Quiet Book: Interactive Sensory Page

I am a big fan of making quiet books for my kids. I enjoy the work that goes into making them and finding fun new ways to teach them new things. My latest book was for Little J who was just 16 months when I gave it to him. As such, I had to cater to his age. This textures page was a fun and simple way to make a sturdy page for a very destructive little dude! 

While my quiet books are traditionally made of mostly felt, this page allowed me to pull out some fabric scraps from my sewing stash. I also got to use the sewing machine for this one which made quick work for me! 

1. Terrycloth
2. Polar fleece with a monkey pattern
3. Satin
4. Canvas
5. Vinyl
6. Patterned satin
7. Ribbed pinky (very fuzzy)
8. Felt
9. Swirly pinky (very fluffy)
10. Spotted minky (thinner minky with raised dots)
11. Pom pom trim (4 strips cut from 1 long piece)
12. This was from the scrap bin and I’m not sure exactly what it is! It sort of feels like suede.

To make this page, I simply used some pinking shears to cut out 2.75″ squares of various fabrics from my scrap bin. You can use just about anything! This page has the potential for a lot of fun colours. Unfortunately, I have a lot of white fun fabrics in my collection!

Pinking the edges with the shears is a quick and simple way to avoid fraying edges without having to serge them. Once I cut out my squares, I pinned them to the page and started sewing simple straight lines using white thread. The pom pom trim was a bit tricky as it is four rows of trim stacked on top of each other. I ended up sewing the top piece with the machine but hand-sewing the bottom 3 rows as I could not fit the sewing machine foot between the rows. 

While a sewing machine makes this a quick and simple page to make, it is definitely not necessary. It will take you longer to complete but it can definitely be hand-sewn. If you opt to hand-sew it, you can match the thread to the colour of each fabric square.