Graphic mobiles made from building paper and embroidery hoops can serve as party design as well as a take-home nursery design for any infant shower celebration. Embroidery hoops make a simple base for the mobile.
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What You’ll Need
Materials
Colored waxed twine
Scissors
Eyelets
Embroidery hoop
Cup hook
Card stock, in multiple colors
1/8-inch hole punch
Eyelet punch
Instructions
Identify the length of your mobiles. Remember, you want the mobile to have numerous lengths of circles to make it aesthetically interesting. Cut different lengths of waxed twine. Double the twine strings (as if you are going to thread a needle). Tie the loose ends in a knot.
Slip the completed end through an eyelet and pull through (this will develop a slip knot); repeat with all other lengths of twine and attach around the size of the hoop.
Repeat the exact same slip knot with the waxed twine to hang the hoop from the ceiling or beam (as we did). Once you have actually doubled the twine and made a slip knot at three points around the hoop, tie the unfinished ends of each in a knot and then connect all 3 knots together and hang from a cup hook in the ceiling.
For the circles, choose differing sizes and colors and cut freehand. (Note: You can also purchase already cut card stock in circular shapes.) Use a 1/8-inch hole punch to punch a hole at the top (about 1/2 inch from the rim of the circle). Connect eyelets to circles with eyelet punch (readily available at scrapbooking websites and art-supply shops).
