Texture board

I made this texture board for my friend's 4.5 year old daughter. She has Septo-Optic Dysplasia(SOD) and along with SOD goes autism and sensory integration dysfunction(SID). Tactile boards like this help people with SID to process and integrate sensory experiences. This little girl has stolen my heart in a big way and I cried for half the time I made this board (out of love, not sadness!) I am so proud of how it turned out and I can't wait to give it to her! It was so easy to make. I took an old table leaf we had kickin' around and used WeldBond Glue to glue on carpet samples, a tile, a fleece square, polished rocks, tassles, rubber shelf liner, and strings of beads (the bead strings got screwed on). The carpet samples, polished rocks and fleece all cost me nothing. The tile was $0.29, the shelf liner was $6.97 (for the whole roll...I only used a little of it), the beads were $9.98 for two 12oz tubs and the tassles were $3. Oh, and the shoelace I used for the beads was $2.88. So the entire thing, with tax, cost me $24.51! It took me 1.5 hours from start to finish.