Halloween: Starry Nights Mobile/ Sun Catcher

Add a bit of sparkle to your room.  This a perfect craft for the end of the glue bottle when it gets a little bit goopy…

Materials

• Scissors
• Glitter
• Craft glue (We’ve found Crayola brand dries clear)
• Twine
• Hole punch
• Twine, string, beading or fishing line
• Beads
• Craft hoop
• Plastic zippered bag
• Food colouring
• Toothpick or old fork
• Craft tray
• Smock
• Embroidery floss (We found this helpful when we went with the sun catcher option)
• Ribbon

Directions

• Don your smock.  Put your plastic zipper bag in a craft tray.  Cover your plastic bag with a section of glue.  Make sure that there are no open spaces.

• Add a few drops of food colouring, should you like.  Mix with your toothpick or old fork.

• Sprinkle with glitter.

• Allow to dry in a sunny spot for several days.

• When your glue is dry, cut out shapes that you may like.  We went with stars.

• Have an adult punch a hole in one end, using a needle.

• Lace onto twine, string, cord or fishing line.  Add beads should you like.

• Attach your strings to a craft hoop.  Our son wanted it to be more like a sun catcher to hang in his window rather than a mobile so we wrapped a portion of the hoop with embroidery floss to hold the strings in place.  Attach ribbon or more string, cord etc. to hang your creation.

• Have an adult hang your mobile from the ceiling or hang your sun catcher in the window.

Purpose

• Cutting different materials.
• Lacing beads etc. is a great way to develop one’s fine motor skills.

Safety Notes

• Use non-toxic products
• Exercise caution when using scissors
• Wash your hands after using glitter.
• Use twine, string etc. with adult supervision as it may be a strangulation hazard.
• Have an adult hang your mobile.
• Beads can be a choking hazard so keep them out of reach from children 0-3 years of age or those that tend to put thing in their mouths.