The Butterfly Orb: Interactive Art from Childhood and Beyond

When decorating a nursery there are a lot of things to keep in mind. Not only do you want something that is truly special for your baby in the color scheme you have chosen, what is great is if you can find items that can grow with your child and become a fixture in the room during childhood. As someone who sees a lot of baby products, many with incredibly short time lines, I can attest to the fact that that not many items meet these specifications.

So, when I find something really special that can be customized and personalized for my child and that can grow with them, I want to tell everyone about it. Top of that list is the Butterfly Orb which is a truly unique take on a baby mobile and definitely not just for babies. Instead of the plush crib mobile that needs to be taken down when baby is just a few months old, the Butterfly Orb could {and should} become a centerpiece for your child’s room through childhood and beyond.

In the Butterfly Mobile, delicate butterflies are attached to strands of wire and then twisted into a lightweight orb that you hang from the ceiling so that it gently moves with even the slightest movement. This makes them fun to just sit and watch, soothing for babies and kids, and incredibly beautiful in many different spaces in your home.

It is simple to customize your special mobile by choosing the size of the orb, the colors, and whether or not you want to add feathered butterflies. While not necessary, I would highly recommend adding the feathered butterflies to add dimension and that extra special touch to your mobile. For my daughter’s special orb, I ended up choosing three different colors for the small butterflies and then added a fourth color with the feathered option and it all went together really nicely once constructed.

Once designed, I couldn’t wait to see my custom butterfly mobile and was really excited when the box holding it arrived in mere days. While at first I thought someone had mistakenly shipped an empty box because of how light it was, when I opened it up I was incredibly excited to see the beautiful Butterfly Orb inside. At first your orb will be compressed slightly for shipping, so all you need to do is gently shape it however you would like and then hang it up to enjoy. My daughter and I had fun doing this together as she was so excited to get it hanging in her bedroom to watch the butterflies dance around her bed.

After it was hanging in the room, I tied in some special notes from the grandparents and hubby and I as well as a tiny hanging crystal to make it even more personal. I have plans to update it regularly so I can have the special people in her life write her little messages to leave in the Butterfly Orb. For now I can read them to her, but eventually she will read herself and be able to collect them for her scrapbook. As cool as we all thought the Butterfly Mobile was before it was hanging, it quickly became even more beloved once we really made it ours.

Now my daughter enjoys making slight breezes so the orb will spin and swing above her bed each night and having me read the notes that were written just for her. She loves how the butterflies all move gracefully while she drifts off and I love that it’s an age-appropriate piece of interactive art that I can give my daughter.

As someone who is incredibly sentimental about my daughter’s room and doesn’t want to part with anything, I love when I can find products that I don’t have to pack up in mere weeks. The Butterfly Mobile is absolutely perfect for me because I can see so many opportunities to enjoy the orb in the years to come without worrying that it will become “too babyish”. I love the idea that my daughter can have something to watch now as she’s soothing herself to sleep and still enjoy that same piece of art as she’s daydreaming of where she wants to go to college 17 years from now. There certainly aren’t a lot of things you can say that about!

A big thank you to ButterflyOrb for providing us with a sample to facilitate my review {and adore} and one to giveaway to our fabulous readers. All opinions are 100% ours and no form of monetary compensation was received in exchange for this very Rave Review.