This might be the easiest homemade felt board for preschool activities. Create stories and play games with colorful felt cut-outs on your new homemade felt board.
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This easy-to-make felt board only takes minutes to put together, but provides hours of mess- free fun and learning at home or in the classroom.
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. 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 become the background for the characters and shapes you place on the board.
How to make a felt board
Choose wood, plastic, or sturdy cardboard for the felt board.
- Our 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. Spread the felt on the floor or table. Lay the board on top of the felt.
Step 2. Fold the felt over one side of the board.
Step 3. Tape the felt securely to the board using wide masking tape or packing tape.
- Pull gently on the fabric as you tape it down to maintain a smooth surface on the face of the felt board.
Step 4. 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. Place your felt board on an artist’s easel, or lean it against it a wall or chair.
Learning through play
Dinosaur Take-away Counting Game.
There are 5 dinosaurs on a sunny day. (child’s name) and a pink dinosaur went out to play
There are 4 dinosaurs on a sunny day. (child’s name) and a green dinosaur went out to play
There are 3 dinosaurs on a sunny day. (child’s name) and a yellow dinosaur went out to play
There are 2 dinosaurs on a sunny day. (child’s name) and a blue dinosaur went out to play
There is 1 dinosaur on a sunny day. (child’s name) and a red dinosaur went out to play
There are no dinosaurs inside today. They all went out with their friends to play.
This felt board is easy to make for preschool activities at circle time. Engage your early learners in fun ways with this homemade prop you’ll love having in your toolkit.
Felt letters on the felt board
