So I've done some more crafting. This baby has got everyone in a very
DIY mood. My latest project was a mobile for his crib. I had on picked out that
would match his bedding but it was $45! And I'm rather thrifty (cheep) so I wasn't
about to pay that! We have a mobile from when Sammy was a baby but the colors
just didn't go... But I tout if I made my own hanginng characters then I could
reuse his old mobile. So this is what I did...
I picked out my characters. I chose to stick with a blue and brown
color theme and I picked out wild animals to make. A giraffe, lion, elephant,
and a turtle. Using Google images I googled "Giraffe outline" or
"giraffe outline template." I did this with all the animals. The
hardest part was getting them to be all about the same size. I printed out each
template then cut them out.
i cut out the shapes out of felt. Then using the opposite color felt I
cut out things like spots and eyes and ears. I used fabric glue to attach
everything but to tell you the truth it didn't work at all. Which is why I hand
stitched around the edges. A hot glue gun would work MUCH better. And when I
find mine I am going to go back and make sure all the spots, ears and eyes and
such are secure.
I stuffed them all with this filler that you can get at Walmart but
this was WAY more than I needed. I would recommend cotton balls (our Walmart
was out, COMPLETELY out of cotton balls) because it's cheaper and less waste. I
may have to make something else just so I can use up this filler... A pillow
maybe?
Like I said before the fabric glue didn't work well with the felt so I
hand stitched the edges (which turned out really cute). Stuffed with the filler
and hung on the mobile. I only spent $6.50 because I already had thread and
fabric glue (and hot glue when I find it). Way better, I think, than $45.
I bought 6 pieces (8x10) of felt- 3 of each color (i ended up with one untouched sheet of each color left over)= 27cents each
Ribbon= 47cents
Filler= $3.50 ish
My brother-in-law made wooden letters for the wall to spell out Jacob's name. And his wife painted them light blue with brown polka dots!
