Experiment with center of balance and engineer your own hanging mobile! Test out different combinations of shapes, sizes, weights, and string lengths as you connect pieces together to create a hanging sculpture.

Materials: 

• Cardboard 
• Boxboard (thin cardboard) 
• Scissors 
• Sharpened pencils 
• String  
• Clay or Aluminum foil 
• Coins or paperclips (for weight) 
• Tape
• Markers or colored pencils (optional)
• Coat hangers (optional)
• Bamboo skewers (optional)
• Pipe cleaners (optional)
• Pom-poms, feathers, other decorations (optional)