I can’t even tell you how many hours I have spent sewing quiet book pages. Lots of little tiny pieces of felt and frustration later, I decided there had to be a better way. Enter the Printable Quiet Book, I went through and designed all of the things I wanted in a quiet book in an easy printable form. Simple print all the pages, do a little cutting and some laminating and voila! A quiet book!
This is the perfect quiet book for someone looking to save time and money. It is also perfect for someone who doesn’t consider themselves crafty. I have already released 10 pages (links to all of them at the end of the post) and there are more to come. Today, I am sharing this fun counting/matching page. It is a great option for teaching kids to recognize numbers in different ways.
You will need:
- The Printables at the end of this post
- scissors
- magnetic tape or velcro
- a Laminator and Laminating sheets (I love my Scotch Laminator)
Print the pages in color and laminate the background page. Cut out each of the cookies and then laminate them as well. After they are laminated, cut them out again. There are several ways you can make the cookies stick to the background. You can add small squares of felt to the back of each card and a piece on each square on the background. You can also use velcro squares instead of felt. I prefer to use magnet tape on each of the cards and the background.
Add this page to your quiet book, with the pieces. You can glue a sandwich bag to the back of one of the pages to hold the pieces or you can add a small zipper pouch at this point in the book. I prefer the zipper binder pouches.
Check out the other pages of the quiet book here:
Mouse Threading Page
Alien Space Page
Ocean Animals Page
Paper Dolls
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This is such a fun idea for the kids. I am going to make this for my younger nieces.
These are so cute! I'm definitely not crafty, but I think I could manage this! I bet this would be great on an airplane!
I do not consider myself crafty. I actually consider myself whatever the opposite would be haha but this seems like something I could handle.
I used to consider myself crafty, it was a phase I went through I think. A long 20 year or so phase! This looks like so much fun for kids and with 2 very youg grand daughters now, this may be on my list of to dos!
This reminds me of a file folder game that the kids used to play in preschool, when I was working at the school. Such a great way to keep the little ones busy and quiet.
This is a cute idea to work on numbers with the kids. They get to play with cookies so I'm sure they love it!
I think it's a fun way to practice numbers with the kids! I love the idea and I appreciate that you also provided printables. It's really nice!
Quiet books are the best! I love your creativity and this page is perfect for learning to count
This is great for my kindergartner! She will love doing this. Thank you for the free resource!
Such a cool idea and so stylish!! I loved this cookie matching activity for the children and I think it such a great way to keep them entertained 🙂
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I love this! What a really great idea! My kids would love this especially my 5 year old who loves counting and is loving things I do at home with him! – Jeanine
These are so cute. I'm going to need a quite book in a few years (pregnant with my first) and I've dreaded the idea of making a felt one. They seem so difficult. The ones you share seem so much more manageable and easy to make. I never would have thought to do it this way.
This Cookie DIY for kids is too cute! What a fun way to learn more about numbers and its so easy to make yourself!
This DIY is so cute! Such an awesome idea and great for little kids to learn from
Super cute printable! And this does look a lot easier than a fabric quiet book. I love the cookies!
Such a lovely printable, you've done a really good job – it's ever so neat and I bet kids love them! x
This is such a great idea! I am with you, taking the time to sew all those little pieces is so tedious! I used to take so many shortcuts, this is much easier!
How neat! This is where I miss having a laminator since I used it a lot for these type of projects.
Now this is an adorable and educational printable. Who doesnt like little cookies lol
This is adorable! My youngest daughter is almost two and is just starting to love matching games. Super fun and I can't wait to try this one with her!
This is the cutest learning game! I am going to have to print it for my littles. We need to work on counting for sure!
Such a sweet and simple way to keep littles entertained! And such a cute idea to use cookies!