W

W is for wings, wheels, and waves.

The wings can waver.

The wheels on the W go round and round, round and round, round and round. 

V

V is for volcano, vines (a bit of a stretch but it was the best material I had) and...

velcro.

I thought that this would be a good idea until I had it all made and realized for a 'quiet' book velcro is really noisy ripping off.

You can't see it it in the photos but even the V is attached to the page with a thin ribbon. It goes from the top corner of the right side to the bottom of the same side. I was really paranoid about pieces of the book going missing.

U

U is for umbrella but...

before I let you know what else U stand for I need to give you a warning. The following picture includes graphic scenes that may be disturbing to some viewers. Before you scroll down you may wish to make sure that you are sitting down.

and udder.

I truly am sorry about U but I just couldn't think of anything better.

I love guys reactions when they are flipping through the book and then they are all the sudden confronted with the udder. Typically, they give the teats a gentle squeeze and then try milking them.

T

T is for train, tiger, trees and turtles.

The turtles drive the train or you could drive the train.

I really don't have anything else to say about T.

S

S is for snake, stars, stripes and...

snap.

I am not sure how long this little snake is going to stay sewn on to this page. You see that gap between the snap on the tip of the tail and the next snap up the body? That is where it is sewn on. Don't ask me why I separated 2 snaps with and area of sewing because I wouldn't be able to answer you. I just don't know what I was thinking when I did that. What I do know is that it really encourages toddlers to pull very hard when they get to that bit of resistance and can't get to the last snap.

R

R is for red, road, rainbow and race car.

The race car can race around the road.

I can't believe I haven't told this story before R but what started this whole letter experience was a trip to Costco. Costco was selling kids books that were soft with thick foam covers. They snapped shut and made a pillow when not being read.

I thought that it was really clever and I could make my girls one. I would have been cheaper if I had just bought the books when I first saw them.

I made each of the girls a book where each page was a letter of their name. The letter was an object of some sort. In Claire's book her R was a road just like this one. I will have to show you them some time. Anyway, I thought that I couldn't improve on it so I just made another road.

I found the jeweled ribbon in WalMart and it works so perfect for a yellow line. I even used the same black print for the road.

Q

Q is for queen...

and quilt.

Yes, I made a mini quilt. My father-in-law thinks quilting is silly because, "You have a perfectly good big bit of material, then you cut it all up into little pieces, just to sew it all back together again." There are some fabric patterns in WalMart that agree with him and have a 'quilted' pattern printed on the material. This to me is the ultimate in cheap. I couldn't do that even in a small scale, things have to be done right.

I bought the little crown for the queen and at first the thought was just to perch it on top of the Q but then it just looked like a crown and not a queen. So I had to paint this little lady. This is a fabric paint. I tried to make this book washable. I don't imagine that I will even stick it into the washing machine and dryer but at least it can be spot cleaned and hand-washed.