I used this flannel in Snow storytime (summary post coming Monday!) back in December when Chicago was having a no-snow winter. We have since had some snow! Anyway, the rhyme went off like gangbusters and this is definitely one I will be repeating.
Flannelboard: “Five Little Snowflakes”
One little snowflake with nothing to do,
Along came another and then there were…two!
Two little snowflakes laughing with me,
Along came another and then there were…three!
Three little snowflakes looking for some more,
Along came another and then there were…four!
Four little snowflakes dancing a jive,
Along came another and then there were…five!
Five little snowflakes, having so much fun!
Out came the sun, and then there were none!
I did not make a sun piece, but instead grabbed my piece from “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” set and it worked just fine! And yes, I learned how to chain stitch for this flannel!
It’s my goal to learn a whole ton of embroidery this year. So far, I’ve done three stitches (chain, blanket, and french knots) — does anyone have any new suggestions?
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Kay has challenged us (via our Facebook page) to comment on every Flannel Friday submission this week! I’m totally in, and furthermore, I will respond to every comment on my own page if you want to start up a great discussion! Let’s do this!
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Anne is hosting this week’s Flannel Friday — you can find the round-up at her blog! Melissa is the founder of Flannel Friday! Anne also has the archive and schedule of who is hosting Flannel Friday.
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Wow. I’m barely making just cut flannels right now. I’m so impressed your doing stitching.
It is strangely calming — I had a great time sewing on the plane to Midwinter!
Your flannels are amazing! Those snowflakes are seriously beautiful. Your blog is the first storytime blog I ever found, which led me to Flannel Friday, and to making my own flannels. So thanks for the inspiration! Your website is a *huge* help as are all your links to other websites and blogs.
Thank you so much for commenting! I am so glad that I led you to Flannel Friday; it is my favorite part of the week. I’m very happy to have helped you out. 😀
Those are beautiful! I might have to try my hand at that, now. Fantastic job!
Definitely give it a go! And I know Library Quine put up templates of her own which are wondrous, but my version was already made by the post she posted!
Beautiful stitching! I think these would make a great gift or you could use them as tags on presents?
I could absolutely make smaller ones for tags! Great idea! (Original idea came from Pinterest for an ornament.)
Here’s the blog where I learned a bunch of my embroidery techniques. I love stitching! http://stitchschool.blogspot.com/ I didn’t think these were hand stitched when I first looked–well done!
Thank you! I am currently pouring through the blog looking for new stitches to learn. 😀
Katie, you never cease to amaze me… you’re my go-to blog when I am storytime stumped but you’ve taken flannel to a new level here, sister. Rock on!!
Thank you so much for your compliments! Seriously, they have made me day!
Gorgeous! My snowflakes were made from Library Quines’ pattern using cardstock because I don’t do many flannel board activities. But now that I’ve seen some flannels with stitching, I am looking forward to making them. I totally agree with you about stitching being relaxing! I used to see a lot but haven’t done much in years. Thanks for inspiring my to pick up a thread and needle again. 🙂
You’re welcome! Stitching is definitely the best way to wind down after a long day — especially when you feel like you still need to be busy and can’t settle down with a book. 😀
Oh my goodness, these are beautiful! Excellent job with the stitching! I’m going to have to motivate myself to learn some stitching.
I’m a big fan of needlenthread.com — they have video tutorials (I’m such a visual learner).
These are lovely! You’ll have them forever Katie. Beautiful job!
Thank you! I really am enjoying this set!
I love following your blog and you are of the one reasons I started jazzing up my storytimes with flannel and following Flannel Friday on Facebook and Pinterest. The Flannel Friday Group has certainly released a lot of creativity, inspiration and imagination:)
Thank you; I’m glad that you were inspired to start using flannelboards!
We had snowflake ornaments on our giving tree this past holiday season. I snagged some leftover foam snowflakes and stuck them to felt backings. They are also decorated with glitter glue.
Katie,
Where do you buy your felt from? your felt characters always look very sturdy and the felt I buy from my local shop is somewhat flimsy, I would like a sturdier fabric. Thanks! 🙂
I buy at Joann’s and Michael’s. I do pull the felt out of the bins and look for the less see-through pieces. I have bought some from Etsy that’s wool-blend, but I actually haven’t used it for flannelboards yet.
Very nice!
I’m adapting the rhyme to use with the whole group as a pretend play activity.
One little snowflake with nothing to do, Along came another and then there were…two! Two little snowflakes laughing with me, Along came another and then there were…three! Three little snowflakes looking for some more, Along came another and then there were…four!
Four little snowflakes dancing a jive,
Along came another and then there were…five! Five little snowflakes, bouncing here and there, called out to all the others, “come with us and swish through the air!”
Then, out came the sun to the snowflakes fright and all the little snowflakes melted out of sight.
Excellent!