soak through the felt and make it so that felt shapes don’t stick as well
3. attach felt to inside of file folder
4. Enjoy :)

Emma’s new travel felt board with a “castle” created using some of the geometric shapes from these activities.

And with her dress-up bear:

More Travel Felt Board Activities

Here are some more felt board activities your kids can enjoy doing with this board:

• Felt Shape Sheep
• Halloween Felt Board Shapes
• Felt Dress-up Dolls

If you are looking for more polished looking felt board shapes, Living Felt Visuals sells fun ready-made felt pieces. Here are a few of their fun sets:

• Three Little Pigs Felt Board Set
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar Felt Board Set
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear Felt Board Set
• Wild Animals Felt Board Set
• Calendar Felt Set
• Emotions Felt Figures
• Pete the Cat Flannelboard Set

Do you have more activities for this travel felt board? Come share a link on my Facebook page, or tag me on Instagram!

MaryAnne Kochenderfer

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MaryAnne lives in Silicon Valley with her Stanford professor husband Mike and their four children. She writes about parenting through education, creativity, and play. Mama Smiles - Joyful Parenting is a space to share crafts, hands on learning activities, and family outings that enrich lives and bring families together.