Biscuit Tin Felt and Magnet Board

Posted 2014-01-02 by Jane Street ⇒ follow

Create an easy felt board and magnet board out of an old biscuit tin. If you have a small tin, it would make a good travel game for a long journey. You can store the magnets and felt shapes inside the tin.

Felt board inside the lid of the biscuit tin

Magnet board on top of the tin

Time: 20 minutes
Age: Any Age
Level: Easy

Materials

Tin with a flat lid (i.e. no raised embossing)

Piece of felt same size as lid

Other scraps of felt (preferably different colours)

PVA white glue

Coloured paper same size as lid

Scissors

Magnets

Pick a tin with a smooth lid

Method

Draw around the lid on the felt and cut out slightly smaller. The felt can be stretched slightly when it is glued on so don't worry about cutting slightly small.

Glue the felt piece onto the inside of the biscuit tin lid.

Felt board complete inside tin lid

Cut out felt shapes from different colours of felt. You could try random shapes, people and clothes, buildings, letters etc.

We also glued some sequins to the top of some shapes

The felt shapes will cling slightly to the felt board. You can arrange pictures and designs on top of the board then rearrange them to make new pictures.