Cute Balloon Baby Mobile

Delight little ones with a whimsical addition to nursery decor. Mobile is easy to create using genuine STYROFOAM™ Brand foam shapes and favorite scrapbooking papers.

Completion time – 2-4 hours

Materials
STYROFOAM Brand Foam
Ball, 5"
Block, 4" x 4" x 2"

Other Materials
Acrylic paints: pink; light green
Papers, one sheet each: decorative stripe; pink ca
two sheets
White medium ric rac, one package
Ribbon: green/white polka dot grosgrain, 1/2" x 1/
1/4" x 1 yd.
White crochet thread
Pearl-head corsage pins, four
Silver screw eye
Large rubber band

Tools
Serrated knife
Candle stub or paraffin
Pencil
Ruler
Wide flat paintbrush
Disposable palette
Water basin
Paper towels
Scissors: standard; small and large pinking
Low-temp glue gun and glue sticks
Industrial-strength glue
Paper glues: laminating; quick-dry

Instructions
Note: For safety reasons, remove this or any mobile from crib
area as soon as baby begins pulling up on bars; relocate
mobile to high corner of room for decorative use.

1. Wax serrated knife with candle stub or paraffin. Cut one 2"
cube from foam block; set remainder aside for future project.

2. Tear rice paper sheet into medium-sized pieces. Use wide
brush and laminating glue to adhere paper pieces to foam ball,
completely covering surface. Use brush to smooth out wrinkles.
Cover 2" foam cube in same way as ball. Let dry completely.

3. Place rubber band around center of ball; mark center with
pencil and remove band. Use rubber band and pencil to divide
one half of ball into quarters.

4. Paint bottom of ball and alternate upper sections light
green. Paint remaining sections pink. Let dry completely.

5. Cut a 1-3/4" x 9" strip from striped paper. Wrap and glue
strip around foam block, aligning bottom edges and overlapping
ends. Wrap and glue grosgrain ribbon around top edges of
block, overlapping paper edge; trim excess.

6. Cut two 1-1/4" x 8-1/4" strips from striped paper; overlap
and glue two short ends together to create 16"-long strip. Cut
one edge of strip with large pinking scissors to create
pennant look. Wrap and glue pennant around center of ball as shown.

7. Wrap and glue satin ribbon around center of ball on top of
paper pennant; trim excess. Repeat with ric rac, layering over ribbon.

8. Cut two 8-1/4" lengths from ric rac; glue ric rac across
top half of ball where paint colors meet, trimming excess.
Insert corsage pins into ball at each end of ric rac lengths.

9. Cut four 9" lengths from crochet thread. Wrap one end of
crochet thread around each corsage pin. Pull corsage pin out
slightly and apply a small amount of industrial-strength glue
behind pin before pushing in again.

10. Poke small hole into center top of ball. Apply small
amount of industrial-strength glue into hole before firmly
inserting screw eye. Let dry completely.

11. Use small pinking scissors to cut one 2-1/4" square from
pink cardstock. Poke small hole in each corner of square. Pull
crochet thread ends through holes and knot to secure. Be sure
paper hangs level from balloon.

12. Apply paper glue to back of cardstock and adhere centered
to top of foam block.
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