Making the World Cuter: Felt Treasure Map

How was everyones New Year?

I feel like I've been away from my computer forever! I have so many fun ideas this year to share, I've been brainstorming and crafting and feeling like my old self again...finally!

I guess it's because my baby finally hit the 3 month mark. I always seem to hit my groove around then, is that true for anyone else?

Here is my little tutorial for today, if you can even call it that since I am just going to show you a bunch of pictures! :)

It's a treasure map...

I know it's hard to tell from the picture, but this thing is quite large! It is about 2 feet by 2 feet of felt. My 2 year old (well all of my kids actually) loves maps. His favorite show is Dora and his favorite part is the map part. I knew he would love his own map.

He can roll it up to take on his adventures or he can hang it on his wall as a big piece of art. I glued a couple pieces of ribbon to the back for easy hanging.

This also doubles as a play mat for his little toys as well, he plays with his army guys and plastic animals, and sometimes he wraps it around his shoulders like a cape-what can I say he's a boy!

Here are some close ups of the different parts of the map. This whole map was fairly easy to make-just felt, scissors and a hot glue gun was all I used.

This is the volcano....

The Indian encampment...I was definitely inspired by Neverland while making this...

Mermaid Lagoon-try not to look at the mermaids eyes, my boy already tried to claw them off, he's such a destroying angel!

Here is a talking tree, my sons favorite part I think. He is always having his guys talk to it to find out where the treasure is, or the baby jaguar-depending on what he is playing. I didn't glue the x down, that way the treasure can be re-located depending on his mood.