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Mesh cloud

A puffy hollow mesh cloud in two halves that snap together on printed pins, with a hanging hole on top.

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3D render of a light blue honeycomb-mesh cloud with a hanging hole on top, beside the blue cavity, the flat net and the orange plug of the press that forms it
Print only ~134 g

A cloud you print flat: two honeycomb nets that you warm and press into halves, then push together on the pins printed on the rim. It closes into a puffy, hollow cloud 120 mm wide, 83 mm tall and about 35 mm deep, with a 3 mm hole on top for a string, so it hangs over a crib, in a nursery window or from a shelf.

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Made with our mesh former: it is the Cloud shape on the tool with a honeycomb net and the printed pins. Each net prints in about 30 minutes with no supports and weighs about 9 g. The cloud is not mirror-symmetric, so the back net has its own press, the mirror image of the front one. Both presses are printed once and make as many clouds as you like.

Print the nets in white, pink or sky blue, or hang a few clouds in different colours as a mobile. The zip has both nets, both presses, a print sheet and the outline as an SVG you can drop on the mesh former to change the size, the net pattern or the depth.

The first picture is a 3D render of the closed cloud in front of the press.

Mesh cloud at a glance: every printed part with its size, print time, filament, print settings and the three steps to use it
How it is made

What you need

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  • About 17 g of PETG or PLA per cloud, and 117 g of PLA once for the two presses
  • A heat gun, or a hair dryer on its hottest setting
  • String or fishing line for hanging, and a drop of glue if you want it closed for good

How to make it

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  1. Print the front net, the back net and both presses (plug and cavity, front and back), all flat on the bed.

  2. Lay the front net in the front cavity's pocket, flat face down, so the small locator pins go through the holes in its rim.

  3. Warm it with the heat gun kept moving 15 to 20 cm away until it goes limp. Turn the plug over side to side, like the page of a book (its left edge goes to the right, its top stays at the top), push it straight down and hold it for a minute while it cools.

  4. Do the same with the back net in the back press.

  5. Put the halves rim to rim and press the printed pins of the front into the holes of the back. Tie a string through the hole on top.

Print details

4 hPrint time
~134 gFilament
6Printed parts
120 × 35 × 83 mmSize (W x D x H)
All print details
Print details
TypePrint only
Printed parts6
Size (W x D x H)120 x 35 x 83 mm
Print bed needed128 x 91 mm, 16 mm tall
Filament~134 g
Layer height0.2 mm
Infill10%
SupportsNot needed
DownloadZIP: front and back nets + two presses, plug and cavity each (STL) + outline (SVG) + print sheet
Added2026-10-02
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Questions about this design

Why does the mesh cloud need two presses?

The cloud's puffs are not the same on its left and right side, and a press only makes one handedness. The back half is the mirror image of the front, so it is formed in the mirrored press. You print both presses once and keep them.

Can I hang the mesh cloud over a crib?

As decoration out of reach, yes: tie it to the ceiling or a mobile arm with fishing line, well above the crib, and glue the halves so they cannot come apart. Small printed parts like the pins are not toys for babies.

Can I make the mesh cloud bigger or with another net?

Yes. Open the mesh former, pick the Cloud shape (or drop the SVG from the zip on it) and change the size, the net pattern or the cell size. The tool rebuilds the nets and both presses to match, and fits the depth so the net does not tear.

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