SUMMER MOBILE

Ages: 5 – 12 years

Time: ½ hour – 1 hour

MATERIALS:

White felt square 36”x 36”

Orange craft foam

Yellow craft foam

White craft foam

Beige craft foam

Turquoise craft foam

Black craft foam

Moss

Black marker

White glue

scissors

String or jute or wire or thread

Dowel rods (plus cutters for cutting or sawing the dowel rods)

1. Using the patterns provided, trace and cut the sun from the yellow craft foam, the pail from the orange craft foam, the shell from the beige craft foam, the shovel from the turquoise craft foam, and all four colors of craft foam for the ball. Finally, cut the sunglasses from the black craft foam. You don’t have to use all the patterns from the banners project.
2. Take a small amount of moss and glue it on the top of the pail. Press down firmly while it dries.
3. Use a black marker to draw the sun’s cheeks, smile and nose. If you are using the shell pattern, sketch a few lines on it to make it look three dimensional. Also, spell out “Summer Is Fun!”
4. Cut two dowel rods. Tie a piece of string, jute or wire around the middle of the two dowel rods to secure them. Then, lace a piece of string, thread, jute, or wire 6” to 8” in length through the hole at the top of each shape. Tie the shapes to the dowel rods.
5. To balance the mobile, place two or more shapes to each dowel rod and be sure that some of the shapes hang lower (or higher) than some of the others. Cut a string long enough to tie on either end of the dowel rods for hanging.
6. Does your sculpture move? What makes it move? How is this design different from the banner design? Can you list the differences? Can you list the similarities? What is the difference between attaching the leaves on the mobile and attaching the leaves on the banner? What makes the leaves on the mobile three-dimensional and the leaves on the banner two-dimensional?