Brown Bag Quiet Book

I've been wanting a "quiet book" for my toddler for some time now. I don't sew and don't have much time, so making one seemed out of the question. You can buy them, but they are either 1) stupid, 2) expensive, or 3) both. But I finally figured out an option that would work for me! Total time: 8 hours? And the best part... Total cost: $0
To make a brown bag book, you just take a stack of 6 brown lunch bags, fold them in half, punch two holes in the folded side, and run some ribbon through. Then you've got 24 pages, with 6 flaps and 6 pockets to "decorate". I used scraps of pattern paper, and just cut out pictures from old church magazines (since my quiet book is to keep him occupied at church). The book is full of pictures, pockets and flaps, (pictured above) little magnet people, buttons, ribbons, felt shapes... anything and everything I had on hand.
Since it IS made of paper, I didn't want to spend too much time or money on it, since it probably won't last for forever. But overall, I'm happy with the final product.


The best part is that it fits into a plastic, sandwich size, zip-lock bag. I can toss the whole thing in my purse without having to worry about ripping or loosing any pieces