Activity Learning Board

I was recently letting my son play with my hoodie because he enjoyed zipping and unzipping the zipper on it, when I realized, "why don't I make something for him with a zipper on it that he can have and use to learn how to zip/unzip things?".  So I came up with a neat way to give him an activity board that includes the zipper that I wanted , as well as buttons for learning to button/unbutton and shoe strings to learn to tie his shoes.  Wanting to keep it rather cheap and simple,and being the eco-friendly person that I am, I came up with a great little activity board by re-using things I found around the house.... I reused a zipper from an old hoodie that was worn out to get the zipper, I used some wide ribbon from a previous project that I combined with old buttons to make a button strip (to make the button strips, simply cut 2 strips of wide ribbon, cut button holes evenly apart in 1 strip and on the other strip, sew buttons equal to the holes on the other strip), and I used some old shoe strings for tying....put them all on a poster board...and that's it.  I took a hot glue gun and attached the zipper and button strip (only attaching the tops of the zipper and only one side of the button strip) and for the shoe strings, I just poked them through the poster board and tied knots in the backs to hold them in place.  I added some lettering stickers that I had on hand for scrapbooking and what not, and there you have it! (below is a picture of the finished product)
I wanted to share this with all the parents of young children out there who are looking for something to occupy their child and also give them a way to learn some of the basics!

If you have any questions on the process of making this, please let me know.  I would be glad to help you out!