A toy mobile comprising a spider having a hub drivable by a motor to rotate the spider and having at least two legs radiating from the hub at an angle thereto, each leg having an end terminal which in the course of each rotating cycle of the spider traverses a circular orbit about the hub that is slanted with respect to a horizontal plane passing through the hub, whereby the terminal in the course of each cycle rises to a level above the hub and then fall to a level below the hub and at least one geometric object dangling from the terminal which is animated as a terminal traverses the orbit.