Arrange a elementary bird moving for a class project.
A mobile is considered kinetic art, meaning art that has moving parts. American artist Alexander Calder was the inventor of mobiles. His free-flowing, hanging art form is not only beautiful in a museum, but is also a fun and simple class project. A mobile consists of a frame and hanging objects. Trace the bird shape and a draw a wing shape onto 16 multi-colored pieces of felt. Cut out all the birds and wings.4.
Paint the sticks white. Allow the paint to dry. Form an "X" with the sticks, and wire them together using 6 inches of wire.
2. Research a local bird species to use as your shape. Print a picture of a bird, or cut one out of a magazine.
3. The objects can be in any theme, from science to history.
Instructions
1. Find two sticks and cut each one with garden shears to be 2 feet long.Glue two bird shapes together with fabric glue, matching the shapes as mirror images. Glue a wing to the middle of both sides of the bird. Allow birds to dry.
5. Punch a hole in the top of the birds with a hole punch. Thread yarn of various lengths, such as 10 inches, 12 inches and 14 inches, through the birds and tie a knot. Tie the other end of the yarn to the middles and ends of the sticks.
6. Tie a 16 inch piece of yarn to the center of the "X" to hang the mobile.
