A white dove, outlined in black is hanging from black ribbon against white background.

“Peace is not something you wish for; it's something you make, something you do, something you are, and something you give away.”

- John Lennon

I have always loved Picasso's dove drawings. I love the simplicity of the lines and the quiet strength that they exude. We have a black and white print of one hanging in our living room and I was looking at it the other night while thinking about how cool it would be to create a hanging mobile version. So that's just what I did:

The image shows 4 white dove cut shapes to the right of a black outlined dove image. There are scissors , a pencil and a small square sheet of black construction paper. There is also a looping string of black ribbon.

Materials:

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A cut out dove shape above a white eraser and black pencil. There is also a square of black construction paper with olive leaf shape cut out.

1. Sketch or trace your dove on the white poster board.

2. Cut your dove out.

3. Trace and cut out a second dove shape using the first as a template so that you have two identical dove shapes.

4. Trace and cut 2 small olive branches from your black card stock.

4. Outline your dove with a black brush pen if you are doing it Picasso style.

An artist's fingers are shown holding a fine tip black brush pen. The artist is using the black brush pen to outline details on a white, dove cutout.

5. Another fun variation is to stamp dots and dashes like confetti with a pencil eraser + ink pads.

A white dove cutout surrounded by various art materials. There are ink pads shown in colors of black, aqua blue, kelly green, forest green and red. Above the dove image is a lead pencil. The pencil is designed with black, oink and white markings.

At this point my youngest daughter wanted in on the action. She made dots on her doves with her pencil eraser and used a 0 stamp for ovals.

A young artist's arm and hand is shown holding a colorful pencil as they add details to a cut out dove shape. There are ink pads shown below the dove in colors of blue, green, black and red.

Then H decided that she wanted to outline one of her doves with a blue brush marker. She also experimented with dabbing her eraser with red ink and dragging it along her dove's belly.

An artist's hand is shown holding a white brush pen and outlining a dove shaped cutout. The ink from the brush pen is green.

5. When you are done decorating you will make a cardboard bracket to connect your two doves. I used a ruler to crease my bracket square

An artist's fingers are shown holding a metal ruler, displying a technique to add folds into a one inch thick cardboard "bracket"

6. I decided that my bracket should probably be white so I colored it in with a white chalk marker and attached it to the back of my dove with a dab of hot glue.

A black ribbon is shown looping through the back side of a hand cut white dove.

7. Add a dab of glue to the top of your paper bracket and attach your top dove.

The image is a closeup of black ribbon looping through the back side of a hand cut white dove. A dab of hot glue is shown on the bracket, displaying how it is fastened to the dove.

How sweet are these? We hung ours with black ribbon mobile style but you could use your dove as a tree topper or on top of a gift. I love how they turned out!