My baby loves to feel all kinds of different textures, so when I spotted this DIY sensory wall on Pinterest, I knew I had to make my own. I mounted the hoops on canvas so they would be more secure, and there would be no hooks poking out.
This project is super easy, but time-consuming. This probably took me about 3 – 4 hours, most of which was hot-gluing.
For this project you will need:
- embroidery hoops
- fabric (lots of different textures)
- a canvas
- scissors
- and LOTS of hot glue
I got the canvas and hoops at Michael’s, and used coupons for both. You need a lot of hoops, and they are not cheap, so aim for a day when there is a coupon for 25% your entire purchase. I went to the fabric store too, because I wanted to have a good selection of colors and textures.
STEP 1: Stretch the fabric across an embroidery hoop. Use hot glue to flatten the back. DON’T cut it really short like I did – that made it much more difficult. See the giant glue mess and the spoon I used to press on the fabric so I wouldn’t burn myself anymore? This step is a pain in the butt.
STEP 2: Use hot glue to attach the hoops onto the canvas. Do this after your kids are in bed, because you will burn yourself over and over and hiss profanities.
That’s it! When the kids wake up, they have a sweet new sensory board to play with!
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And you will hiss profanities! Most likely! hahaha Fun project.
Cute! L would love this, but I don’t do hot glue guns, haha. It’s a losing proposition for all of us.
So creative! This almost makes me want to be crafty. And you bet it would be hissing profanities the whole time
But super good idea! Love it.
This is a supercute project! I will have to do something similar for my baby, who also loves to feel fabrics.
Gorgeous sensory board! The colors and textures are so inviting!