Birds and owls are such a cute and classic theme for your nursery. Not only do we love them, but our Hoot Hoot Owl Growth Chart is one of our most popular canvas growth charts. We thought it would be great to share this darling bird mobile tutorial with you. Our very own Hillary made this for her new little lemon’s nursery.
You’ll Need:
- 2 small tree branches (no leaves)
- A few colors of felt that coordinate with you nursery color scheme (you could also use scrap fabric or quilt squares, but felt is nice because it’s thick and durable)
- Twine or colored string
- Needle and thread
- Stuffing
- Hot glue gun
- Hook (or other materials that you need to hang your bird mobile from your ceiling)
First, download and print off our bird pattern here.
(Thanks to PurlSoho.com whom we based our bird pattern off of)
Next, cut out different colored bird pieces using our pattern. For each bird, cut out 2 bird body pieces and 4 wing pieces. Then hand stitch your bird together following pattern, but leave a bit of room near the wings to stuff. Then stuff and close your bird. Add wings with an X stitch as you can see in the pattern.
And then to hang your mobile, attach a screw into your ceiling (or whatever type of hanging device you desire). Next hang string or twine from your hook to your first branch and then hang your 2nd branch to the first. Now that your branches are in place, you can start hanging your birds.
To attach your birds, hang a small piece of the same twine or string over a branch to the desired length and attach it in between the bird’s wings with hot glue or stitch in place. Keep adding birds as you please and make your mobile unique to you and your nursery!
We hope you enjoy your new mobile!
Petite Lemon
