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DLTK's Holiday Activities for Kids
Spring Flowers Mobile
This is a simple mobile made up of single and double
spring flowers. We usually create our mobiles by using two
straws or sticks taped or tied in a criss-cross or by using one
paper towel or gift wrap roll with all the pieces tied to it (this
isn't as 3D a mobile, but is good for recycling).
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Materials:
- a printer,
- a piece of paper... I always prefer to use a heavy paper (like construction
paper), but it isn't necessary.
- some crayons, paint, markers or pencil crayons,
- scissors,
- glue,
- string or yarn.
EITHER
- small paper plate or circle of cardboard (old cereal boxes are a
good source of cardboard) AND two straws or sticks
OR
- a paper towel roll
OR
- ice cream container lid
Instructions
- Print out the template of choice... there are 2 flowers on each
page. You can print out as many as you want to fill up your mobile.
You can mix and match the double and single flowers.
- Colour (where appropriate) and cut out the template pieces along
the dotted lines.
- You can colour the decorations with sparkle glue or sparkles if
desired or use paint, crayons markers or pastels.
- Fold the flowers in half and glue the back and front together.
Let dry.
- Poke a small hole in the top of each piece and tie with yarn or
string to the mobile you've chosen
Paper Towel Roll Mobile:
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Decorate your paper towel roll as desired:
You can use paint, paper, stickers, etc to match your theme.
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string each mobile piece from the paper towel
roll
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Put a piece of string or wool right through
the paper towel roll to use to hang from the wall or ceiling
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(this isn't this theme, but the method works the
same)
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Criss Cross Straws Mobile:
- You can let the kids decorate the circle/paper plate with
paint, markers or stickers.
- Poke a hole through the center of the paper plate or circle
of cardboard
- Arrange the straws in an X shape and tie with wool
- Tie a long piece of wool to the center of the X. Slide
the circle of cardboard or paper plate onto the wool (through
the hole you made)
- Tape the straws to the plate to keep them in their X shape
and to help them balanced
- String each mobile piece onto one of the straws (and in
the center if desired)
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(this isn't this theme, but the method works the
same)
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Lid Mobile:
- Decorate your lid as desired: You can use paint, paper,
stickers, etc to match your theme.
- Use a hole punch or sharp pencil to poke holes all the way
around the lid at equal distances (you need as many holes as
you have mobile pieces
- String each mobile piece onto one of the holes you've made
- String another piece of yarn from each of the holes, going
up to the ceiling. Tie all of these pieces together to
make a knot you can hang your mobile with.
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(this isn't this theme, but the method works the
same)
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Templates:
- Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
- Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template
on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP in most browsers).
Template for a single flower
(color) or
(B&W)
Template for a double flower
(color) or
(B&W)
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