• Small branch or sturdy twig

• Cardboard tubes

• Cheerios

• Light Corn Syrup

• Paintbrush

• String

• Bird Seed

• Wax Paper

• Hole Punch

• Scissors

Cut carboard tubes into strips.  Punch a hole in the top and bottom of each of your cardboard tube strips. 

Pour the corn syrup, Cheerios, and birdseed into three separate bowls. Using a paint brush, paint the outside of a cardboard tube with corn syrup, the more the better! Alternatively you can roll the tube in the corn syrup to coat the outer surface, this is a quicker way to do it. 

Dip your sticky tube into the birdseed. If you use a Tupperware container you can put the lid on it and shake the birdseed and tube around to cover the tube. Once covered, place the tube on the wax paper to dry. 

Repeat corn syrup and birdseed steps with more tubes. 

Cut a length of string and tie a Cheerio to the end of the string. Pull string through the bottom hole of one birdseed covered tube. Thread on 5-10 Cheerios then thread the string through the upper hole. You can add more tubes onto this string or move on to another string. Repeat this until you have about 6 strings completed. 

Now it’s time to start putting the mobile together! Cut three long strings. Tie one string around one branch and repeat with the other two strings/branches. Gather the three strings together and knot at the top. Tie a loop with the excess string. If you don’t use a loop at the top your mobile will overturn if any weight is put on it.  Hang it up in an easy to reach spot. 

Tie your birdseed covered tube strings to the branches. Make sure they are secured tightly.Try not to dangle them too far from the branch or it will be hard for the birds to get to the seed. Trim all your excess string and hang the mobile in it’s final position.