DIY Baby Mobile for boys nursery idea

I am so happy to share this DIY baby mobile with you today. Since, I plan to turn our spare bedroom into a shared boys bedroom for my 4 year old and newborn baby. I am making baby projects which also suit a little boy. Check out these DIY car pillows from my son’s bedroom in our last home. The theme of cars and polka dots in blue and green is what I decided to work with.

I used leather to make a baby mobile which can later be used as a decorative accent in the boys bedroom. This is a very easy baby mobile which I made with some help from my 4 year old.

With very little mess I managed to complete this project in only 2 hours. Including the cutting, gluing and drying time. Let’s have a look at the baby boys nursery mobile.

DIY Leather Baby Mobile

DIY Baby Mobile Tutorial

Material:

• Leather (I choose to use royal blue from leather hide store)
• Embroidery hoop ring (or any other form of ring you prefer to use)
• Pom poms (I found a pack of blue pom poms at dollar store)
• Buttons (from dollar store)
• Lace (I used white lace)
• Needle and thread
• Strong glue (I used gorilla super glue)

Instructions:

• Use cricut or silhouette portrait to cut car and circle files on a paper. You can also use circle cutter.
• Outline with a pencil on the leather and cut with sharp scissors. Tip: You can mark it on the backside and cut as well.
• Use super glue to glue buttons on the leather. You can sew them too if you like. Let it dry.

• While the glue dries, cut equal lengths of lace. I cut 6 almost 12 inches in length. With the help of thread, sew the lace on the embroidery hoop, separated from each other at equal intervals.
• To hang the baby mobile, I used pom poms to make a cute top. I threaded 15 mini pom poms on 3 thread lengths. Knotted them tightly on the embroidery hoop and created the hanging.

Once the baby mobile was ready. And the leather cars and circles were dry. I quickly got into the process of gluing the leather to the lace. Left it to dry overnight. And that’s about it all.

Like always one picture is not enough.

Cars and Polka Dots Themed Baby Boy Nursery

Here’s how it looks in the little space I have temporarily created for my 4 year old in our bedroom. This is also a great idea for small spaces or making a kids reading nook.

I believe in creating light weight projects for hanging around the baby space. Just in case it falls, it should not be a trouble. In the baby mobile I have used lace, pom poms, leather and a very light weighted embroidery hoop.

Baby Boys Hanging Mobile

Leather hide store has a wonderful collection of leather in various colors and designs.

The great part is that if you can not decide which one will suit your needs the best, you can always order free samples from there website. And believe me it makes it super easy to choose.

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