A Gift for #4

The boys are getting pretty excited about meeting Baby #4. I'm not sure if its the actual meeting of the baby or the fact that we get to take a "ferry boat" across to Spain in order to meet #4. Either way teaching them to be patient requires some creativity. So I decided they could help me make a gift that we could put together and give to #4.

I saw online ways to use egg cartons to make fancy little mobiles for babies. I thought the boys would like all the painting and putting together, but I didn't want it too complicated so I adjusted as I could. It was definitely a lesson in just going with it since they're so little and couldn't make things as perfectly as I might have. They did great and loved getting to help.

I started with left over egg cartons and cut them into individual squares. Then we set up the paints and the boys got to painting. 

 

I loved watching the boys paint. They were so serious and wanted it to look nice. They didn't really know what I was up to, but they were having fun. Check out the awesome tablecloth. It makes the pictures a bit hard to see, but I think it rocks. Sorry, couldn't resist.

The next day after the egg cartons had dried we used thumb tacks to poke holes in the top of each carton.

After the holes were poked I put a piece of yarn through each and attached a little bead so it wouldn't pull back through. 

Then I hung each carton from a hanger I had cut and painted. Sorry I forgot to take pictures, I'm not an official craft blogger you know :-) Once each one was hung from the hanger we had a mobile ready to hang above #4's bed. The boys tested it out and liked it so much I might make three more for each of them! 

Poor William wanted to participate so badly, but the proximity of craft table and couch was too great a risk. Maybe in a few years he can jump into our craft times.