Our local library holds a free monthly craft class. There was spaces available for the January class so I signed up. As I am writing this, there are no spaces available for the rest of the months 😞
This month they were making a mobile.
- 2 paint stirring sticks, you can get these at your local DIY store
- paint
- small hook
- glue stick
- glue gun
- paper
- thread or clear fishing line
- scissors
- pencil
- four small beads or wooden discs for the bottom of each string to weigh it down
Paint your paint sticks whatever colour you want and if you are using the wooden discs do the same.
Put your weighed disc/bead on the end of your thread, then glue your paper on the line. I then went back and put another circle on the opposite side to cover up the thread. I also made sure mine were the same space apart on each of the four lines.
Using a glue gun, glue the paint sticks together in a cross, making sure it's in the true middle otherwise it won't hang straight.
With a glue gun, stick on each of the lines of shapes on the paint sticks. Again making sure each one is in the correct/identical space; so it hangs straight.
You will need to put a small round hook in the centre on top of the paint sticks so you can hang it up. I also put paper circles where I had glued the lines to the glue sticks.
As I didn't want to put a hook directly in my ceiling, I found these command hooks which work the same and won't damage my ceiling.
If you google how to make a mobile, there are lots on the internet with a lot better instructions than I gave.
It was a fun afternoon which I thoroughly enjoyed. I was told to check in at the beginning of each month to see if spaces had opened up for the next session. Hopefully I will be able to join another class.
