I don't normally dive head first into crafts but ever since I have found out we are expecting I have been dying to try this DIY project! Have you looked at crib mobiles lately? They are super pricey, and it can be hard to find one that goes with the nursery theme that is evolving in your head (this will be shared in detail in a later post). After failing to find anything that made me happy online I took a trip to AC Moore and got all the things I thought it would take to make my own mobile.
I bought 6 sheets of scrap booking paper, a bottle of mog-podge, a embroidery hoop, and 2 spools of ribbon.
First I painted the inside circle of the hoop green and set it out to dry.
After cutting about 100 circles out of the paper I cut ribbon into long strips for the hanging part of the mobile. You sandwich the ribbon between two circles that have been coated in mod-podge on the inside to make them stick together.
I did 10 ribbons that were staggared about every 2 inches around the circle.
Each ribbon either had 5 or 6 circles.
Next you hot glue each ribbon to the hoop.
The last step was to take 4 pieces of ribbon and hot glue them to the top of the ring to be hung from the ceiling.
And that was all there was to it. You can see my finished project below. I am very proud of it!
Another perk to this mobile, it only took about $20 to buy everything I needed! The most time consuming part was cutting the circles, but I did that after Maddie was in bed while I watched The Bachelor.
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