2012-01-11

Project: Book of Mormon Quiet Book

Remember this post? I meant to have the Book of Mormon quiet book finished in time for Christmas. Despite my best efforts, I still had one page to do on Dec. 25, so we didn't get to take the completed book for a test drive until stake conference this past Sunday.

Oh, well. That being said, check out the awesomeness below!

The front cover. You saw that before.

Page 1.

Who's in the ship? Nephi, his wife, Lehi, Sariah, Laman and Lemuel. Yes I realize that wasn't everyone on the ship.


They're finger puppets!

Page 2: Alma the Younger.

When you pull the cord, the page shakes. We sacrificed one of those buzzy baby toys to get the shaker out of it.

Page 3: Ammon. (Get it?! "DisARM"! Bwahaha! Sorry ... we couldn't help ourselves.)

The Lamanites' arms snap off!

And go in the little pouch.

Page 4: Alma and Amulek.

You get to help the prison walls come down.

And untie them.

Page 5: Captain Moroni.

The Title of Liberty goes up.

Page 6: Christ.

The clouds unzip so you can see the heavenly visitor.

I made sure to include marks on his hands and feet.

Page 7: The Jaredites.

The barges twist around. (The extra-observant ones will notice I had a change of hand models. Ana went up to take her bath, so the fresh and clean Rebekah replaced her.)

And they open up to show the glowing stones. This was my last page and took me so long because I couldn't decide if I should try putting battery-operated lights in the barges. I figured it would be too hard to design a way to change the batteries without little fingers being able to tamper with things.

Page 8: Moroni.

You get to bury the sword of Laban, the gold plates and the Liahona (with a working compass).

There they go! Until Joseph is ready to be led to them!

Despite the stray threads and uneven stitching, I must admit that I'm quite proud of the final product. Maybe if I'm feeling extra ambitious someday, I'll make an Old Testament quiet book. Who wouldn't love playing with felt plagues in sacrament meeting?