Today I am going to show you how to make a quick, cute and inexpensive mobile!
1. Gather supplies!
You will need grow capsules (found at any major store in the toy section, and also often in the dollar sections), scissors, a hand needle, clear thread, and half an embroidery hoop (luckily I had a broken one just waiting to be used!)
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| supplies |
2. "Grow" your capsules! |
| drop capsules in warm water |
3. Watch the animals (or whatever shapes you have) appear!
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| and watch them grow! |
4. Continue watching. It takes awhile.
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| there's a lion! |
5. Squeeze out the excess water and allow your spongy animals to dry.
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| let the sponge animals dry |
6. Thread the needle with an arbitrary length of clear thread.
7. Gently slide the needle through the center of the back of a randomly selected animal shape, so it will hang nicely.
8. Tie the other end of the length of thread to the embroidery hoop with a double-knot.
9. Repeat for all the animals.
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| Sassy wants to eat my animals while I work |
10. Tie three extra-long strings to the embroidery hoop equal distances apart. Tie a knot of the three strings together.
Hang and enjoy!
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| completed mobile! |
NB: Clear thread is slippery and difficult to see. For an easier equally cute alternative, use strands of colored embroidery floss!
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