I was, for some reason, an anti-mobile mom for my first two children. I was convinced that constant stimuli from day one would just lead to ADD, and I wanted to be their entertainment, not some colorful object suspended above their crib. But, since our third had a traumatic birth, followed by seizures in his first days, the doctors were concerned that he may not pay attention to his left side. So, my husband insisted that we have a mobile over his crib so that he might be constantly challenged to move his head and eyes in all directions and check out what all that colorful stuff was. So... me being who I am, - a wife not willing to spend money on anything that I could make myself with the scraps I have lying around the house - I set about making one. Here is what I came up with:
Supplies Used:
Empty Easter eggs of various colors and sizes - all bought at thrift shops over the years
Ribbons of all different colors to "match" the eggs - same as above
Hot glue gun and sticks
3 old metal hangers
Twist ties - kept from recent bread bags
Longer ribbon for hanging
Hooked screw
How To:
Hot glue all eggs shut with a matching ribbon glued in the seam.
Cut all ribbons to approximately the same length, plus or minus 2 inches.
Create the "frame" for the mobile by placing hangers within each other and securing them in place by twisting twist ties around them where they intersect in the middle, both top and bottom.
Hot glue the ribbons to the frame, trying to vary colors, egg sizes, and ribbon lengths evenly over the frame.
Hot Glue or tie the long ribbon to one of the top hooks of the frame so that the mobile "balances".
Screw hooked screw into ceiling directly above where mobile is desired.
Hang completed mobile, tying other end of long ribbon to hooked screw to achieve desired height.
Viola!
Cost to Me: $0.00
-Maria
