I have a strange and intense love for sloths.

But who wouldn’t? Look at that face. And after’s discovering Jenny Offill’s adorable Sparky, I got the idea into my head of having a sloth themed storytime. But what’s a storytime without a felt board?

I started looking for a sloth template- my artistic ability starts and ends with cutting out shapes other people have drawn- and it was no easy task. Eventually I found this great free-for-use embroidery template. I cut off the baby’s head (sorry, baby) and it. was. perfect.

In an ideal world, the hair and accent lines would have been embroidered. But who has that kind of time? I used neon colors of felt and puffy painted them and you know what?

I’m pretty pleased with the result.

I wrote a rhyme for them- can you believe next to no one has done a sloth felt board? Me neither, friends. Me neither. Anyway, here’s Five Lazy Sloths.

Five lazy sloths laying on the floor

One fell asleep and then there were four

Four lazy sloths climbing up a tree

One fell down and then there were three

Three lazy sloths wondering what to do

One got lost and then there were two

Two lazy sloths not having any fun

One got up and then there was one

One lazy sloth couldn’t wait ‘til day was done

He went to bed and now there are none.