DIY mobile inspiration

mjartlip

Hey there,

I'd like to make my own mobile for our little girl's nursery and I need some inspiration or ideas. Would you mind sharing pictures and maybe some directions on how you made them?

TIA!

slwprincess

Here's the birdie one that I made:

I bought everything at Michaels for less than $15.  2 embroidery hoops (painted brown).  Traced the birds by hand from a little bird figurine I had at home.  Used 3 colors of scrapbook paper (the thicker cardstock kind).  Hung with fishing line (look in the jewelry/beading section).  And tied the hoops together with brown ribbon (I made the inner hoop sit lower than the outer loop).  Used a little hot glue to make sure everything was secure. 

There are 8 strings of birds on the outer hoop and 6 strings on the inner hoops.  There are 4 birds on each line of fishing wire- I just tied double knots to hold them in place but someone else suggested using little beads- that would have been so much easier and probably more secure!  It will take a little while to figure out the spacing but once you do that, it goes pretty fast.  If you don't want to cut the shapes by hand, look for a shape cutter- some people found butterfly ones at Michaels but I knew I wouldn't be able to find the bird shape that I wanted so I just went with what I had on hand.

eturp

This is one I made for our gender neutral owl/woodland themed nursery. I just cut out pieces of felt, sewed them together, and used buttons for the eyes. I cut two branches from a tree in our backyard, attached them together with ribbon and then hung all the pieces using clear jewelry thread(you can find it at hobby lobby or joanns)

spout3

i didn't take  a pic yet - just finished it today.... but I purchased this photo mobile and printed pictures of our immediate family - on one side is a current picture and the other is their baby picture.  I backed it on different color/pattern scrapbook paper from AC MOORE...it's soooo cute and LO loves it!