Fairy Mobile

For this project you will need: Florist Wire for the body, Wire Cutters, Silk Flower Petals for the clothing, Glue, Small colored beads (we used glass), small wooden beads for the head, googlie eyes or you can draw them yourself. We also used different items for hair and wings (we had silk butterflies and this made the wings easy).We also used a small grape vine wreath for the top of the mobile and fishing line to hang the fairies on the mobile.

• You need a  6 1/2" piece of wire and a 2 1/2" piece of wire. Fold the longer wire in half. Bend in the ends of the smaller wire to form hands. Lay the shorter wire over the bent wire. Fold the top of the bent wire down over the smaller wire and then pull it back through itself so that the bend is back to the top. Slide a bead over the "legs" and add a drop of glue to hold it in place.

Our supplies for the project.

This is what the wires will look like before you combine them.

After the wires have been combined.

This is five of our completed fairies. We made seven, one for each day of the week.

• You will choose your flower petals and slide the legs through the hole in the center. We glued another bead under the petals to help it all stay together.
• We added a bead over the top bent piece of wire to work as a shirt and to also make the fairy sturdier. 
• You then add a wooden bead over the bent wire for the head, using some glue to hold it in place.
• Bend the wires for the legs to form feet.
• Draw or decorate a face for the fairy. We used googlie eyes and drew a mouth. We also glued hair on the head and added a small petal for a hat. Then we glued on wings, tied fishing line around the body and the other end to the wreath.
• Note: when adding fairies to the wreath, stagger the length of the string for each fairy to prevent tangling.