DLTK's Holiday Crafts for Kids
Easter Mobile with Christian Message

Contributed by Leanne Guenther

This is a simple mobile made up of crosses with John 15:13 in the center.  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 recyclying).

Materials:

• a printer,
• a piece of paper... .
• 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

Instructions:

• Print out the template of choice...  There are 2 crosses on template 1 and 2 and the message is on template 3.  You can print out as many as you want to fill up your mobile.
• Colour (where appropriate) and cut out the Template pieces along the dotted lines.
• You can colour  with sparkle glue if desired or use paint, crayons markers or pastels.  New mediums are always fun for kids.  .
• Fold the crosses in half and glue the back and front together.  Let dry.
• Poke a small hole in the top of each cross and tie with yarn or string to the mobile you've chosen (straws, sticks or paper towel roll).

• Decorate your paper towel roll as desired:  You can use paint, paper, stickers, etc to match your theme.

• string each mobile piece from the paper towel roll

• Put a piece of string or wool right through the paper towel roll  to use to hang from the wall or ceiling.

• 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)

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.

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 1   (color)   or   (B&W)

Template 2   (color)   or   (B&W)

Template 3   (color)   or   (B&W)

Printable version of these instructions