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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.
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
 | Print Template 1 (the fish).
 | Color (as appropriate) -- water
color paint works nice as does finger paint
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| If 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)
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| Fold the template in half so
the pieces line up nicely.
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| Unfold the template and apply
glue to the inside (the uncolored side).
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| Refold the template
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| Cut 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.
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| Print Template 2 (the star).
| Color (as appropriate)
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| OPTIONAL: Gold sparkle glue or gel pen works nicely to outline
the edges of the star
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| Fold the template in half so
the pieces line up nicely.
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| Unfold the template and apply
glue to the inside (the uncolored side).
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| Refold the template and let dry
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| Cut 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.
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| Print Template 3 (the pig).
| Color (as appropriate)
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| OPTIONAL: Put a couple of "puddles" of glue near the
pig's feet and perhaps a little on his back. Sprinkle with coffee
grounds (mud).
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| Fold the template in half so
the pieces line up nicely.
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| Unfold the template and apply
glue to the inside (the uncolored side).
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| Refold the template and let dry
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| Cut 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.
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| Print Template 4 (the bird).
| Color (as appropriate)
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| OPTIONAL: Glue a feather onto each wing.
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| Fold the template in half so
the pieces line up nicely.
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| Unfold the template and apply
glue to the inside (the uncolored side).
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| Refold the template and let dry
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| Cut 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.
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| Print Template 5 (the center message sunburst).
| Color (as appropriate)
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| OPTIONAL: Gold sparkle glue or gel pen works nicely to outline
the edges of the sunburst.
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| Fold the template in half so
the pieces line up nicely.
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| Unfold the template and apply
glue to the inside (the uncolored side).
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| Refold the template and let dry
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| Cut 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.
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| Print Template 6 (the clouds).
| Glue the template to a piece of thin cardboard.
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| Glue a plain piece of white paper to the other side of the cardboard
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| Cut
out the template.
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| Cut up the center dotted line
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| Punch holes where indicated
(one in each corner and one in the middle) -- 5 holes altogether.
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| OPTIONAL: glue cotton balls all over the cloud.
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| REPEAT for TEMPLATE 7
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| Cut down the middle line of template 6 and up the middle line of template
7 if you haven't already. Slide the pieces together.
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| Tie an equal length piece of string
to each of the first four template pieces and tie them onto the 4 corners of the
cloud
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| Tie a longer piece of string to the sunburst message and tie it to the center of the
cloud.
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| Tie 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).
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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)
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