Happy Rainbow Mobile

I have always enjoyed doing crafts whether they are simple or more complicated. For this Instructable, I tried to think of something that children can easily make that would take more than just a couple of minutes. I also wanted to use things that I had on hand and that they can proudly display. Follow along to see how I made this Happy Rainbow Mobile! It may be a craft for kids, but I had lots of fun making it!

Newspaper

Glue

Scissors

Poster board

Colored popsicle craft sticks

bag of cotton balls

Bag of wiggly eyes

Embroidery hoop or other ring

Twine

Pencil

Hole punch

Measuring tape or ruler

On a piece of newspaper, lay out 4 sets of 6 popsicle sticks in order of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. Leave a small space between each stick at the bottom so they fan out just a little.

Squirt a line of glue across the top of the popsicle sticks.

Cut 4 pieces of twine to fit across the top of each cloud.

Press a piece of twine onto the glue. Do this with all 4 sets of rainbow sticks.

On a piece of poster board, roughly draw 4 clouds that will fit on top of the rainbows. Cut each out.

Squirt some more glue on top of each piece of twine on the rainbow sticks. Press and attach the 4 clouds.

Now squirt glue over each cloud.

Add and arrange enough cotton balls on the glue to cover each poster board cloud.

Select 8 eyes. Turn each over on your work surface. Add a drop of glue to each back of the eye.

Press and glue 2 eyes onto each cloud.

Draw 4 mouths on a piece of red poster board. Carefully cut each out.

Add glue to the back of each mouth. Press and attach each mouth under a set of eyes on the clouds. Allow the glue to dry for at least 30 minutes.

Set out the embroidery hoop that is a solid circle. Cut 4 (7-inch) pieces of twine. Tie each onto the embroidery hoop, making them an equal distance apart.

Pull the 4 strands of twine to the center and make a knot.

Carefully turn over each rainbow. Add glue to the back of each cloud. Press on cotton balls to cover. Allow to dry for at least 1 hour.

Using a hole punch, punch a hole in the top of each cloud. Cut 4 (13-inch) pieces of twine. Tie a knot and attach each piece of twine to the top of the clouds.

Arrange the rainbows around the circle. Tie a knot to attach them to the circle.

Here is the finished mobile. Any child who makes one will feel happy and proud every time they see it hanging!

I hope you enjoyed seeing how I made this happy rainbow mobile. I really enjoyed making it!