Quiet Book Page 13: Noah's Ark

This is probably my very favorite page I made for the quiet book. The reason: all of the cute little animals that go in the ark. They are the best, and I actually designed them myself! If you would like the pattern, please comment your email and I will send the pattern as soon as I can.

Page 13: Noah's Ark

Teaches: Animals, and the story of Noah's Ark

My inspiration for this page came from my friend's quiet book and from here. 

This is how my ark turned out:

I first drew out the arc with all the windows, door, etc on a piece of paper. I used that as my pattern, cut the pieces, and sewed everything together, starting with sewing the zipper into the main boat part. I used mostly machine stitching for the actual ark part and all hand stitching for the animals. 

The rainbow ribbon was given to me by my friend who inspired me to make this quiet book. It is exactly what this page needed to make it perfect. 

For the animals, I drew them out in pencil, then once I liked how they looked, I traced over the pencil with sharpie to get a nice thick pattern. I then traced each individual part onto a different paper. Each of those was labeled and cut out for the pattern. I chose my colors for each animal and started cutting felt. I used all hand stitching (blanket stitch) for these, so they took some extra time, but I absolutely love how they turned out. They are stuffed with normal stuffing and the eyes were added on last using puffy paint.

I scanned in the pattern for all the animals and the sun before cutting them out. If you would like a copy of the pattern, comment on this page or email me!

Sun (obviously not an animal, but I wanted to include it):

Owl: 

Black Bear: 

Lion: 

Giraffe: 

Monkey:

Bird:

Elephant: 

Rhino: 

This is also one of Owen's favorite pages to play with. He loves to take the animals out one by one and kiss them. It's the cutest.

Again, contact me if you would like a copy of the animal patterns and I will get it to you as quickly as possible. 

~K.A.N.

Crochet Heart Pattern and Tutorial

Christmas has always been the holiday that I decorate for. In October my awesome mom helped me make some Halloween decorations, and this year for Valentine's Day I decided to make a simple crochet heart decoration. Someday I may have decorations for every holiday! 

I found this pattern on Everything Etsy (here) and loved it. I thought I would use the same pattern and add pictures to give a nice little tutorial for you. 

NOTE: a treble and a triple crochet are the same thing; I will call it a treble. 

First, make a slip knot: 

Chain 4: 

Crochet 3 treble crochets into the first chain:

Wrap yarn around hook twice

Insert hook into first chain

 Wrap yarn around hook

Pull through chain space (this will give you 4 loops on your hook)

 Wrap yarn around hook

Pull through 2 loops (this will give you 3 loops on your hook)

Wrap yarn around hook 

Pull through 2 loops (this will leave you with 2 loops on your hook)

Wrap yarn around your hook 

Pull through last 2 loops

That is one treble crochet. Crochet 2 more of those into the same space as the first. You will end up with this: 

Chain 1:

Now crochet three double crochets into the same space as the trebles (that very first chain)

Wrap yarn around hook

 Insert into first chain space

Wrap yarn around hook

Pull through chain space (this will give you three loops on your hook)

Wrap yarn around hook

Pull through two loops (this will leave you with 2 loops on your hook)

Wrap yarn around hook 

Pull through both loops 

That is one double crochet. Crochet two more double crochets into that first chain space. You will then have this:

Chain 1:

Crochet 1 treble (triple) crochet into the first chain space. This will be the point of your heart: 

Chain 1:

Crochet 3 double crochets into the first chain space:

Chain 1:

Crochet 3 treble crochets into the first chain space: 

Chain 3:

Slip stitch into the first chain space and cut yarn: 

Pull yarn to the back of the heart and tie a knot to finish:

Congrats! You have made a little crochet heart! 

These were so fast that I made a bunch and made them into a garland.

~K.A.N.

Quiet Book Page 12: Tic-Tac-Toe

Most of the pages I put in my quiet book are educational. This is one of the pages that isn't so much for learning as it is for fun. 

Page 12: Tic-Tac-Toe

Teaches: Matching, taking turns, winning and losing

My inspiration for this page came from here. Pinterest almost always had several ideas for each page I wanted to make and this was my favorite tic-tac-toe page. Bonus: it came with a pattern!!

Here is how my page turned out: 

I chose 3 colors to use - black, cream, and red. I then cut out the pattern pieces and stitched everything together. In the pops and podge page, she used fabric glue to hold most of her things together. I stitched all of mine. All of the black as well as the velcro is machine stitched, while the X's and O's are hand stitched to the circles. 

There is a pocket in the top left corner of the page for the extra pieces to be stored. Each piece has velcro on the back and there is velcro sewn in each square on the grid. 

I sewed the letters on by machine and it was surprisingly easy and turned out great! 

When making this quiet book, I was getting tired and overwhelmed. I was thinking about which pages to eliminate and this was a contender. My husband didn't want me to because then he wouldn't have a page to play with; so it ended up staying. I am so happy with how it turned out. 

~K.A.N.