Name Quiet Book

Yesterday was my Nephew's 2nd Birthday. I wasn't sure what to get him but after talking with a crafty friend about it I decided to make a Quiet book. I really enjoyed making this book. Maybe a bit too much. lol

For the cover I simply cut out his name in felt, ironed on some adhesive and then ironed it on the cover. I used this tutorial for the pages and book.

For K I decided upon a Kangaroo and an Owl for O.

I found a coloring page on google and used that for the kangaroo. For the owl I got the idea here. She has so many amazing quiet book pages! You need to check it out.

For D I just had to make a dinosaur. Inspiration found here. Then for A I found a image on google  for the Airplane.

The dinosaur might be one of my favorites. While sewing my husband came in and declared he wanted one on his backpack. lol

For the wrapping I used simple white packaging paper and tied it up with a scrap of fabric. I hope the birthday boy will love it as much as I loved making it. 

I Spy Book

Remember this quilt? I had a bunch of squares leftover from the swap I joined back in June and wasn't quite sure what to do with them. Since both my kids have I Spy Quilt's I was reluctant to make another. But then...... I saw this great idea to make a I Spy book.  It was just too cute not to! 

I spy Santa, a red strawberry and a girl in a blue dress. Can you find them?

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 I really love how it turned out! The best part is it's accordion style so you can fold the whole book out and play I spy.

 Then when you are all finished you just fold it back up. I followed this tutorial pretty closely except I decided not to do a snap closure. 

This is also a great way to use up some of those scraps you've been saving. You bet there are going to be more of these in the future. :)