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If you’ve been around here for any length of time, you know that I am a HUGE fan of felt boards. We go to story time at the library at least once per week, so I am always getting new ideas for our felt board at home. I love that felt boards are so versatile, they store so easily, and there are endless themes and stories that you can use with them. (To make your own, budget friendly, super easy felt board, check out this tutorial.)
In our house, we have a felt Christmas tree, an alphabet set, numbers set, and shapes set. I bought both the letters and numbers from Target’s dollar spot along with some felt vehicles that Little calls his “things that go.” I’ve been wanting to add more to our collection, but hadn’t gotten around to it. This is partly due to simple procrastination, but mostly due to the incorrect assumption that making these sets would take a lot of time that I didn’t have.
I could not have been more wrong. I made this sweet little Itsy Bitsy Spider set in less than 30 minutes. Today, I want to show you how.
Itsy Bitsy Spider Felt Storyboard Set
If your kids are anything like Little, they love the itsy bitsy spider. Why that spider keeps climbing up the water spout is beyond me, but he does and so we will sing about it over and over again if it makes the little ones happy, am I right? I love this set because we get to act out the story with the different pieces rather than just singing. I’ve even caught Little doing it himself without prompting, which is a major win! I love that he gets to use his little imagination with these sets.
So, you want to make your own? Here’s what you’ll need:
Supplies
- A felt board (I recommend making your own since it’s so simple)
- Colorful Felt (specifically, orange, yellow, white, blue, black, & brown)
- You can buy specific pieces at a local craft store, but if you want to make multiple sets, I recommend these Felt Fabric Squares
from Amazon. There are 40 12×12 pieces in all sorts of colors for just $16. They are GREAT for projects like this and will last you a long time.
- You can buy specific pieces at a local craft store, but if you want to make multiple sets, I recommend these Felt Fabric Squares
- Scissors
- Hot Glue Gun
- Writing utensil (I used a pen for this project)
from Amazon. There are 40 12×12 pieces in all sorts of colors for just $16. They are GREAT for projects like this and will last you a long time.Directions
- Draw shapes on felt*.
- 5 rain drops on blue felt
- 3 clouds on white felt
- Spider on black felt
- Plus 2 eyes & mouth with white
- Sun rays on orange felt
- Sun center on yellow felt
- Water spout on brown felt
- Cut shapes out of felt
- Glue eyes and mouth onto spider
- Glue sun center to rays
- Enjoy!
*Not an artist, or just not interested in free-handing all these shapes? No worries! I’ve added a FREE printable stencil guide for you so all you need to do is print, cut, and trace! Just click HERE for the PDF stencils you can download and print at home! Let me know if you use them; I would love to see how you use them!
That’s seriously all there is to it! As a BONUS – the sun, clouds, and rain drops will double for a weather lesson and a water cycle lesson in the future!
If you like this post, I would LOVE if you shared it. Also, I’m working to add more felt sets to our collection. Be sure to let me know in the comments if you’d like to see more of them on the blog!
What a great activity idea. My little guy would have fun with this. Thanks for sharing.
This is super cute…I made a felt pizza with topping once for my guys. Felt is a great, versatile craft 🙂
Thank you! A pizza set is on my list to create! We love felt around here!
I love felt boards but have not gotten a chance to make one! This is so cute!!
They are so much fun and so versatile! You definitely should make one if you get the chance!
This looks so simple! I bet my 4-year-old would love this!
It really is so simple. It’s a really easy thing to put together during nap time if you have the supplies. And the supplies aren’t hard to find at all! It took me less than 30 minutes!
Why have I not purchased anything felt?! I see it and everytime I think, man I need to get some felt. This is yet another awesome story board with felt that my kids would love! Thank you!
It really is so simple and so affordable. The kids love it and it doesn’t take up tons of space in your play area! The felt set on Amazon that I linked to has lots of really great colors to that you could use for TONS of projects!
This is SO adorable! I’ve just discovered my little guys love of felt boards… so I will be doing this soon!
Fun! Please let me know if you make it; I would love to see!
So cute. 🙂 Sharing this with a couple of teacher’s at my school.
Thank you, Robin! I love that the pieces can be used for other lessons too – like weather and the water cycle. It’s also good for helping kids recall stories and sequencing!
I am in love with this idea! My daughter will love them! Thank you for the freebie! Sharing! 🙂
Oh good! Please let me know if you make them; I would love to know what you think!
This is so adorable!! My toddler will love this! Thank you for posting! I’m going to have to make this for her!
It’s a really fun activity! I would love to know if you make it!
What a cute little set! I love using the feltboard in my kindergarten class. This would be an easy one to use at the start of the year, since the kids would (presumably) be familiar with the story? Thanks!!
Yes! My sister is also a kindergarten teacher and she was thinking the same thing. She also mentioned it being useful for storytelling and recall with the students!
This is SO cute! Spencer loves singing the Itsy Bitsy Spider, so clearly I need to put this on my list! Love this idea!
Oh good! Let me know if you end up making it – it’s super easy!
This is so cute!!! When my daughter was younger she would have LOVED this board!
Thanks! It is a big hit around our house for sure!
What a great idea!! I love the spider. My kids would love this activity, I think I know what we’re doing this morning!
Oh fun! Let me know if you make it; I would love to hear how the kids like it!
I love this. It’s amazing. And i love your humour about the why the spider keeps climbing the water sprout.
Thank you so much! Just saying about the spider though… ?
This is such a cute idea! And making pieces that can be reused is smart and saves so much time later.
Thanks, Kate! I agree. I am planning a weather set and a rain cycle set when he is older!
Super cute idea! Visiting from Welcome Home Wednesday.
Thank you!
This is super cute! And that’s awesome it took you just 30 minutes to make all this ?
Yeah. It was way faster than I imagined it would be!
This is so cute! I love that you have a stencil for those who need it. Thanks for sharing this cute craft! Signing up to follow you.
Thank you so much! I’m happy to make it as easy as possible!
Oh my goodness Miss A will love this!!!
Yes! It is SO simple to make for real! And the clean up is a breeze if you make it during a nap.