This week’s con­tri­bu­tion is a hint for cre­at­ing flan­nel­boards rather than a flan­nel­board story. There are host of Ding­bats fonts based on par­tic­u­lar ani­mals and shapes and they enlarge into really slick tem­plates. Some­times you have to smooth out edges dur­ing the trac­ing stage, but for me it’s still eas­ier than try­ing to cre­ate some­thing free­hand. Here are some font sites where I’ve found cool tem­plates and fonts I like from these sites:

Da Font (free)
LPRab­bits — lots of sil­hou­ette rab­bits such as the one above
Barn­yard — all sorts of ani­mals, great charg­ing goat for 3 billy goats Gruff
Trees — lots of types. I’ll prob­a­bly use these to make a coconut tree and an ever­green tree to go with my Mul­ti­pur­pose Tree

Font Squir­rel (free)
EFON — ani­mals, umbrel­las, cars and the ever pop­u­lar spatula

MyFonts (paid site, prices vary, but many are very cheap)
DBAn­i­mals ($3)