Felt tree and fireplace for dramatic play

If you have been following along lately, you already know that I have really worked on my dramatic play center this month. Here are the finishing pieces.

First, a tree!

I bought a package of green felt from Hobby Lobby and cut out a large triangle with it. I glued it to a poster board to make it a little more stable. I didn't get a picture after I added the trunk, but I just glued a brown rectangle to the bottom to finish the tree off. I cut out a felt star and several felt circles for the kids to decorate the tree with. They had a blast decorating their tree and making gingerbread cookies!

 

I also made a fireplace! I attached red felt to a poster board and drew lines to make it look like bricks. Next, I attached black felt to the middle to give it the fireplace effect. The flames weren't as easy. Turns out, I can't draw flames. At all.

 

 

So, I found this image via google.

I can't find a good source for this image, so if it's yours let me know!

 

Anyway, I printed it off and used it as a template to cut out flames in various sizes and colors. I just glued them into place.

 

Lastly, I added a "mantle" made with brown felt and cut out stockings for the kids to hang.

 

Also, the picture above was when the glue was wet. Once the fabric glue dried I couldn't see it anymore.

 

The kids are loving this set up! It will be hard to compete with for sure!

 

Christmas Felt Boards

Happy Saturday! I spent some time last night working on a few felt projects! I made two fun Christmas felt boards... One gingerbread man and one snowman.

I started by printing off a gingerbread template I found online and tracing it on to brown felt. 

Then, I used some different colors of felt to cut out the buttons, eyes, nose, mouth, hat, icing and hair bow. Then, I used red felt for the background.  The kids will love it!

Next, I made my snowman! I used a bowl, a lid, and a mason jar lid to trace the snowman. 

Next, I cut out the eyes, carrot nose, buttons, a scarf, and a bow. 

Then, Rachel made me a Katy Perry snow woman. Haha.

This is just the tip of the iceberg! I'll have more to share later! Now off to shop til I drop with the family! 

Felt Gingerbread Cookies for Dramatic Play

Happy Thanksgiving weekend! I hope everyone is relaxing and getting some family time in! I was sick yesterday, so I definitely got a lot of rest. Now tonight I am attempting to get to work on some projects for my December dramatic play center. I made these felt cookies last weekend, but I thought I'd show them off before I get to work.
 

I started out by using a cookie cutter to trace onto some cardstock and some brown felt. After cutting them out, I glued the cardstock and felt together using fabric glue.

After I stuck them together I stuck a magnetic strip to the back of each "cookie".

 

The cookies stick to a cookie sheet with the magnets. I bought a spatula so they can scrape the cookies off the sheet before they are served.

 

Once they were made I used some puffy paint to make faces and buttons. I just need to pick up a oven mitt and this project will be ready to go! Stay tuned for more projects that I'll be churning out this weekend!