Long Term Project

My sister Inklings posted about the quiet books she is making.  I started some too when I came home from vacation this summer.  But mine are very slow going.  Some days I have a hard time getting motivated.  Anyway, I don't have any grandchildren, and I'm not expecting any soon, but I thought I would start this while I have the time, and finish it at my leisure.  Mainly it gives me something to do.  :)  I don't have a sewing machine here in China, so I'm doing it by hand.  That takes a little longer.  I also am not using any patterns, I am just making up the patterns as I go along.

This is a counting cookie monster page.  I put two pictures of it together so you could see how it is meant to be played.

This is the "Old Lady who swallowed a fly".  If you aren't familiar with the song, she swallows the fly, then swallows a spider to catch the fly.  Then she swallows a bird to catch the spider.  She continues swallowing bigger animals until she swallows a horse, and dies of course.  Kind of morbid, but I thought the kids would like seeing her "eat" the different things.  You open her mouth to put them in.

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This is a "Peek a Boo" page.  I put two pics together so you could see the before and after (only I got them switched in the picture).  I got this idea off Pinterest where they had a page with three together.

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This is a "Mr. Potato Head" page.  We all played with these toys as a child.  He has a suitcase where he stores the facial features.  I need to make a few more interchangeable face pieces for this page.  Maybe another hat too, and some feet.  :)

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That's all I've done so far.  After I"m done, I will sew the pages together in order.  I'm probably going to make either a doctor page, or a car track next.  The car track will be the center of the book.  Anyway, that's how I keep myself sane when I'm bored.  :)