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

Starry Nights Mobile from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts & activities for kids)

  • 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.

Starry Nights Mobile from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts & activities for kids)

Starry Nights Mobile from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts & activities for kids)

  • Sprinkle with glitter.

Starry Nights Mobile from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts & activities for kids)

Starry Nights Mobile from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts & activities for kids)

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

Starry Nights Mobile from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts & activities for kids)

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

Starry Nights Mobile from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts & activities for kids)

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

Starry Nights Mobile from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts & activities for kids)

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

Starry Nights Mobile from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts & activities for kids)

  • 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.

Starry Nights Mobile from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts & activities for kids)

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

Starry Nights Mobile from make-it-your-own.com (Art, crafts & activities for kids)

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.
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