Friends of mine are expecting a baby soon. I thought I'd make them a mobile. I'd seen Gobbi Mobiles when Goblin was a baby and thought they were lovely, but pricey. But I read a basic tutorial on Art Club Blog about how to make felt balls, and decided I could do a DIY job.
The Gobbi mobile is part of the Montessori Visual Mobile series. You can read more about the series at At Home with Montessori who describe the Gobbi as "The third mobile in the Visual Mobile Series, the Gobbi Mobile is a set of small spheres in graded shades of one colour. This mobile is presented to infants between 7 and 10 weeks old. It represents a further step in the development of the child's visual sense, in which she can now perceive more subtle variations in colour. The mobile is named for Gianna Gobbi, an Assistant to Infancy trained by Maria Montessori."
The balls are normally in a straight line, but I used a bit of artistic licence to hang them in a spiral. When the mobile spins it will look like they are moving up and down.
You did a great job ~ it is lovely, baby will enjoy gazing up at it :-) A few of my friends are expecting at the moment and I got some supplies to make a mobile yesterday!
ReplyDeleteoooh can't wait to see yours. Great minds!
DeleteI love this! I have also wanted to make felted balls for the longest time and you may have just pushed me over the edge:) I think the idea of using them in a baby mobile is just perfect! Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteCarolyn, I couldn't believe how quick and easy they were once I got going.
DeleteThis is lush, Im so going to have to make one!
ReplyDeleteThis is SUPER cool! I've always wanted to know how to do that with felt! I love the colors too!
ReplyDeleteOh, I love this! I often see felt-making stalls set up at local festivals, now I'll be making a beeline for the next one I see!
ReplyDeleteToo bad we don't live closer bc you could teach me felting. It's on my to-do list of things to learn. I want to make felted animals since my daughter loves animals, but I think felted balls would be an easy thing to start with and I love this idea for a baby gift.
ReplyDeleteI am going to be pinning this!
This is awesome! Thanks so much for linking up with Montessori Monday. I featured your post at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page and pinned your post to my Babies - Activities and Ideas board at http://pinterest.com/debchitwood/babies-activities-and-ideas/
ReplyDeletethat's so darling! and i love the different shades of blue! i bet baby will love it. thanks for linking up to tip-toe thru tuesday!
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful!! I love it! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!! I hope you are having an amazing week!
ReplyDeleteThis is just gorgeous,what a lucky baby :)
ReplyDeleteI've had some visitors to my blog coming from here, so thanks very much for the link! These look great, and I really love the photo you took with the flowers. The colours are awesome!
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