Our first craft for baby V's nursery is complete! After finding that most baby mobiles in stores were $40-60 I decided DIY would be a good option. I was inspired by this baby mobile on Pinterest that was previously sold on Etsy:
It seems like most baby mobiles on Etsy cost $80+. At first I thought this was absolutely ridiculous, but after spending $30 on supplies and spending about 12 hours making this thing, I can definitely understand why someone would charge $80. Suffice it to say, this was one of those crafts that took 10x longer than I had expected, and turned out to be a labor of love. It was mostly fun, and we weren't in a rush so it was still worth it.
Supplies needed:
Yarn (We used some leftover gray wavy yarn from a previous project.)
Felt (Bought a yard and had plenty)
Various colors of calico fabric (Bought a yard of three different colors and had plenty)
Hot glue gun
Circular ring
Let me just take a moment to say finding a circular ring on which to affix the poms was incredibly difficult. It was one of those things where you feel like it'll be so easy to go to the store and buy a metal/wooden/plastic 12" ring, but after going to Hobby Lobby and Home Depot without any luck we settled on buying some rubber tubing, shaping it into a circle, securing it with Duct Tape, and wrapping it in the pretty yarn.
I used a tutorial by
Little Miss Mama to make the pom poms. Basically, you cut a circle with the felt (we used a biscuit cutter to trace the circles) and cut out a billion circles from the calico fabric. Seriously. This took forever. Then you glue the fabric onto the felt. Just go to the link and it'll explain how to go about doing this. Once your circles are complete you'll glue two together to create a ball/flower. We made three small poms and three large poms and affixed them to the hoop with more yarn.
Robert got excited and decided to make four animals on a center ring: elephant, penguin, hippo, and giraffe. Isn't he cute?
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