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:
- Trim the felt to fit inside the file folder
- 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
- attach felt to inside of file folder
- 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:
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 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.
Tracye says
What a great idea!Thanks for the compliments on my blog today!
Valerie says
Oh, I LOVE this!!! :-)
Catherine Agnes says
I love this idea–what about making several of these felt folders with different felt backgrounds in each? You could create some simple scenes like a beach or a meadow using a couple colors of felt for the board.
MaryAnne says
Brilliant idea, Catherine :)
Ally says
I think Elijah would so love this! I want to make him felt food, any suggestions?
angel bug baby says
Hi MaryAnne! I’ve been following your blog for sometime, but don’t normally comment. I think this is a great idea…I will definitely be making these for all of my kiddos. I wonder if double sided tape would work ok for this??? I’m out of glue at the moment (3 year old got to it!) :) Thanks again for the great idea! amy texarkana, tx
Mike says
Great idea. I should do this.Mike< HREF="http://somethingaboutparenting.typepad.com" REL="nofollow">http://somethingaboutparenting.typepad.com<>Twitter: < HREF="http://twitter.com/AboutParenting" REL="nofollow">AboutParenting<>
Heather - CROQZine.com - Dollarstorecrafts.com says
Great idea! I love it! I’m sure kiddos would get hours of entertainment out of this one.I will post about it at DollarStoreCrafts.com next week or so!heather
MaryAnne says
angel bug baby, double sided tape is definitely worth a try – that stuff can be pretty strong!
The Iowa Farmer's Wife says
Oh my gosh MaryAnne! A file folder felt board is GENIUS!!! We love love love felt around here and that is the perfect way to keep it somewhat organized! Thank you for this!
maryanne says
Thank you! :D
Emma @sciencesparks says
I love this idea! Brilliant!
maryanne says
Thanks, Emma!