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  1. 11-06-2012, 08:07 PM #1
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    I posted in here a while ago asking for ideas for busy book pages to make for my daughter. I had a few really nice responses (especially from 3andMe, who generously took the time to take pictures of her kids' busy book! Thank you again!). I said I would come back and post pictures when mine was done. I would have posted them in the craft area, but that is gone now, so I'm posting here. It came in very handy on our cross country round trip this summer. I also made a smaller, more simple one for the baby, (mostly texture type pages) but I didn't post any pics of that one other than the cover. It was a fun project. Challenging to figure out how to make it mostly out of fabric and accessories I already had. Anyway... here it is!


    The covers. Not great quality photo, sorry.


    Marble Maze (marble sewn in to the fabric. Goal is to get it from the top to the bottom)


    Scotty Dog. Unclasp the leash.


    Pretend to Paint


    Abacus


    Treasure chest. Key and lock.


    Finger Puppet Barn


    The girls playing with their books on the plane.
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    So cute!
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    Love it!


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    that is great!!
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    You did a great job! I love your ideas!


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    Wow! I am impressed. It turned out wonderful.

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    Awesome!
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    Wow Polly!!! You did a fantastic job! I love it!! You are so creative/talented :-)
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    wow. i am super impressed! that is amazing!
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    Very impressed!!! I love them!!
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    What a great idea. Love them both!

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    Those are so cool! Love the marble maze and the puppet barn!
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    Very cute and very impressive. Thanks for sharing.


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    That's awesome!!!

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    I love it!! Great job, Momma! :-)



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    Thanks everyone!
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    awesome! I bet they had fun with them

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    Love them! My girls are quite a bit older but they still LOVE their busy books-I have an abacus page and a maze similar to the marble one but with a magnet in there and another magnet attached to some yarn that you use to pull the sewn-in magnet. These kinds of books are great because they really access the imagination and it's fun to watch how their play changes with them over the years!

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    They came out great! Awesome job, Polly!
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    That's really neat! Great job!
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    Polly, these are fantastic!
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    I asked my DH for a sewing machine for christmas....his response was just to pay you to make these books. Lol. These are great!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by DucksLikeRain View Post
    Love them! My girls are quite a bit older but they still LOVE their busy books-I have an abacus page and a maze similar to the marble one but with a magnet in there and another magnet attached to some yarn that you use to pull the sewn-in magnet. These kinds of books are great because they really access the imagination and it's fun to watch how their play changes with them over the years!
    Oh, the magnet idea is awesome!
    That is neat to hear that the way they play with them will change over the years. I hadn't thought about that!

    Quote Originally Posted by Babidol View Post
    I asked my DH for a sewing machine for christmas....his response was just to pay you to make these books. Lol. These are great!!
    Ha! Tell him it would cost him more than a sewing machine. It was a lot of time and work! lol
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