Flannel friday

Breaking my month-long blogging hiatus with a fun Flannel Friday post today! Last month I gave one of my favorite hat flannels a little makeover by adding a bunch of patterned party hats! I hid far…

I made this set to go along with my Steve Antony storytime in the fall. I used this free template from A Cup of Thuy to make the donuts. I made 12 little donuts and 5 big donuts. I used an illustration from Thank You, Mr. Panda to make the felt Mr. Panda. No puff paint on the donuts and just a little puff paint on Mr. Panda for his eyeballs. I used this set with Carrrie's rhyme, but I ad-libbed some at the end. "Bridget picked the pink one." Oh, that's a good one. It's chocolate with…

Today I'm excited to share One Very Big Bear by Alice Briere-Haquet. I've been meaning to flannelize this picture book for a LONG time, but Flannel Friday's Picture Book Celebration this November encouraged me to get crafting and finally do it! Bear thinks he's the biggest thing around, but a succession of smaller animals soon set him…

My contribution this Flannel Friday is a flannel set I made up for a recent "Icky Sicky" storytime. I was inspired by the wonderful Storytim...

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Several "Five Little Flowers" rhymes and flannel set to go with themm

This year, the Library Village will be at the PLA in Indianapolis, Indiana the week I would've planned a St. Patrick's Day story time. So, instead of forgetting the holiday altogether, I decided to do a rainbow story time with a hint of St. Patrick's Day green! I was so excited to find Storytime ABC's flannel story Rainbow Stew. I knew immediately that it would be perfect for my story time. I can't wait to make some rainbow stew with the little ones.. I know they are going to love it…

I FINALLY made a Fall is Not Easy flannel! I feel like I’ve leveled up as a children’s librarian. If you haven’t been exposed to this book before, it’s a fun, silly story th…

Have you ever looked at an old flannel and really wanted to give it a makeover? When I started doing storytimes, I made flannels willy nilly… but my idea of what makes a good flannel now diff…

Today’s flannelboard comes from Miss Kristie at The Library Village — The Shape Story! No template for this one still I free-handed it. This worked really well in my toddler storytime! …

I have two Flannel Fridays for you today, that I used last fall in “Cake” storytime! These adorable cupcakes come from Money Saving Mom and I originally found them on Pinterest. I did a…

Happy Flannel Friday! Today I’m sharing one of our storytime favorite flannels from this year: crunchy carrots! Crunchy Carrots Six crunchy carrots growing in the ground, Along came a bunny w…

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Inspired by Katie at Storytime Secrets and Anne at So Tomorrow, I took my own turn using this template from PurlBee, which I found on Pinterest. (Was that enough links for you?) Here’s the rh…

For this flannel, I used Matthew Porter's simple and lovely board book: Tails Chasing Tails. I made each of the animals from the book and then cut them in half (which, even though necessary, was still a little heartbreaking, honestly). The book starts with the elephant chasing the tiger: When the kids have guessed who that tail belongs to, I add the head: Here are the other animals chasing/being chased: And it ends with the mouse chasing a gray tail... Which brings the whole thing full…

My friend Melissa over at Mel’s Desk decided to start writing a “Flannel Friday” post – every Friday, she will feature a new flannelboard story that she has used in storytim…

HAPPY FLANNEL FRIDAY! Are you ready to wiggle and squirm this week? Last Friday, we bounced like bunnies. This week, we are going to wiggle and squirm like worms! I am not sure if I have ever done a storytime featuring worms ~ ewwww! smooshy, gooshy, slimey, slippery worms! ~ before. But it was FUN! Planning last night's Family Storytime and Game Night was actually more fun than I imagined. And did you know worms have their own personalilites? Well... at least mine do! *wink* As some of my…

I have always loved Elizabeth Mitchell, but somehow only recently discovered her song, "The Little Bird." In three verses, it describes how a little bird hops in the bright green grass, sits in a strawy nest, and flies in the big blue sky. It would be a great action song, but because of its simplicity, it also makes a great flannel board, especially for babies and toddlers. Here is my clipart interpretation. (The song can be heard here on Spotify and on Elizabeth Mitchell's Blue Clouds…

One of my favorite books to read for a weather storytime is Geisel award winning book Move Over, Rover! by Karen Beaumont. In this book, Rover is sleeping safe and dry during a rain storm in his do…

Flannel Game: Who’s Behind the Bar Door? In this game the kiddos are encouraged to ask questions to guess who is hiding behind the bard door. I chose animals that would go with What the…