Toddler Colour Book

I made this book for my two nieces who are under the age of two. I wanted to make them a colour book about Primary and Secondary colours. Because they are under two, I wanted to only included six colours. Black and White are not technically colours, so I am not including them in this project.
I wanted this colour book to have different textures, shades, durable and it needed to be washable. Other than the white felt, the coloured materials I used are scraps left over from other projects. I did not use a pattern when making this book. I just overlapped the coloured material to make a collage.
Supplies


- Sewing Machine
- Sewing Scissors
- Small Sewing Scissors
- Ruler
- Fabric Chalk Marker
- 2 meters of White Felt
- 5 to 6 different types of material with different textures and shades of one colour.
- Sewing thread in Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Orange and Purple.
- Bobbins in Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Orange and Purple
- Pin cushion
- Sewing straight pins
- Fabric Markers
- Coloured Felt for the title page's letters
Cutting the Star of the Book: the Felt Pages




For this step you will need:
- Sewing Scissors
- White Felt
- Ruler
- Fabric chalk marker
- Unfold/roll your while felt onto your counter or ironing board.
- Measure out 7 inches by 7 inches. (See photo 2)
- Continue to measure out the whole fabric piece until you get 16 squares .
- Using your Sewing Scissors, cut out the squares.
Let's Be Mellow and Sew With Yellow








For this step you will need:
- Sewing scissors
- Small Sewing scissors
- 2 white square felt pieces
- 5 to 6 different shades and textures of the colour yellow
- yellow thread
- Sewing Machine
- Sewing straight pins
- Using one felt square, arrange and cut the fabric so it does not hang over the edge of the square.
- Once you are happy with the layout, pin it in place.
- Now that your collage picture is complete, take your project to the sewing machine.
- Thread the machine using the yellow thread. If needed also make a bobbin.
- Sew the shapes, following all the lines.
- Take the second felt square and pin it on-top of your shapes.
- Before you sew, cut the excess felt off.
- So the corners lay flat you will need to cut the corners off.
- Sew along the edge of the square, leaving a space to turn the square inside out.
- When you turn the page inside out, using a thick wooden skewer to help push out the corners (Photo in Step 5 - Orange You Glad . . . )
- In order for the page to lay a little flatter, we need to sew along the edge. We are doing a partial French Seam.
Purple Is Our First Secondary Colour.








For this step you will need:
- Sewing scissors
- Small Sewing scissors
- 2 white square felt pieces
- 5 to 6 different shades and textures of the colour purple
- Purple thread
- Sewing Machine
- Sewing straight pins
- Using one felt square, arrange and cut the fabric so it does not hang over the edge of the square.
- Once you are happy with the layout, pin it in place.
- Now that your collage picture is complete, take your project to the sewing machine.
- Thread the machine using the purple thread. If needed also make a bobbin.
- Sew the shapes, following all the lines.
- Take the second felt square and pin it on-top of your shapes.
- Before you sew, cut the excess felt off.
- So the corners lay flat you will need to cut the corners off.
- Sew along the edge of the square, leaving a space to turn the square inside out.
- When you turn the page inside out, using a thick wooden skewer to help push out the corners (Photo in Step 5 - Orange You Glad . . . )
- In order for the page to lay a little flatter, we need to sew along the edge. We are doing a partial French Seam.
Don’t Be Blue…let’s Sew!










For this step you will need:
- Sewing scissors
- Small Sewing scissors
- 2 white square felt pieces
- 5 to 6 different shades and textures of the colour blue
- Blue thread
- Sewing Machine
- Sewing straight pins
- Using one felt square, arrange and cut the fabric so it does not hang over the edge of the square.
- Once you are happy with the layout, pin it in place.
- Now that your collage picture is complete, take your project to the sewing machine.
- Thread the machine using the blue thread. If needed also make a bobbin.
- Sew the shapes, following all the lines.
- Take the second felt square and pin it on-top of your shapes.
- Before you sew, cut the excess felt off.
- So the corners lay flat you will need to cut the corners off.
- Sew along the edge of the square, leaving a space to turn the square inside out.
- When you turn the page inside out, using a thick wooden skewer to help push out the corners (Photo in Step 5 - Orange You Glad . . . )
- In order for the page to lay a little flatter, we need to sew along the edge. We are doing a partial French Seam.
Orange You Glad We Are Sewing the Last Secondary Colour?







For this step you will need:
- Sewing scissors
- Small Sewing scissors
- 2 white square felt pieces
- 5 to 6 different shades and textures of the colour orange
- orange thread
- Sewing Machine
- Sewing straight pins
- Using one felt square, arrange and cut the fabric so it does not hang over the edge of the square.
- Once you are happy with the layout, pin it in place.
- Now that your collage picture is complete, take your project to the sewing machine.
- Thread the machine using the orange thread. If needed also make a bobbin.
- Sew the shapes, following all the lines.
- Take the second felt square and pin it on-top of your shapes.
- Before you sew, cut the excess felt off.
- So the corners lay flat you will need to cut the corners off.
- Sew along the edge of the square, leaving a space to turn the square inside out.
- When you turn the page inside out, using a thick wooden skewer to help push out the corners.
- In order for the page to lay a little flatter, we need to sew along the edge. We are doing a partial French Seam.
All the Other Colours Are Envious of the Secondary Colour Green.




For this step you will need:
- Sewing scissors
- Small Sewing scissors
- 2 white square felt pieces
- 5 to 6 different shades and textures of the colour Green
- Green thread
- Sewing Machine
- Sewing straight pins
- Using one felt square, arrange and cut the fabric so it does not hang over the edge of the square.
- Once you are happy with the layout, pin it in place.
- Now that your collage picture is complete, take your project to the sewing machine.
- Thread the machine using the green thread. If needed also make a bobbin.
- Sew the shapes, following all the lines.
- Take the second felt square and pin it on-top of your shapes.
- Before you sew, cut the excess felt off.
- So the corners lay flat you will need to cut the corners off.
- Sew along the edge of the square, leaving a space to turn the square inside out.
- When you turn the page inside out, using a thick wooden skewer to help push out the corners (Photo in Step 5 - Orange You Glad . . . )
- In order for the page to lay a little flatter, we need to sew along the edge. We are doing a partial French Seam.
Although Red Is a Primary Colour It Is Hotter Than All the Other Colours!




For this step you will need:
- Sewing scissors
- Small Sewing scissors
- 2 white square felt pieces
- 5 to 6 different shades and textures of the colour Red
- Red thread
- Sewing Machine
- Sewing straight pins
- Using one felt square, arrange and cut the fabric so it does not hang over the edge of the square.
- Once you are happy with the layout, pin it in place.
- Now that your collage picture is complete, take your project to the sewing machine.
- Thread the machine using the red thread. If needed also make a bobbin.
- Sew the shapes, following all the lines.
- Take the second felt square and pin it on-top of your shapes.
- Before you sew, cut the excess felt off.
- So the corners lay flat you will need to cut the corners off.
- Sew along the edge of the square, leaving a space to turn the square inside out.
- When you turn the page inside out, using a thick wooden skewer to help push out the corners (Photo in Step 5 - Orange You Glad . . . )
- In order for the page to lay a little flatter, we need to sew along the edge. We are doing a partial French Seam.
It All Begins at the Title Page


For this step you will need :
- Scrap paper
- Pen or Pencil
- 5 Different colours of felt such as, Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue and Green
- Ruler
- Larger Sewing Scissors
- 2 Pieces of White Felt. The same size as the other pages.
- Fabric Chalk
- Thread
- First, using a writing utensil and scrap paper, draw out the word Color in bubble letters.
- I used 1.5 inch letters however you may decide to use smaller or larger letters.
- Second, choose which colour you would like for each letter.
- Using the Fabric Chalk, make a square on your felt. Giving you a guide to draw out your letter.
- Cut out each letter and pin them to a white page.
- I choose to save time and not switch my thread with each letter change. You may choose to sew same colour, same felt colour.
- Once the letters are sewn on, you need to pin the pages together.
- Sew the pages, turn inside out. Top stich
Before You Can Begin Sewing the Book, You Need to Go to the End!




For this step you will need:
- 2 white square felt pieces
- fabric markers
- white thread
- Lay one fabric page on top of the other, pin
- Sew the pages together.
- Do not need to turn the pages inside out because we are not sewing anything on the top of the page.
- My signature when I a make paper cards is (Made By Me). This is what I did for this book. However, you can end this book any way you would like to. Try: "The End" or "Made By".
Let's Colour




You will need the sewn pages and Fabric Markers.
- Lay the book out, from start to end.
- Flip the first page over, it is blank. You need to write the colour word (Using the Fabric Markers) for each page as you go through the book.
- You need to let each page dry for 24 hours.
*Do a test of the fabric maker on scrap felt.
Let's Sew a Book!
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- We are going to sew this book from the outside in.
- Take the Title (Colour) page and the Last page.
- Clip together, sew.
- Purple page with the Orange page.
- Blue page and the Red page.
- Green and Green!
- Now that you did a single page, you will need to double up.
- Colour/End and Purple/Orange.
- Blue/Red and Green/Green
- Purple/Orange and Blue/Red
The Completed Book Is Ready to Read and Share







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Now the book is completed and ready to share. After all your hard work, take a moment and read what you have created for a special little toddler/child in your world.