Snowflake Cloud Mobile

by elysemercedes in Living > Christmas

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Snowflake Cloud Mobile

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How to make a tissue paper cloud with lighting and snowflakes. (With help from my flying friend)


Tissue Paper Cloud Materials

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You will need:
- Tissue Paper
- Wire
- Scissors

Folding Tissue Paper

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Step 2: Take 8 sheets of tissue paper and do an accourdian fold of 1 1/2"

Wire

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Step 3: Cut two 10" pieces of wire

Secure Tissue Paper

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Step 4: Fold the tissue paper in half and add one of the wires. Make sure to twist at the end. 

Hanger

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Step 5: Add the second wire to the other side. This will be your hanger. You will have one long wire and two short wires on either side.

Cut Corners

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Step 6: Cut each corner to round out the edges

Lift Tissue Paper

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Step 7: Lift each layer of tissue paper to the middle. Make sure to do that on the top and bottom.

Tissue Paper Cloud

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Step 8: Its starting to look cloudy.

(next steps are additives if you so wish to continue)

Material for Lighting and Adding

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Materials you will need if you wish to add lighting.

- silver party streamers
- hot glue

Step 9: Take a few strands of silver streamer and add to the bottom of the cloud with hot glue.

Lighting Done

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Step 10: I think I see lighting!!!

Material for Snowflakes

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Materials: If you wish to add snowflakes, please have the following:

- fishing line
- coffee filter snowflakes (made ahead of time)
- hot glue
- scissors

Glue Snowflake to Cloud

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Step 12: Cut a few strands of fishing line to different lengths. Put a small dab of hot glue on the fishing line to the snowflake. When that is dry then take the other end of the fishing line and glue to the bottom of the cloud. 

Glue More Snowflakes

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 Step 13: Repeat the last step as much as you want it to snow. Be sure to think of the placement of each snowflake.

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 I think its starting to get chilly. Stay warm this winter.


This was inspired by a video I saw online for "How to Make a Rainbow Showers Mobile".