Papercut Woodland Baby Mobile
Oh Baby!
This papercut woodland baby mobile is the most darling of decorations for your baby’s crib. Featuring a cute-as-can-be crew of forest friends, your little ones will be both comforted and charmed by this whimsical work of art. Simply gather the tools and materials listed below, then download either our SVG or PDF files. After cutting out the pieces, hang at alternating lengths from a wooden embroidery hoop using neutral colored threads. Make this project for a baby shower and give the sweetest of gifts at the party. The mom-to-be will adore something handcrafted and from the heart!
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Steps
- Gather the tools and materials listed above.
- Cut out all of the paper pieces using a cutting machine (recommended). If you are cutting by hand, print out the PDF template and cut with an X-Acto blade.
- Use spray adhesive to attach the layers together. Each of the animals, mushrooms, and acorns should be three layers, double-sided.
- Use a hot glue gun to glue the flowers, leaves, and other details onto the animals. You can pop up the bear’s and raccoon’s arms to hold the mushrooms. Fold the tiny leaves in half before gluing.
- Use an extra small hole punch to make a hole at the top-middle of each piece to hang. You might need a couple of holes for the bigger animals.
- Fold your leaves in half and curl with the edge of a scissors. Hole punch the end of the stem.
- Pop out the inner, solid part of the wooden embroidery hoop. Tie three long pieces of twine to the hoop, evenly spaced out. Knot them together in the middle.
- Slide on a wooden bead and knot the twine again on the opposite end.
- Tie thread onto all of the papercut pieces. Tie the other end to the hoop.
- Stagger the placement of all the papercut pieces. Fill in spots with more leaves.
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Tools
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- Cutting Machine (recommended)
- Craft Adhesive Spray
- Low-Temp Hot Glue Gun
- Extra Small Hole Punch – 1/16″
- Scissors
- Needle
Materials
- Paper Source Text Weight Paper in Chartreuse, Moss, Mint, Persimmon, Papaya, Coral, Curry, Gravel, Slate, Paper Bag, and Soft White
- 12” Wooden Embroidery Hoop or Lia Griffith Natural Wood Arch Mobile Frame
- Wooden Bead – 5/8″
- Twine
- Thread – tan or white
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8 Comments
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PAIGE
February 7, 2024 at 5:08am
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Jessica
November 25, 2018 at 5:58pm
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November 26, 2018 at 7:47am
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Linda
February 26, 2018 at 4:30pm
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February 27, 2018 at 8:56am
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Back to the TopI am going to try to make this with felt…any thoughts or recommendations?thanks!
That would be really pretty. I would use fusible web to attach the pieces to get a flat finish. Maybe for the leaves, do a decorative running stitch down the middle. Here is a link to the web. https://feltpaperscissors.com/product/lia-griffith-fusible-web/
Thank you! I ended up making with paper, and used a metal ring instead of wood. It turned out beautiful! I had to tack the twine to the ring so it would not slide and it worked great. I also attached a couple of leaves above the beads below the hanging loop, and on one of the leaves wrote ‘you are so loved’ I made for my great nephew who is due in a couple of weeks 🙂 Thanks for the wonderful inspiration to make a heart felt gift 🙂
That sounds beautiful! Share photos on our community page. 🙂
Can I buy the woodland baby mobile without a monthly membership please?
Hi Jessica! Unfortunately we aren’t set up to sell single downloads, but you can sign up for a monthly membership then cancel once you have downloaded what you want 🙂
Is the SVG file a Cricut file cut? Or are these woodland animals on the mobile all cut by hand?
Yes, the SVG file is to be used with a cutting machine. I did NOT cut these by hand 🙂