Earlier I posted about making an origami mobile for Aubrey's room and I finally finished it! Aubrey was really pleased with how it turned out. :)
Total Cost:
About $5-$10
She loves it!
Steps:
1. Fold your paper cranes. I used origami paper and scrapbook paper. The scrapbook paper was harder to work with because its thickness.
2. Gather your supplies (needle, thread/floss, 1 pack of small beads, 2 dowel rods, paint, hook)
3. Cut your dowel rods to the desired size and paint them whatever color you want. I painted mine white. *I wish I had used flat dowel rods instead of rounded ones. You can also use wire.
4. Thread the floss through the paper crane and secure both sides of the crane with a metal bead (picture below).
5. Secure the dowel rods in a T-shape and hang the paper cranes from the rods.
6. Balance the mobile by moving your paper cranes farther in or out on the rod.
7. Cut excess string and hang from a hook on the ceiling.
Here are the instructions I found online and followed.
Supplies
Crane with the floss threaded through
Finished product