This felt board craft can be used any time of the year, not just for holidays. Help your little ones learn about the changing of the seasons through play and discovery.
Author: Amanda Formaro
Supplies
8x10 piece of cardboardback of writing pad, cereal box, etc
1sheet light blue felt
1sheet green felt
1sheet white felt
½sheet brown felt
Various other colors of feltscrap pieces work great
Scissors
White craft glue
Instructions
Cover the cardboard with white glue and smooth it out with your finger. Attach the light blue felt to the cardboard and trim any excess.
From the white and the green felt cut each sheet in half. From one half of each color cut your “land” (grass for warm months and snow for cold months). Do not glue the land to the board.
Cut a tree from brown felt. A simple trunk with several branches works perfectly. Glue only the branches to the board, leaving the trunk of the tree loose so you can lift it to change the land when changing the seasons.
Use various different colors to cut seasonal shapes from felt. Here are my suggestions:
White – snow for branches, clouds, snowflakes, flowers
Gray – raindrops
Light green – early spring buds, flower stems and leaves
Dark green – summer tree leaf sections
Fall colors (green, red, orange, tan, brown, gold, yellow) – fall leaves
Green – spring tree leaf sections
Red – apples, flowers, fall leaves
Pastels (pink, yellow, light blue) – spring flowers, apple blossoms
Turquoise Blue – summer flowers
Purple – summer flowers
Store pieces in separate zipper sandwich bags by season. To attach, simply place felt pieces on to the board and they will stay in place. Keep the board flat on the table as pieces can fall off.