When my kids were smaller, they loved playing with flannel boards. They still do sometimes. Flannel boards are easy and inexpensive to make. To make the board itself, we took a box and cut it along one of the corners, so it would fold out lengthwise. We then took felt we bought from the store (We got ours from Wal-Mart and it cost less than 50 cents a piece- it may be a little more now) and wrapped it around the box. We hot glued the edges of the felt down. It's all finished. Easy enough.
To use your board, you can purchase some different colored felt and cut out characters to go with stories. If your child has a favorite story, let him/her help you cut out some characters and then retell the story using them. Also, you can cut out letters and numbers to help your child learn these. Shapes could be learned this way as well. The possibilities are almost endless.
Another idea is that these make great homemade gifts an older child can make on their own and give away.
Have fun and God bless!
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