Repurposed books (and more suggestions welcomed!)

My sister was given some plush flannel books that are about 7 or 8 inches tall and were kind of beat up.... but I saw the potential:

What the books looked liked before:

Here's the final product:

I removed the paper pages and flanneled over the inside:

I made these worms for a matching game:

Rhyme:

Little color worm 

Which fruit is your home?

(Use Baby Sign Language while saying the colors)

 So you can appreciate the plushness of the books

 I WELCOME ideas on other ways to use these books!  They are pretty neat in person.  Thanks!

My little munchkins reading

I am returning to work in less than five weeks.  I am going to miss hanging out with these guys like crazy!

(I'm also going to miss NOT having to set my alarm clock for 5 am)  ;-)