Photo Mobiles!!!

Handmade Mobiles

Using only a wire wreath form, ribbon or fishing line and a few decorative items, you can create four different mobiles that are both pretty and practical. Give a mobile as a homemade gift to brighten someone’s day, and then adorn a special corner in your own home with a beautiful, breezy decoration

 

1. Display your summer photos in a unique way and enjoy smiling faces every time you pass by your craft. Add encouraging quotes and statements to make it extra special. This also makes a great homemade gift for a grandparent!
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3. Take the photos you want to use and mount them on colorful pieces of construction paper or scrapbook paper. Leave them at full size or cut them down into fun shapes to feature your favorite parts of the photo. Use a hole punch to add a hole for hanging purposes to each mounted photo.
4. On the backside of your mounted photos, write a meaningful note, message or special quote with a marker. Finally, use string, ribbon or fishing line to hang your photos at alternating heights around the wreath form. If you like, you can also cover the wreath form before hanging your photos using the same method as the Ribbon Mobile.
5. Tip: If you’d rather not hole punch your photos, tie small clips to the ribbon, string or fishing line and clip your photos on after hanging from the wreath form.

Hanging Tips To hang any of these completed mobiles from the ceiling, use 4 pieces of ribbon, fishing line or string and tie to opposite sides of the wreath form. If using ribbon, add a little dab of hot glue to keep it from sliding around. Bring the separate pieces together in the center and then tie a small loop at the top.
Use a simple ceiling hook,  available at Lowes and other places, to hang your finished mobile wherever you please. Try hanging above a dining table, in a child’s bedroom or in an area where it will catch a nice breeze now and then, such as an entryway or sunroom. If giving the mobile as a homemade gift, include a ceiling hook with it to make hanging easy for the recipient.