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DLTK's Holiday Activities for Kids
Easter Mobile with Christian Message
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).
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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.
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| small paper plate or circle of cardboard (old cereal boxes are a good
source of cardboard) AND two straws or sticks
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| 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.
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| Colour (where appropriate) and cut out the
template pieces along the dotted lines.
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| You can colour with sparkle glue if desired
or use paint, crayons markers or pastels. New mediums are always fun for kids.
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| Fold the crosses in half and glue the back and
front together. Let dry.
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| 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).
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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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| 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).
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