One of my favorite stories is Something from Nothing, by Phoebe Gilman. This sweet story is about a boy who gets a special blanket as a gift from his grandfather. Unfortunately, over the years, the blanket gets old and the grandfather cuts it down to a jacket, then a vest, then a tie, then a handkerchief, and finally a button, before it is lost for good. At the end of the story, the little boy learns that while his grandfather may not be able to make something out of nothing, he can create a wonderful story out of blank paper.
To go along with the story, the kids got to stitch their own kippah/yarmulke (skullcap). I had seen online the idea of using a pipe cleaner as a "needle" for simple sewing so I gave each kid a pipe cleaner-needle and tread (yarn) and showed them how to go in and out of the holes around the yarmulkes. Ours were made out of plain cardstock so the kids could decorate them with stickers and crayons, but you could certainly use felt. I knew we wouldn't have time for puffy paint or fabric paint to dry but you might be able to use fabric markers on the felt.
During Center Time the kids practiced retelling the story by sequencing pictures. I drew each item that Grandfather had made on a large index card (blanket, jacket, vest, tie, handkerchief, and button) and the kids got to color them and then put them in order.
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