Alphabet Banner

I want the play area in our house to have a schoolroom-like atmosphere, so of course we needed the alphabet displayed.

There is something about felt that gets me creative. I don't know what it is, but when I pull that stuff out, my mind goes crazy with ideas.

I started by cutting the letters freehand. The first few I traced, but that was way too labor-intensive and unnecessary.

I used a simple, rustic looking fabric for the background, and used a contrasting thread (red) to outline the letters and hem the fabric.

My girl was playing stepping stones on the letters, saying each one (that she knows) as she went....

then my little boy was driving his cars on it, as if it was a road...

so now I am thinking up new projects along these lines that the kids could play with.

Letters...

I had been wanting to decorate the letters of my little guy's name for a long time. I had originally painted the letters some crazy colors, but just didn't love it. Then I saw these from Laura's blog and had to steal the idea! I already had the little animals from another project I was going to do, but never accomplished. You can get them really cheap at craft stores or even wal-mart. I got the frames at the dollar store and the spray painted the devil out of both the frames and the letters. I covered the cardboard backing of the frames with fabric that I had and then used the hot glue gun to get everything together.

Close up.

Here's how they look in the little guy's room!

This was a super easy, quick project. The longest part was waiting for the spray paint to dry. Loved it!