Storyboards

Hi friends!
For Christmas this year, I made L a STORYBOARD SET, complete with scenery and doll costumes.  It's basically a larger, more durable version of a felt board and made for 18" dolls.  I thought I'd share some pictures of it with you!

Here's the board closed up.  It's made of three pieces of MDF, with the side pieces hinged onto the larger center piece.  I added Velcro to the inside of the board so L can stick her felt pieces onto it.  To brighten it up a little, I glued paper flower cutouts to the front, and then sprayed poly over the top to seal it a little.

 



We're totally into Little House on the Prairie, so here's our Pioneer Scenes!  Two trees, a covered wagon with Jack (the Ingalls' dog) and a log cabin help L play out some of the stories from Laura's day.  All parts on the board are felt-backed, so can be easily moved and rearranged.  (I may add some Velcro to them in the future...they don't stay on perfectly now.)  I think my favorite part of these scenes is the doll outfit...love the little bonnet!

 

L is a little obsessed with princesses right now, and Cinderella is her favorite.  Here are a kitchen scene (with 'rags' outfit) and the garden scene (when Cinderella's fairy godmother grants her wish with a beautiful ball gown) from that fairytale.  There's also a costume for the fairy godmother, but it has mysteriously vanished (under a couch?  dog ate it?)!

L is also really enjoying horses and cowgirls lately.  Here's my version of a stable.

I always loved playing school as a kid, and I'm sure L will do the same.  Here's a school scene complete with teacher and student desks, chalkboard and room décor.  The doll's outfit is a little cardigan made from an old adult sweater...love it!

 

While this project was a bit time-consuming, I think it turned out alright.  It's really rewarding to see L use her imagination and creativity to act out the scenes.  Plus, with all the costume changes her doll has to go through, she gets great fine motor practice with Velcro, buttons, snaps.....!

 

What scenes would you have to include for your little ones, if you were to make a storyboard?

 

Have a crafty day!

Kristin at Fiddle & Frog