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Letters, colors & shapes All-In-One
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I kept seeing sandpaper alphabets on wooden circles everywhere I thought it was a nice idea but living in a small town I couldn’t find the wooden circles. It would have meant driving 1h30 to the US to get some and frankly that was just ridiculous to do for such a small project, so I left it alone for a while. Then one day it hit me! Literally, I smacked myself on the forehead when I got the idea, like “Duh! why didn’t you think of this before?!”
I had foam poster board left over from a project I had made for his birthday and thought I can make my own circles and use those felt sticky letters I found at the dollar store the other day. Of course I didn’t want to do just circles cause they are a pain to cut in that foam board so I got creative with other shapes also thinking about sequences. Then I picked different colors he knew or had seen before. (The letters are not glued, just laid on to show the alphabet.)
I (and hubby) painted each shape a minimum of 2 coats depending on the color taking care of doing the edge as well. After all that was done we double coated each shape with Modge Podge to make them a little more toddler resistant, lol. Then we stuck the sticky felt letters on there and voilà!
This is what I ended up with 
We put those in his advent calendar which we also made, the last 2 days he got 2 and he wanted more the following day, lol.
I want to say that the hubby (Alex) helped in all the steps of this, it was a parents’ effort not just a mommy one.
Update: Check this post to see all we did with them!
If you do this, we’d LOVE to see a photo of it. Email it to us or post it on our Facebook page. We’d love to do a Facebook album, a Pinterest board and a page of your creations
Written by Valérie
Valerie is the creative mind behind "Glittering Muffins", stay-at-home mom of Nico, a little dynamo that is bursting with energy. He also is the inspiration behind the blog (and the name) with his keen interest in cooking, baking and, well, glitter. Valerie constantly is thinking about twists to the traditional arts, crafts and recipes to make them her own and is inspiring others while doing so. Outside of the blogging world, her main activity is Nico, with the occasional TV show (non-toddler related) and casual game here and there.
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What a great idea I’ve been on the look out for something like that for J to make.
Thank you for linking up to Made with Love
I think this was a brilliant idea and it turned out looking really good!
Thank you! Turns out they are pretty sturdy, not wood sturdy but not far from it with the paint and Modge Podge.
Great idea for textured letters, and I love your patterning activity, Val! Thanks so much for linking up with Montessori Monday. I featured your post at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page: http://livingmontessorinow.com/2012/03/12/montessori-monday-diy-tactile-boards-and-extensions/
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