Lucie's Homemade Crib Mobile

Ah...the great pains we will endure to entertain our children. After a thousand paper cuts and a few nasty hot-glue gun burns, I have finally finished Lucie's crib mobile! Amen!

 To construct her mobile I used:

• A cool, old stick that I found (free)
• The fabric from our old shower curtain (free...and is that gross?)
• Pages from a poetry textbook I found at Goodwill ($2.00)
• A roll and a half of gardening twine from Ace hardware ($2.49 per roll)
• About 20 small hot glue sticks ($1.00-$2.00)
• A small hot glue gun ($5.99 on sale at Michaels - got it a long time ago)
• Two wreath forms from Michaels - $4.99 each

So basically, I made this mobile for under $25! And while it was relatively cheap to make ("AMEN!," says John), it was a long labor of love. Patience is not one of my strong suits...and this thing took time and patience!

 

Each flower petal had to be individually folded before being glued into the flower shape. There are 47 flowers...so that means 235 flower petals! Yikes!

Lucie wanted to be in a picture! AND, she actually likes the mobile! THANK GOODNESS.

Just had to include this adorable photo of my two best critics during this mobile-making process! I love them! :)

As I said, this mobile tested my patience (and I might have accidentally burned off portions of my fingerprints...), but I'm very happy with the end result! Hope you like it too! Happy Sunday!

Love,