DIY Baby Mobile Tutorial + 5 other projects you'll love
How-To & DIY
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on March 08, 2010
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We're recent followers and avid readers of Holly Neufeld's craft-tacular family blog, {creat*loves}, and when we saw this DIY Baby Mobile tutorial go up we immediately contacted her about letting us borrow it to share it with you awesome folks!
This tutorial is actually ultra simple and uses just a few inexpensive crafting supplies that you may already have laying around: felt, buttons, embroidery hoops, yarn, needle and thread. And don't stop at flowers… think of spaceship shapes, circles and triangles, bugs and birds, monsters, jungle animals. There are just SO MANY possibilities!
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And really, this mobile could be used for anyone anywhere. Felt fruit shaped mobile in the kitchen? Yes please! A more grown-up felt planet mobile for your big boy's room? Uhhh.. YEAH. And this craft does double duty as a project your little guys and gals could actually help with.
Thanks to Holly, for sharing this rad and super funkin' easy DIY mobile. Please, Offbeat Mama readers, if you make this sweet little baby mobile SHARE YOUR PICTURES! We can't wait to feast our eyes on more variations and colors of this baby beauty.
Of course this isn't the only project you and the kidlets can dream up… here are a few more that we love:
Sweater boots! Ideal for tweens and teens:
This is a super cute idea for toddlers who want to mimic baby-wearing:
Tired of average ABC books? DIG THIS:
BALL PAINTING! This is a rad way to spend a warm day:
If you like piñatas, the Uteriñata will make you shriek with glee:
We're always looking to add to our DIY archives… if you have a craft or project you'd like to see featured, send it our way!
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Amy Wynn said
Yes!! I recently took my dissatisfaction with mass produced mobiles to the interwebs in search of an easy DIY. I didn't come up with much and was pretty disappointed at the cost of having a custom one made. Thank you, thank you, thank you for the timely solution to my woes! Hopefully I can squeeze one in before baby comes -on Friday!- and send in pics! RAWK!
Crystal said
This is adorable! If I planned on using a mobile I would totally try DIY'ing this with fishes and ocean creatures! Thanks for sharing.
Victoria Brooke Rodrigues said
Cute! I have been collecting mobiles from thrift stores so I can steal the musical part and make my own mobiles to attach to it. This is bookmarked for me to come back to after a trip to the craft store. Yay for "me time".
OffbeatAriel said
That's what I've been doing too — I've got a thrifted mobile that I'm taking apart and recreating with Dear Girlface deers: http://offbeatmama.com/pr/oio/modules/tracker/go….
Jenny said
This is awesome! Just the tutorial I've been looking for to make a mobile for our Super Mario themed nursery. Thanks!
Kate Wharmby Seldman said
Ooh, this is awesome. I think I know what I'm going to make my friend for her baby. Yay!
Natasha said
This is awesome! I'm totally going to try it out
Maggie said
I just made one for my son who is due in November and it turned out awesome! I found some cute celestial wooden pieces that I put a hole in to tie them up. Now I have extra stuff for my daughter and I to make one for her room too. She cannot wait. I spent $15 and will get two adorable mobiles for 1/2 the price of 1. I have pictures if anyone wants to see, just not sure how to do that here. Thanks!
Stephanie Kaloi said
You can put them in our Flickr pool: http://www.flickr.com/groups/offbeatmama/! I'd love to see!