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Kids Crafts: Autumn Mobile

September 5, 2012

Welcome back to this week’s Kids Craft session. This week, we share with your our “Autumn Mobile” – basically a mobile made from all those wonderful bits and pieces that you can collect when you are out and about on a walk. We used a mix of “newly found” items, as well as some “remnants” of last year’s nature craft stash – we wanted to use it ALL up, so we could go out and collect more this Autumn. I also think this mobile would look FABULOUS made from leaves and no doubt we will be making a leaf mobile soon too. Watch this space!

fall crafts for kids

We grabbed our nature bag and went off for walk. And came back with these…

…Materials: Sticks, pinecones, phyaslis (from our stash), acorn tops. We added some little bells and embroidery thread for hanging and ready to go.

fall crafts

1) Layout your mobile on your table – roughly in the order you would like to have it. We kept ours fairly symmetrical, because, uhm, we like symmetry! We used one “main twig” for the top and then two smaller ones. Finishing each strand with a little bell.

autumn craft ideas

2) Using your string or embroidery thread, tie all your items together – we made a hole in the chestnuts (difficult to do, so we only used two chestnuts and tied the thread around everything else. We used autumn colours of red, orange and yellow. To make it balance, you will have to shuffle the strings up and down the sticks a little. A great “experiment” in learning about “balance” and what happens when one end is lighter than the other!

pinecone stick craft

Finish! What are your favourite Fall Craft ideas? What are your favourite Pinecone Crafts?!

More wonderful Autumn Crafts for Preschool here:

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Filed Under: Autumn, Kids Craft, Nature 69 Comments

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  1. JDaniel4's Mom says

    September 5, 2012 at 2:49 am

    This is wonderful! I love how you find the right balance of objects to make the mobile work.

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  2. Red Ted Art says

    September 5, 2012 at 7:05 am

    I did have to do a bit of shuffling of strings up and down the sticks to make it balance!

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  3. Debs- Learn with Play says

    September 5, 2012 at 7:11 am

    oh wow, love the mobile, so cool!. And booyah for being number 2 in the link up! haha ๐Ÿ˜€

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  4. Creative Playhouse says

    September 5, 2012 at 7:33 am

    love it! we’ve started collecting autmny things already; we’ll definitely have to do one of these!

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  5. Red Ted Art says

    September 5, 2012 at 7:40 am

    Debs – Yay to be 2nd!! And love the Robot hat!!! ๐Ÿ™‚ and thank you, glad you like the mobile, was tricky to photograph “nicely”

    Creative Playhouse – definitely a great way to use up “bits and pieces collected!>

    Reply
  6. Emma @sciencesparks says

    September 5, 2012 at 8:10 am

    Lovely Maggy! I can’t wait to go pine cone collecting. x

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  7. Susanne@babyhuddle says

    September 5, 2012 at 8:39 am

    Oh, I love this! Now I know exactly what Luka and I are doing today!
    x

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    • Red Ted Art says

      September 5, 2012 at 9:07 am

      PERFECT! So pleased!! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  8. Vicky @ Mess For Less says

    September 5, 2012 at 5:14 pm

    What a fun and frugal idea! I don’t know what the kids will enjoy more, collecting the items or making the mobile. Just pinned and linked up here.

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  9. artsy_momma says

    September 5, 2012 at 7:20 pm

    Oooh…. my son has a collection of at least 30 pincones, I will have to show him this ๐Ÿ™‚

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  10. Red Ted Art says

    September 5, 2012 at 7:26 pm

    I think my kids LOVED the collecting bit ๐Ÿ™‚ and now they LOVE the jingle jangling of the bells!! ๐Ÿ™‚

    Artsy Momma – a perfect craft for 30 pinecones!!!!!

    Reply
  11. Jen Fischer says

    September 5, 2012 at 7:48 pm

    I absolutely LOVE this!! I definitely want us to try it.

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  12. Kids Creative Chaos says

    September 5, 2012 at 11:58 pm

    This is fantastic! It is so simple but so elegant ๐Ÿ™‚

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  13. sunnymama says

    September 6, 2012 at 2:26 am

    Your autumn mobile is lovely! I hope you’ll share it with the All Year Round Autumn Carnival starting soon. ๐Ÿ™‚

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  14. Red Ted Art says

    September 6, 2012 at 6:56 am

    Thank you ladies (and yes Sunny Mama, will come and add!!)

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  15. Sian says

    September 7, 2012 at 11:35 am

    So pretty : )

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  16. Lorraine @ Science-Friendly Homeschool says

    September 7, 2012 at 8:59 pm

    This idea is so great that it might help me stop whining that summer is over. It seems like the mobile will be a good way to remember some of our walks together.

    Reply
  17. Bethany @ No Twiddle Twaddle says

    September 8, 2012 at 12:10 am

    I think that your mobile looks beautiful. Fantastic idea!

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  18. Red Ted Art says

    September 8, 2012 at 9:10 am

    Oh yes, Lorraine, hopefully a craft they will like and help welcome Autumn!!!

    Reply
  19. Chris at Thinly Spread says

    September 9, 2012 at 8:33 am

    Oh that’s lovely! We have made them in the past but have never used those gorgeous chinese lanterns! I need some now!

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    • Red Ted Art says

      September 9, 2012 at 9:04 am

      Oh yes I did like the added “something” the lanterns gave it. I do love love love their orange-iness!!!

      Reply
  20. creativejewishmom/sara says

    September 9, 2012 at 10:39 pm

    Love your mobile Maggy! thanks so much for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!

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    • Red Ted Art says

      September 10, 2012 at 6:45 am

      Thank you as always, for hosting!

      Reply
  21. Emma @Sciencesparks says

    September 12, 2012 at 9:02 am

    So pretty Maggy. Thanks for linking up. x

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  22. The fairy and the frog says

    September 13, 2012 at 5:44 pm

    I love autumn, this is a great way to enjoy all those autumn colours

    Reply
  23. Rebecca says

    September 15, 2012 at 8:05 am

    This is so pretty and a great idea to use pine cones.

    I have featured this on the Sunday Showcase: http://www.herecomethegirlsblog.com/2012/09/15/the-sunday-showcase-autumn-inspiration.html

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    • Red Ted Art says

      September 15, 2012 at 8:28 am

      Awe thanks Rebecca! Much appreciated!

      Reply
  24. Stephanie from EtsyKids Team says

    November 11, 2012 at 8:07 am

    Hi, I wanted to let you know I featured this on the EtsyKids Team blog along with 50 other Thanksgiving crafts, recipes and printables for kids.
    http://etsykids.blogspot.com/2012/11/50-thanksgiving-crafts-recipes-and.html

    Reply
  25. Margaret says

    February 22, 2014 at 12:12 am

    Hi! I’ve featured your mobile on a pine cone blog post! Thanks so much!

    http://www.earthwormsandmarmalade.com/2014/02/ammoi-mean-art-with-pine-cones.html

    Margaret

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    • Red Ted Art says

      February 22, 2014 at 8:29 am

      Thank you!

      Reply

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