You can make baby mobiles out of just about anything. The materials that are easiest to handle are paper, wood and felt. We'll show you how you can make a baby mobile yourself, using the cheapest material of those already mentioned - paper. When setting up, you should pay particular attention to the balance points, especially if you use an odd number of hanging objects.
When using paper or cardboard, you have more room for error due to the low cost of the materials. You can draw and cut out your own shapes, or find and print out a few templates with popular designs online. These objects can be flat or glued together to form onethree-dimensional effectto reach. Punch holes in the top of the objects to hang with string, twine, thick wire, or transparent nylon thread. A metal or plastic ring of the desired size, wooden sticks in an X shape or a branch are perfect as a base for your mobile.
The crane is one of the basic shapes that an origami fan masters. In Japan, cranes are folded as good luck charms, which is why this motif is particularly suitable for a baby mobile.
Materials:a large branch, origami paper in colors of your choice, spray paint in gold, needle and gold thread, scissors.
Directions:Spray the branch with the gold-colored spray paint. Fold cranes out of origami paper. Below you will find detailed step-by-step video instructions on how to create the origami figure you want. Use a needle and gold thread to hang the cranes on the branch at different heights.
A mobile is a nice baby toy, a great sleep aid and valuable reassurance when tears flow. The babies will be fascinated by the colorful figures and threads that will arouse their curiosity. The great colors and the flowing movement of the figures not only calm the children, but also invite them to reach for the figures. A self-made model can be designed completely individually and of course kept as a beautiful souvenir of this unique phase of life. There are no limits to your imagination when choosing pendants. The ideas for what you can add are almost endless. Paper balloons, cut-out figures made of construction paper, cute animal figurines such as sheep, owls or butterflies are very easy to make. You can attach the homemade mobile above the changing table or bed and put a big smile on your little one's face.
In the first few weeks of life, babies do not yet distinguish between colors and particularly like simple, two-color patterns. You are welcome to make a cute model with sheep that dangle relaxed from the ceiling and bring joy to your little one. To make the cute flock of sheep, the first thing you need to do is cut out some circles from sturdy white paper. Then use scissors to cut out a wavy edge. Make a small hole so you can attach and hang the sheep later. If you want to design the sheep with legs, you can make two more holes on the opposite side and thread a piece of yarn into each and knot it together. Then cut out the animal's head and ears from black or brown cardboard. If you want, you can paint the face or cut out the eyes and snout out of paper. Now all you have to do is attach the thread or wire and hang the cute sheep.
You can also create many other cute animals that will impress your baby when he is awake and put him to sleep when the child is tired. You can simply draw birds, fish, giraffes, butterflies or elephants on paper, create stencils and apply them to colorful paper and cut them out as often as you like. You can find ready-made templates on the Internet that can also help you. If you would like to create a colorful swarm of enchanting butterflies, you can easily create the delicate, flying beauty using a simple folding technique. If you want to make a butterfly mobile yourself, you will need two paper squares in different colors. Fold the pieces of paper in a zigzag and connect both pieces together in the middle with some craft wire. You can bend the ends of the craft wire into feelers. Make sure the mobile is hanging high enough and cannot be touched by the baby. For the upper part of the body, fold the paper diagonally to create beautiful wings. You can also create beautiful 3D butterflies from stronger paper. Cut out 3 butterflies each and place them on top of each other. Simply tie a piece of twine around the middle and fold each butterfly slightly upwards. This creates the great 3D effect.
You can also make a great cloud mobile yourself for your little baby. Thick, white clouds, stars and colorful balloons guarantee exciting moments and a great view in any weather. Draw a cloud on white paper, cut it out and use it as a template to cut out the remaining clouds. To make a cloud, take three cloud parts and fold them in the middle. To create the three-dimensional cloud, you then have to glue the clouds together on the folded strips. Make a hole in the cloud with a needle, thread the nylon thread through and knot it. Make the stars, the sun and the paper balloons in bright colors. Finally, attach them at different heights.
