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Little Bo Peep Mobile  I love mobiles... I really should make more of them because we have so much fun when we do them.   I wish the photo had turned out better... the mobile looks really cute when it's done (the sheep have cotton on them).  Unfortunately, I'm a much better crafter than I am a photographer *laugh*

Materials:

• glue
• scissors
• hole punch
• string, ribbon or wool
• OPTIONAL:  cotton balls
• printer
• paper
• something to color with (optional)
    
• paper towel roll (not a toilet paper roll) or a gift wrap tube cut to about 1/2
  • I did the directions assuming you would use a paper towel roll for your template.  However!  
  • you can make a criss cross mobile like we did on the car mobile in the public site
      
• assuming you're using the paper towel roll, you'll also need a piece of construction paper or poster/tempra paint to cover the tube PLUS sparkle glue, stickers, or markers to decorate further.

I like the paper towel roll mobiles better than the criss cross ones because they can hang nicely from either the ceiling OR up against the wall. 

INSTRUCTIONS

• Decorate the cardboard tube -- you can do this by gluing or taping a piece of construction paper around it (like we did) and then decorating with stickers, sparkle glue or markers.  OR you can paint the tube with poster/tempra paint.  (remember, you can use a plastic coat hanger or make a criss cross mobile instead)
    
• While your tube is drying...
    
• Print out the template of choice.  Let the kids decide how many sheep they want on their mobile (just make sure you have time to make them all *laugh*)
   
• Color the templates as necessary.
    

It's much easier if you fold the template in half and glue it together BEFORE you cut it out.  At least that's what we find.    OPTIONAL:  For the sheep, glue a cotton ball onto each side of their body.     Poke a hole in the top of the template, thread a string through and tie (in a loop) around the cardboard tube.   Thread a string all the way through the roll and tie the ends together so you can hang your mobile on the wall or from the ceiling.

• 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 or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Bo-Peep Template for   (color)   or   (B&W)   
(print one)

Sheep Template for   (color)   or   (B&W)
(print as many as you'd like -- we had 4)

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