I have been thinking about making a felt board using the story of Noah and the flood for quite some time. My family was not very religious growing up but I had a cardboard boat and plastic animals that I remember being really in love with. We have a cute wooden folk art ark but it is too fragile to actually play with. So, here's what I did.
First I bought a tubular cardboard wine bottle tote from a craft store for $6. I pulled out the shoelace-strap from the lid and sides and covered the top and bottom pieces with purple felt. Glue did not work too well for this task and I actually wound up using double stick tape. I glued on some rainbow ribbon as trim and to cover the seam. I had some really festive pom pom trim and I added that also. After all this was attached I used an awl to carefully reopen holes where the handle would go and threaded it back on.
Next I made a simple felt board from a large piece of white felt stacked on top of some pretty burgondy silk. the silk overlapped an inch all around and I rolled it over and pinned it down for a nice edge. I used a sewing machine to go around the edge but you might be able to do this with double stick tape or glue or even just use the white felt and forget about a second layer.
Then I made lots and lots of felt creations. I made the ark two-part so that you can fill the bottom with animals while acting out the flood scene. I made Noah and his wife and added some cotton for hair. I made numerous pairs of animals and cut out some blue water and some green ground and a mountain for after the flood. All of my people and animals and accessories were assembled using craft glue.
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