The Intersection of Design & Motherhood
Jennifer from Cup of Coco made this wall globe for a child’s room. It’s made of 100% wool felt and the little pieces move around and attach with velcro. The cute suitcase holds all the pieces. Wouldn’t your kids love something like this? I bet it gets played with for hours and hours.
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Gasp! Oh my goodness! How awesome is this……I’m sure my children would love this, but I alone want one of these to play with. What a fun idea.
I want to play with it too!
Seriously…that is the coolest thing ever. I need one. I am not crafty. Please tell me she sells them?
Best,
Tina
She actually made this for a client. But I don’t think she sells them in a shop. But she totally should. I’ll email her and see if she wants to chime in over here.
My son would love this and I would totally buy it.
Okay, mostly because my brother travels the world and my son loves to keep up with him.
This is the cutest thing! My four year old son would go nuts for this! Where can I get one? Is there a pattern?
That’s a great idea, Jamie! I wonder if she would make a downloadable pattern we could purchase…
wow, so cool!
You could totally make this, Liz. Just Lizz it.
I love, love, love this!
I was going to put in the exact same request as @Tina.
I know our readers will definitely appreciate knowing about this idea as it put our kid´s different heritages at their fingertips.
I’ll definitely ask her. For sure!
This would be great in my pre-k classroom, I think I could make it and use die-cuts to make the smaller pieces, that would be the only way I could do it, it would take too much time to hand cut each of those characters.Super idea!
I’ll bet diecut would work really well. Great idea!
Oh my goodness – this is amazing! I love the suitcase and the plane. My favorite piece though is the Olympic rings – what a great idea!
I love those Olympic Rings too! I wonder if there’s a soccer ball for World Cup. : )
Now that would be sweet!
I—strong emphasis on “I”—would love this! And I’m push’n 40. Kids, step aside. : )
I’ll join you!
OMG, I LOVE this!!! My kids would go nuts for it!! I especially love that even thought it’s all felt, the pieces attach with velcro (I find that felt on felt doesn’t stick satisfactorily enough for my kids!). The little details are so fun!
I have to go to her site. I third Tina’s request and hope that she sells them!!
So true! Felt on felt is never a great hold. Velcro is a smart addition.
omg. this is adorable!! i think i remember something similar for purchase that was way over our budget… this is perfect!
so. the more i think about this, the more i agree with PP’s… could these possibly be for sale? pretty pretty please?
Emailing her now…
Add me to the “I want this” chorus…please convince her to tell us how she did it.
Me too!
This is really really cool! Thank you for sharing.
Isn’t it great! The details in the pieces are amazing. And all the stitching too.
Nevermind the kids, me and Ed love maps! There is nothing like being able to “see” an entire content, trace the routes you taken or want to go on. The kid love drawing maps of our house, yard, the way to school, etc..
We are a map loving family.
Yay for Maps!
Doesn’t some people’s talent just take your breath away?! We will be adopting a little boy from Korea soon, and I’ve been thinking for a while now of putting up some sort of world map so “Korea” is a little more tangible to my kids. This felt globe would make it seem even more real.
I love the three dimensional pyramids. It would be really fun to continue adding pieces over time. You could even incorporate felt people (or felt people with photo faces), especially if you had family members in other countries, or a parent who travels frequently on business. When my girls were 3 and 1, Grandma and Grandpa went to China for a year to teach English, so we worked with the kids to help them understand the concept of faraway places. Around that time, we got our first globe–$10 from Target in the school supplies aisle. We let the kids use the globe as they please, and it needs replacing only every two or three years. Hooray for maps and globes!
Andrea, I lOVE the idea of adding elements or people over time!
WOW that is amazingly cute!!!!!
I love, love, love this! We just bought a world map from Costco, but it’s a large wall map that’s not as hands-on having something that is hands-on would be amazing. Especially for the kids here who already believe themselves world travelers through reading & learning ;)
Thanks, Gabrielle, for the email heads up of all these wonderful comments. This was a custom piece created for my globe trotting client favorite world locations. It was such a great piece to make! (and I learned a ton from all my research) I would be happy to create other custom globes. Feel free to email me. Thanks for all the feed back!
Love this in so many ways!
My son has a travel-themed room and this would be perfection. I may just have to make one.
I sort of wish the continents were more accurately shaped. Ans where’s japan? :(
Otherwise, love this!!
I’m with nearly everyone else that commented here! I would buy one of these! It is fantastic!
Wow – I think I might actually make something like this as a Christmas present for my daughter! I really think she would play with it. So cool and very educational.
Loooooooooooove this! It’s going on my long list of projects to do one day =)
This is such a great tool in so many ways-it’s interactive so it’s great for use as a learning tool in the classroom(doesn’t take up a lot of space-another plus), and it’s also great for the playroom, the nursery, the den. I really love this one!
Super cute!!! I want one!!
OK, a little late to chime in but I was in the car all. day. long. driving to Sun Valley. That is beyond cool. My kiddo would love this. More to the point, I would love it.
love this so much!
This is so cute, clever and so intricately done! I love it.
I totally love this. Wish I could get in Australia!
omg, that is fantastic! I love felt boards, but this is over the top awesome!
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Please ask her if she’ll sell them! We live in Costa Rica and are adopting a baby boy from Ethiopia and are moving to Mexico but are from Florida…we NEED this globe!!! This would make teaching our 3 children 4 and under about all of those places so much better….I think we need this!
oh my goodness – that is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen! I would LOVE to get my hands on one of those! (I tried to make my own felt mobile and it didn’t turn out so well.) :)
just coming back to say i’ve reposted on my blog… hopefully increasing the demand for more supply :)
Oh please can you convince her to sell these? I have a niece and nephew adopted from Ethiopia, and a niece on the way from China, and I want one for my boys. In fact, I think I would put an order in for 1 for each of my children and nieces and nephews. Oh please!! (Acting like a spoiled whiny brat here, but I want it so bad!!) – I’ll buy the pattern or the finished product – either way.
I’m in love with this.
I sadly thought, “it needs a big black oil spill.” Hopefully this next generation can make the changes our planet so desperately needs.
Oh! I love this!
Coolest thing I’ve seen on the Internet all week, love it.
This would be the best Christmas gift for my nieces and nephews. I have NO crafting and sewing talent so she NEEDS to start selling these. PLEASE keep us posted if she decides to start taking orders!
Holy Guacamole! I need to figure out how to replicate one of these. It’s such a genius idea :)
She needs to see it because I am so not crafty enough to make this but I want it!
wow- some women just AMAZE ME! If there was 50 hours a day, instead of 24- i hope i’d spend a few of them each day making one of these! such a fabulous find- thanks for sharing!
Love this! Combines my love of travel, maps, crafts n’ felt all in one place! Amazing!
I love this globe. I feel like, if I made my own, I might actually know where things/places are located :)
That is truly awesome! I love it, but don’t think I could come up with the time to make all those intricate little pieces! My kids would be so happy, though, if I would. And what a fun way to teach geography, starting very young.
This is one of my favorite things you’ve shown. LOVE. WANT. COVET. NOW.
This is such a great idea. The response to this post is amazing too!
Though my daughter isn’t quite even one yet, I plan on homeschooling and I would l.o.v.e this in the school room! A definitely “someday”!!!!
I read this post the other day, and I can’t stop thinking about this awesome globe! I showed my sons, and my geography-loving 6 year old wants to make his own version. I don’t sew, so I’m guessing ours will be made with paper, and not quite as elaborate. :)
Thanks for posting about this. Seriously, it’s one of the coolest educational/decor items ever!
As an early childhood teacher for many years, nanny, and mother, I have seen a lot of products and designs for children. These are by far the most enchanting I have ever seen. Kudos to the designers for these fresh and fun patterns and designs. I would love to have these for my daughter who may be expecting soon. Thank you for your time and talents!
Oh wow!!! I’m so madly in love with this… I’m such a geography nerd and would love to used something like this to teach my girls.
i LOVE this. my son NEEDS it!
It is wonderful and beautiful!!! American moms are innovative moms in the world, I dont exaggerate , in Iran, moms rarely make toy for their kids, they just buy toy!!!
in this map middle east is in India!!!!???? funny.
mariam from Iran
I am totally inspired to make my own version for my niece!
If you want to make your own felt map…do a quick search on Montessori felt maps. We use them all the time and I’ve made up for my kids. I’m going to TOTALLY redo it so it’s like this. We do a lot of animals and landmarks and such but the whole up on a wall, crafty, etc..well…I think it’ll have to be a part of their handmade Christmas. I’ve contacted her begging for a pattern or if she minds mommas creating patterns off her ideas. Here’s hoping!!!
Honey
http://www.mondorfment.blogspot.com
When Mon(tessori)(Wal)dorf and (Attach)ment Parenting meet in our home
Ohhhh…I have been looking for something like this for ages as a friend of a friend made one very similar (not as nice). Please let us know if she sells the pattern or if we can purchase….we are in Australia so hope she could post!!!!
Wow, I LOVE it!
love it…the mini felt taj mahal just sold this baby to me. I want to buy it!
This is more than gorgeous, it’s amazing. I will save your page and if I ever have the time and the will I will try to make something similar for my daughter. Maybe until she grows up I will finish it :-) Until now I made some small felt objects as gifts, but something like this would prove I’m not completely un-talented. Thank you for sharing your ideas with us!
I enlisted a crafty friend – and she has made me 4 wall globe kits! They look almost exactly like this one, but she said it would not be cost effective for her to put them together, so she is assembling kits. Can’t wait to get them!
Hi Rendy Lemke
When your friend gets her wall kits together, can you please let us all know? I’d love one!
I have received my Felt Wall Globe kits! So excited to start making one. If any of you want to buy one, or consider it, you can look at Felicia’s blog here:
http://eclecticallyhomegrown.blogspot.com
She has very detailed instructions and all the supplies, and it appears to look exactly like the one showcased in this post, down to the little suitcase, airplanes, Olympic rings, etc.
Look what I just found on gilt.com?! This exact picture but the designer is different… Jen Talbots designs are inspired by a childhood spent rearranging bedroom furniture and creating clothes for her stuffed animals. Today, the designer’s whimsical room décor make for magical accents to any child’s room. Inspire creative thought and exploration with this collection of unique made-to-order room décor.
The Felt Globe is constructed from 100% industrial wool felt with 65 velcro-able pieces that can be moved “around the world”. The felt is upholstered around a light weight circular board and is hung on the wall much like a picture frame. There is an airplane attached by a ribbon that can pretend to fly around the world to all the different cultural stops across the globe.
Features:
* The piece is hand constructed from felt, beads and stitching
* Measures 35″ W x 3″ D
* Suitcase pictured is not included
* Felt pieces are removable with velcro backing
* All items will are hand made to order and are shipping directly from the vendor
* 10 to 12 weeks to make
Brand: Jen Talbot
Material: Industrial Wool Felt
Origin: United States
GILT PRICE
$650
ORIGINAL PRICE
$900
http://www.gilt.com/sale/children/bedding-and-furn-977/product/93861783