Sprinkle Rainbow Joy Around Your Living Room

Rainbow time has arrived! Our newest diy prism rainbow mobile is hanging in the window, and happy hour in our apartment is currently from about 3 to 6 pm.

We used to have a  lovely glass prism object d’art that brought us a kaleidoscope of happiness every afternoon, but (gasp!) I broke it.  Finally, however, with the help of my 8 year old, we have this NEW moving sculpture with nine prisms that turns our living room into a magical rainbow universe! (I might be a little giddy right now. Rainbows will do that to you.)

Bonus! Making this rainbow prism mobile turned out to be not only a fun craft, but a science lesson as well! If you are participating in our DIY summer science camp, this would be a great addition! (This post contains affiliate links)

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How to Make a Rainbow Mobile with Prisms:

What you need:

• small prisms (like these)
• thin cording, thread or ribbon. We used rattail cord
• beads
• sturdy branch
• invisible, or other strong thread

I ordered a selection of small prisms, both teardrop prisms and ball prisms. They were inexpensive, so I went a little overboard, but the zillion dancing rainbows improve my mood so much I have no regrets.

Kiddo found a branch in the park and we bought some hand-dyed beads and rattail cord (which were both more expensive than the prisms!) at a local craft store. Make sure your cord is not too thick for the beads. We did have a problem with that and Kiddo got a bit frustrated when it came to threading the beads, so I gave him red thread on a needle, and that was easier for him to manipulate.

After looping the cord or thread through the prism we slid on a selection of beads before securing them to the branch. I suspended the branch from ceiling hooks using invisible thread. When the sun shines through the prisms, we all get a little giddy. Don’t believe me? Check out this response from my 4 year old:

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