Have fun with your children by making a felt weather map! It is an ideal manual activity to keep them busy. It is made with felt sheets, a simple and pleasant material to work with.
You will need :
Felt sheets (20x30 cm)
Fabric glue
Scissors
An alphabet stencil
Twine
One A4 cardboard feather (3 mm)
A cutter
Velcro
Glue a sheet of blue felt onto the feather cardboard with fabric glue.
Cut the excess featherboard with the cutter, and the excess felt with the scissors.
Cut 2 strips of 2 x 30 cm and 3 strips of 2 x 16 cm in dark blue felt.
Paste them to create a frame.
Draw in the red felt the words "TODAY IS" with the help of the alphabet stencil then cut them out.
Glue the letters on the left side of the board with textile glue
Draw suns, clouds, lightning, raindrops and snowflakes in white, orange, yellow, and light blue felt. You can also make a rainbow.
Cut out the different shapes.
Glue Velcro pads to the back of the shapes.
Cut a piece of string and hang it on the back of the map.
Place your weather symbols on the map.
Your felt weather map is now complete ! All you have to do is hang it on the wall. Your family will enjoy placing the correct symbol on the board every morning according to the day's weather !
Idea and pictures from creavea.com
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