How to Make a Paper Lantern Mobile for Your Nursery

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How to Make a Paper Lantern Mobile for Your Nursery

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Step 1 of 5
Screw a small hook into the ceiling. Measure first so it's centered above your crib.

Screw a small hook into the ceiling. Measure first so it's centered above your crib.

Step 2 of 5
String all of the lanterns using fishing line. Use about a foot of line so you can hang some longer. It's better to have too much line and trim it after.

String all of the lanterns using fishing line. Use about a foot of line so you can hang some longer. It's better to have too much line and trim it after.

Step 3 of 5
Hang the larger lanterns first to get the shape you'd like.

Hang the larger lanterns first to get the shape you'd like.

Step 4 of 5
Fill in spaces rotating lanterns of different colors and patterns so the same ones aren't close together.

Fill in spaces rotating lanterns of different colors and patterns so the same ones aren't close together.

Step 5 of 5
Trim any hanging line and check it from all angles to see if it looks balanced.

Trim any hanging line and check it from all angles to see if it looks balanced.

You're Done

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11 Comments
Supplies

Paper lanterns

Small hooks

Fishing line

Caiti Godley

Younger kids (in my opinion) will love it

Caiti Godley last year

Barb Z

You can use a CFL bulb. They only get warm even when on for hours. So much safer then the old style bulbs.

Barb Z last year

Petter Karlsson

Don't put a light bulb in it, will set the thing on fire = bad

Petter Karlsson last year

Carissa Passerella

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(author) last year

Matthias Kolesch

You just buy them.

Matthias Kolesch last year

Rice :)

How do you make the actual lanterns though? Or do you just buy them at a craft store?

Rice :) last year

Ally Hannan

Love it!

Ally Hannan last year

Guy Ruff III 😏

This is a great idea, my boys love stuff like this.

Guy Ruff III 😏 last year

Carissa Passerella

You can light them, but the nursery versions are unlit and for decoration only.

(author) last year

Matthias Kolesch

Great, but shouldnt there be a bulb somewhere inside?

Matthias Kolesch last year

Janelle Sonya Foreman

Love it

Janelle Sonya Foreman last year

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