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Creation Mobile

Description of finished craft:  The center of the mobile says, "In the beginning God created all things and saw that they were good."  The mobile hangs from a 4 sided cloud.  The mobile pieces are a star, a fish, a pig (animal) and a bird.

Materials:

bulletglue (I like to use a glue stick for this type of project as it dries fast and wrinkles the paper less, but regular white glue works too), 
bullet scissors, 
bullet printer, 
bullet paper, 
bullet wool or string, 
bullet thin cardboard (old cereal box) and 
bullet something to color with.

OPTIONAL DECORATIONS:  

bulletfeathers, 
bulletgold sparkle glue, 
bulletcotton balls
bulletunused coffee grounds

There are enough pieces to this project that a group of children could make it together (5 children could each make one of the hanging pieces of the mobile and 2 children could make the cloud).  That way Sunday School classes can complete the mobile for their church in one sitting.  If you choose to do this as a group, it's nice to use all of the optional decorations so that each child's piece is extra special.

INSTRUCTIONS

bulletPrint Template 1 (the fish).
    
bulletColor (as appropriate) -- water color paint works nice as does finger paint 
  
bulletIf you color some of the details (like the fins) with crayon and then paint over the whole thing with water color paints, it turns out very pretty.  Wax crayons (cheap ones) 
  
bulletFold the template in half so the pieces line up nicely.
  
bulletUnfold the template and apply glue to the inside (the uncolored side).
  
bulletRefold the template
  
bulletCut out the template piece.  You don't have to cut right on the dotted line... just cut somewhere between the dotted line and the fish... this makes it easy for beginning scissor users to manage.
     
bulletPrint Template 2 (the star).
    
bulletColor (as appropriate)
  
bulletOPTIONAL:  Gold sparkle glue or gel pen works nicely to outline the edges of the star
  
bulletFold the template in half so the pieces line up nicely.
  
bulletUnfold the template and apply glue to the inside (the uncolored side).
  
bulletRefold the template and let dry
  
bulletCut out the template piece. You don't have to cut right on the dotted line... just cut somewhere between the dotted line and the star... this makes it easy for beginning scissor users to manage.
  
bulletPrint Template 3 (the pig). 
  
bulletColor (as appropriate)
  
bulletOPTIONAL:  Put a couple of "puddles" of glue near the pig's feet and perhaps a little on his back.  Sprinkle with coffee grounds (mud).
      
bulletFold the template in half so the pieces line up nicely.
  
bulletUnfold the template and apply glue to the inside (the uncolored side).
  
bulletRefold the template and let dry
  
bulletCut out the template piece. You don't have to cut right on the dotted line... just cut somewhere between the dotted line and the pig... this makes it easy for beginning scissor users to manage.
    
bulletPrint Template 4 (the bird). 
  
bulletColor (as appropriate)
  
bulletOPTIONAL:  Glue a feather onto each wing.
      
bulletFold the template in half so the pieces line up nicely.
  
bulletUnfold the template and apply glue to the inside (the uncolored side).
  
bulletRefold the template and let dry
  
bulletCut out the template piece. You don't have to cut right on the dotted line... just cut somewhere between the dotted line and the bird... this makes it easy for beginning scissor users to manage.
bulletPrint Template 5 (the center message sunburst). 
  
bulletColor (as appropriate)
  
bulletOPTIONAL:  Gold sparkle glue or gel pen works nicely to outline the edges of the sunburst.
      
bulletFold the template in half so the pieces line up nicely.
  
bulletUnfold the template and apply glue to the inside (the uncolored side).
  
bulletRefold the template and let dry
  
bulletCut out the template piece. You don't have to cut right on the dotted line... just cut somewhere between the dotted line and the sunburst... this makes it easy for beginning scissor users to manage.
bulletPrint Template 6 (the clouds).  
  
bulletGlue the template to a piece of thin cardboard. 
  
bulletGlue a plain piece of white paper to the other side of the cardboard
       
bulletCut   out the template.
  
bulletCut up the center dotted line
    
bulletPunch holes where indicated (one in each corner and one in the middle) -- 5 holes altogether.
  
bulletOPTIONAL:  glue cotton balls all over the cloud.
  
bulletREPEAT for TEMPLATE 7
bulletCut down the middle line of template 6 and up the middle line of template 7 if you haven't already.  Slide the pieces together.
  
bulletTie an equal length piece of string to each of the first four template pieces and tie them onto the 4 corners of the cloud
  
bulletTie a longer piece of string to the sunburst message and tie it to the center of the cloud.
    
bulletTie one last piece of string to the top of the cloud and hang from the ceiling!

 

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Close the template window after printing to return to this screen. 
    

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Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). 

  

 

Template 1 (the fish)   (color)   or   (B&W)

Template 2 (the star)   (color)   or   (B&W)

Template 3 (the pig)   (color)   or   (B&W)

Template 4 (the bird)   (color)   or   (B&W)

Template 5 (message) (color)   or   (B&W)

Template 6 (the cloud)   (B&W)

Template 7 (the other cloud)   (B&W)