The Japanese traditional paper art origami can be used to make a number of things including garland, earrings, necklace, and even mobile for babies. If you have a friend expecting, then a handmade baby mobile would be the best gift you can actually give her on the baby shower day. Baby mobiles help infants to develop visual as well as mental stimulation and focusing skills. A baby mobile is an excellent way to grab the attention of small babies and to make them sleep.

The things you need to consider while making a baby mobile for your baby is that your baby should be safe and don�t come in contact with any sharp or toxic parts of the baby mobile. The baby mobile should not in any manner restrict the movement of the baby. While making a baby mobile you should seek to it that it should be made with bright and high contrast colors and should be attractive enough to catch the attention of the baby. Baby mobiles can be placed in different places like one which can be hanged to a ceiling, or one which can be attached to the ceiling of a car with the help of a Velcro, or even one which can be attached to stroller hood. You can even attach a battery operated nightlight or a changeable music or video component to your basic baby mobile to make it more interesting and eye catching. You should also make sure that the baby mobile is in a balanced position so that even a gentle flow of air will make the mobile to move.

You can make a simple baby mobile with the help of the following things-

Colorful origami papers
Non-toxic crayons and color pens
Hole punch
Scotch tape
Scissor
Fishing yarn

The first step is to select a shape for your baby mobile. You can find a variety of interesting origami shapes and designs for your mobile in books or on the internet like stars, clouds, animals, etc. you can even use small toys or stuffed animals for your mobile. After deciding the shape and design, you can use crayons and color pens to decorate your shapes and then need to start folding shapes to make the origami mobile. Then next you need to use your hole punch to make holes in the shapes. Next you need to attach the shapes to the bottom of the round base. Then next cut four 1 inch strips vertically out of the paper and then attach these strips to 90 degree position around the top of the round base. Then next you need to bring the strips towards each other in the centre and punch a small hole in the top and attach each strip with a fishing Korean Wax Rope, this will form the hook with the help of which you can hang your mobile.

Your baby mobile is now ready.