Pla Ta Pian Baby Mobile, a Blessing Above the Cradle 🐟✨
▶ Pre-order only.
▶ A new concept and we will very happy to make it for you!
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This is a piece we have been dreaming about.
The photo you see is our first prototype. The Pla Ta Pian Baby Mobile is a brand new concept, and we would love to create the very first ones with you, in the colours you choose, for the little one you are waiting for, or your friend.
For generations, Thai families have hung the pla ta pian, the auspicious woven fish, above a baby's cradle, a wish for a child who grows up healthy, easy to raise and prosperous. We wanted to carry that tradition into today's nursery, knotted by hand in soft cotton.
What Goes Into Your Mobile
- 🐟 Pla ta pian fish in several colours, the auspicious Thai fish traditionally placed above the cradle
- 🎀 Round cotton pompoms in several colours
- 🔔 Several silver bells that ring softly
- 📿 A line of colourful beads, inspired by the accessories Akha women wear on their very large necklaces
Tell us the colours you love, the colour of the baby's birth day, or the shades of the nursery, and we will build the mobile around them.
Product Details
- Handmade in Asha village, Chiang Rai, Thailand
- Materials: cotton, silver bells, beads
- Colours and composition: made to your wishes
- Size: on request
- Pre-order only
- Decoration only: hang it firmly, high and out of the baby's reach
Made by Akha Women
- Each mobile is handmade by Akha women through the AKHA MA-DE social program
- Every purchase directly supports these women and creates opportunity in their community
Bulk Orders
- For baby shops, hotels, events or corporate gifts, we make these with no minimum order quantity. Please contact us for a quotation
Contact Us
- You can reach us any time through Messenger, Instagram or our "Contact Us" page
Packaging and Shipping:
- Each mobile is made to order after we agree on the design together. We confirm the production and delivery time with you before you order.
- For international or express shipping, please contact us
Returns and Exchanges:
We accept returns and exchanges:
- Please contact us within 7 days of receiving your order
- Send the item back within 14 days of receiving it
Return conditions:
- The buyer covers return shipping where the reason for dissatisfaction is not caused by a third party. If the returned item is not in its original condition, the buyer is responsible for any loss in value.
* Product images show our first prototype and are for presentation purposes only. Your mobile is made to your wishes and will differ from the photo. Colours may appear different on screen depending on your device settings.
** As each piece is handmade, the dimensions agreed with you may vary by approximately +/- 2 cm.
Why a Pla Ta Pian Above the Cradle?
The pla ta pian (barb fish) began as ปลาตะเพียนสาน (the woven barb fish), a small fish woven from strips of palm leaf in Ayutthaya. On 29 January 2024, it was added to Thailand's national intangible cultural heritage list for traditional craftsmanship.
Over a baby's cradle, the fish gives the little one something to watch, and it carries a wish that the child will be easy to raise, grow quickly and prosper. Thailand's national heritage record adds that the child will grow up with พากเพียร (perseverance), a play on ตะเพียน (barb fish).
Our mobile is a contemporary cotton take on that tradition, made to hang in a modern nursery for years.
Hanging It Safely
This mobile is a decoration, made to be looked at. The American Academy of Pediatrics advises that a mobile is firmly fixed to the wall or ceiling, high enough that the baby cannot pull it down, and removed when the baby can get up on hands and knees or at 5 months, whichever comes first.
After that, it can move to the wall or a window of the child's room, where it keeps its blessing in sight.
Who This Is For
For parents to be, it is a nursery piece made around your own colours and your own wishes for your baby.
For grandparents, it is a warm ของรับขวัญหลาน (gift to welcome a grandchild), with a tradition behind it that the whole family recognises.
For friends visiting a new family, it is a ของขวัญเด็กแรกเกิด (newborn gift) that nobody else will bring, because it is made only for them.