Crafting is a great leisure activity to combat boredom on cold and dreary autumn days.Natural materials such as cones, autumn leaves and acorns are ideal for this, but you can also make a beautiful autumn decoration yourself out of salt dough, glass or clay cardboard. In today's article we will show you eight ideas on how you can make an autumn mobile. With these exciting DIY projects, crafting fun is guaranteed for young and old.
Make an autumn mobile: Paint a glass wind chime in autumn colors
You can wind chimesmade of glass and transformed into an autumn mobile in no time. Glass leaves with eyelets for hanging can be found at Dawanda, Amazon or Etsy. You can also find them at the local flea market. You will also need glass beads in autumn colors, transparent sewing thread, glass paints and mobile wires in different sizes. All materials are available in craft shops.
This is how you make the cute autumn mobile: Place the autumn leaves on cardboard or another surface. Assign the children the task of painting them. You can use glass paints for this purpose; they are applied with a brush in a similar way to watercolors. The so-called pearl makers are also suitable. These are water-based glass crayons that are available in different thicknesses and colors. This makes it possible for yourselfchildren of kindergarten ageboth painting and drawing contours. In order to make the glass paints durable, they must dry for 5 hours at room temperature and then be baked in the oven at 150 degrees Celsius for approx. 30 minutes.
After the autumn leaves have been painted and the paint has completely dried or been made waterproof, you can cut the transparent sewing thread to size and thread glass beads onto it. Bend three mobile wires into circles and tie the circles together with craft wire. Then hang the glass details on it.
The glass mobile is not suitable for hanging in a child's or baby's room as there is a risk of injury or suffocation. You can hang the mobile in the garden and use it as a wind chime or display it in the living room, hallway and kitchen. Make sure that small children and pets cannot reach it.
Make an autumn mobile out of salt dough leaves
You can make numerous decorations and decorations from salt doughModel figures. The best thing is that the salt dough mixtures can also be painted. Most come in ivory color. You need to mix salt dough and lukewarm water in a 3:1 ratio. The finished modeling clay can be shaped as desired using tools such as precision knives, kneading presses and pointed wooden sticks and embossed with stamps. You can easily bend the autumn leaves with your hands to create a 3D effect. Then let the fall leaves air dry.
Use acrylic paints to paint the salt dough. You can also assign this task to the children. Choose fall colors like coral, yellow, brick red and mix them with green and blue. This creates a cheerful ensemble, perfect for the transitional period between late summer and autumn. After painting the fall leaves, allow the paint to dry completely. In the meantime, you can look for suitable tree branches in the garden or park.
Trim the chosen tree branch, remove the bark, trim and clean it and allow it to dry. Then you can line the work surface with newspaper and spray the tree branch with color spray. Metallic shades such as gold, rose gold, bronze or copper look very beautiful. Spray the branch from one side first and let it dry. Then turn it over and spray the other side.
You can then apply golden paint to the autumn leaves. It will be more effective if you stick gold foil on the autumn leaves. To do this, simply brush the fall leaves with a thin layer of craft glue such as Mod Podge, which is used for decoupage. Then use tweezers to place gold foil on top.
Then all that remains is to attach the autumn leaves to the twine or sewing thread with glue and tie them to the tree branch. The end result is guaranteed to fascinate the whole family and friends.
By the way, if you don't have experience with salt dough, you can also make the autumn leaves out of cardboard. You can also buy plastic autumn leaves and paint them.
Make autumn decorations with feathers
Natural materials bring a touch of naturalness to the interior. You can not only collect bird feathers in the forest, but also order them online from any craft shop. We offer you a craft idea that fits perfectly into the modern Scandinavian interior. Make an autumn mobile out of white feathers, some of which you color golden.
You need the following materials:
- Leather straps in sand color
- 1 wooden stick with a diameter of 1.5 cm
- Feather, colorful
- Feather, white
Cover the work surface or dining table with a fabric blanket. You can put cling film over it to be on the safe side. Then hold the feather with one hand and spray its tip with gold spray. Keep the spray bottle 4-5cm away from the feathers for maximum effect.
Allow the feathers to dry and then tie them to the wooden stick with leather straps. You can also do a similar thing with other natural materials such as pine cones or chestnuts. Let your imagination run wild and create effective autumn decorations. You can also use the gold-colored feathers as winter and Christmas decorations for the dining table.
Make autumn mobiles out of felt with the children
Would you like a cheerful autumn decoration for the children's room? Then make these cheerful autumn leaf men. You will need felt sheets in yellow, orange, light and dark brown, and light and dark green. You will also need yellow sewing thread, a thin tree branch and twine for hanging.
All you need are hot glue, a pencil and scissors. You can still use leftover felt for the smaller details. Dots made of self-adhesive paper are also suitable. How to make the mobile: First, create a template for the tree leaves and trace it onto the felt fabric. Cut out several sheets of felt. Cut two pieces of sewing thread for each fall leaf and glue them to the back of the felt detail.
In total you need:
- 2 pcs felt sheets of each color
- 1 paper or felt mouth for each male
- 2 eyes for each male
- Sewing thread or twine in yellow, three lengths
Put the men together and let the glue dry. If you don't have hot glue at home, you can use felt glue. In this case, you can place the men on the floor and stack several books on top. Then all that remains is to hang up the males. To do this, tie the ends of the twine. It should look like the males are holding hands. If you wish, you can embellish the tree branch with additional felt details.
Make an autumn mobile out of acorns
As I said, you can also make an autumn mobile out of acorns. You will need 20 acorns, craft wire, twine or nylon thread, a tree branch and adhesive tape. Tie the acorns together in pairs with the craft wire and hang them on a tree branch using the twine.
This craft idea is super easy, can be done in no time even by complete beginners and best of all - you don't need any craft tools, documents or craft materials. Use gardening pliers to trim the craft wire. If desired, you can spice up the garland with fresh or dried autumn flowers. You can also hang pine cones as long as you choose smaller ones.
You can hang the beautiful autumn decorations on a bare wall in the living room. It also looks good above the mantel because it can be combined with potted plants, decorative pumpkins and pine cones.
Make an autumn mobile: dye autumn leaves gold
Organize a trip with the children and collect tree leaves - you can collect both autumn leaves and green leaves. Then press the autumn leaves so that they last as long as possible. Clamp the leaves between paper towels. Then put a large book on a coffee table, place the plants on it. Stack more books on top and let the leaves dry for ten days.
Clean and rinse a tree branch and trim it to size. Then let it dry at room temperature. You can then put together the autumn mobile. To do this, simply place the autumn leaves on an old tablecloth or T-shirt and spray them with gold spray. Let it dry, turn it over and dye the other side gold too. Then tie sewing thread to the autumn leaf stems and hang them on the tree branch.
Make an autumn mobile out of dry leaves and flowers
Next, we'll explain how to get oneFall Mobilecraft in vintage style. It is made from dried flowers, plant parts and autumn leaves and looks very natural. About thisMake your own mobile, collect natural treasures on a trip to the forest. Then hang them in a well-ventilated, dark and dry place. The attic or basement are ideal for this purpose. You can also let autumn flowers, tree leaves, etc. dry in the hallway.
Make a mobile out of salt dough in autumn colors
The last craft instructions are for a mobile with rainbows made from salt dough. They shine in cheerful autumn colors such as orange and brick red and fit harmoniously into modern country house style interiors. You can put together the mobile using modeling clay, wooden beads, leather straps and a wooden stick. You can use a wooden skewer to make holes in the rainbows. Follow the step-by-step instructions.
Necessary materials for the mobile with rainbows made of salt dough
Line the work surface with cling film and form the rainbows out of modeling clay
Use a kebab skewer to make holes in the rainbows
Thread wooden beads onto the leather cord and tie the rainbows together
Allow the figures made of modeling clay to air dry and then hang up the mobile
