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…
you'll need 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.
