Mobiles 101

I knew I wanted to make a mobile from the Cranes Paul made. You could use anything, ornaments, etc. After a little research I decided it would be easiest to either use wire from hangers or a quilting hoop. I bought a wooden quilting hoop for $3 at Joann's but in the end we decided to go the wire route. {A sidenote: I LOVE the painted wooden floors in this photo.}


{photos via Martha}

I sketched out what I wanted it to look like.


Then Paul cut up two wire hangers like this:

{photo via soozs}

We used four sections of wire two small ones and two large ones. One of the large sections was cut down to 3/4 of the length of the long one. I then attached string to each of the Cranes using a needle. {I would've used fishing wire but I didn't have any in the house.} I tried to use the sketch above as a blueprint.

We hung it temporarily above our bed until I can get the proper hook for above Moses' changing table. We like it so much I'm tempted to keep it there. Last night as we were falling asleep and staring at the mobile Paul said, "This is better than TV."