You can easily make a felt board for use at home or in the classroom. A felt board offers many opportunities for children to play and learn. Create stories, games, and activities for your felt board with colorful felt cut-outs, and lots of imagination!

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A felt board (or flannel board) is easy to make for preschool activities.

This useful tool can extend or complement other hands-on learning in the home or classroom.

• Your felt board can be used to tell stories, match colors and shapes, and play take-away games.

A felt board provides mess-free fun and creativity.  The board takes only minutes to make, and the result will provide many hours of early fun and learning!

Look for the dinosaur counting game at the end of the post.

Homemade felt board

This felt board tutorial uses cardboard, felt and masking tape.

Use a basic color of felt, light or dark, for the covering.

The color you use will be the background for the characters and shapes you place on the board.

Instructions for a DIY felt board

Choose wood, plastic or sturdy cardboard for the felt board.

Out board measures 23 inches (59 cm) x 18 inches (46 cm).

Cut out a piece of felt that is larger than the board by approximately 2 inches (5 cm) on all four sides.

Step 1. Lay the board on top of the felt.

Step 2. Fold one edge of the felt over the board.

Tape securely to the board using wide masking tape.

• Pull gently on the fabric as you tape it down to maintain a smooth surface on the felt board side.

Continue with the other three sides.

That's how easy this felt board is to make!

The felt board works best if it is positioned at an angle to support the felt cut-outs.

Support your felt board on an artist's easel, or lean it against it a wall or chair.

Learning through play

Take-away counting game.

5 dinosaurs on a sunny day - (child's name) and a pink dinosaur went out to  play
4 dinosaurs on a sunny day - (child's name) and a green dinosaur went out to play
3 dinosaurs on a sunny day - (child's name) and a yellow dinosaur went out to play
2 dinosaurs on a sunny day - (child's name) and a blue dinosaur went out to play
1 dinosaur on a sunny day - (child's name) and a red dinosaur went out to play
No dinosaurs inside today - they all went out with their friends to play.

  Felt letters on the felt board