Reader Project: Origami Map Mobile

Ohdeedoh reader, Annalea, sent us a picture of a great project she worked on. We love how this mobile is lovely enough to stay and be admired in the room way beyond the nursery years...

She states, "I am a daily reader of your site and always enjoy the tips from others. We just finished making a mobile for our little one on the way and thought we would share the project...having dabbled in origami before, I thought about using maps as the paper for an origami mobile."

Her materials for the mobile (which was made with items she already had on hand) include:
• branch
• spray paint (optional)
• thin paper, cut in varying size squares
• fishing line
• sewing needle
• clear tape
• twine
• hooks

Thank you for sharing, Annalea.

We love seeing your projects! Do you have a great one you'd like to share? Please e-mail us: nursery at apartmenttherapy dot com.

Comments (3)

Very sweet.

A good friend made me something similar when I moved away from the city of Boston. He used the "T" map (the subway system) as the origami paper. I ended up naming my first child Boston a few years later, and now the mobile my friend made me hangs in her room.

posted by pennycarnival on September 25th 2009 at 4:52pm
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What brand and color is the green paint on the walls?

posted by husker on September 25th 2009 at 8:12pm
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I love the red paint on the branch!!

posted by heather @ dollarstorecrafts.com on September 28th 2009 at 3:36pm
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