For our final quilt project, we made our own quilts. This project was easy and baby friendly. It is basically a glue-less collage using fabric.
I cut out a rectangle of clear contact paper and taped it to their table. We got out all of our fabric scraps. (I tried to pick ones that were fairly old-fashioned looking.) The older girls cut out shapes from the fabric. We have special kid-sized Fiskar school scissors that we keep just for cutting fabric. I cut out shapes for the baby to use.
The goal was to completely cover your sticky paper with fabric, which Ella did very nicely.
Mabel was much more interested in cutting and spent most of her time cutting out pieces of fabric and then cutting them into smaller pieces until they suited her just right.
Beatrix just liked sticking. She also liked sharing her pieces of fabric with her sisters. I hung hers up where she can reach it and she still comes by occasionally and takes a piece off and sticks it back on.
3 comments:
I love this idea. It makes me want to go cut out pieces of fabric and it is so easy.
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What a great inexpensive activity. I've made projects with contact paper, but never thought to make a quilt. : ) I would love it if you shared this idea and any other inexpensive, kid-friendly activities at my linky party www.funfrugalmommy.blogspot.com
Just popping over from Playtime linky...i often do contact type collages with my twin toddlers but never thought of material and a quilt effect...thanks so much for the inspiration!
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