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DIY Nursery Mobile

Infants love to stare at colorful, glittering, moving objects—that's why mobiles are so popular with babies and parents alike. A mobile can be a beautiful nursery accessory, but the ones you see in chic baby boutiques are often prohibitively expensive. Fortunately, you can make your own mobile simply and fast, and so inexpensively—often you can make one out of what you have around the house—that it's possible to make a new one whenever your baby gets bored.

Things You'll Need

Coffee can lid
Measuring tape
Push pin
Yarn or string
Scissors
6 foam craft cutouts, 2 inches or larger

Instructions

- 1
  Measure the circumference of the coffee can lid and use the push pin to punch five evenly-spaced holes around it, 1 inch from the edge. Punch another hole in the middle of the plate.
- 2
  Cut five 10-inch lengths of yarn and one 12-inch length. Poke the end of the 12-inch piece through the hole in the center of the lid (enlarge the hole with the push pin if necessary) and double-knot the end so that it will not pull through. Repeat with the 10-inch lengths of yarn on the holes around the edge. The knots should be at the top of the coffee can lid; the loose ends, hanging below it.
- 3
  Use the push pin to punch a hole through the top of each foam cutout ¼ inch from the edge. Thread the loose end of a piece of yarn from the coffee can lid through the hole in a foam cutout and double-knot the end so that it will not pull through.
- 4
  Punch four more evenly-spaced holes around the circumference of the lid, ½ inch from the edge. Cut four 12-inch lengths of yarn and thread them through the holes. Double-knot the yarn on the bottom of the coffee can lid so that it will not pull through. Tie the four strands of yarn together with a loop at the top for hanging.

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