![]() Just keep cutting till it looks poofy and full. Pull all the hairs up and give your pom pom a trim! This step is a must, for a fine lookin’ pom. Take a pair of scissors and cut through the loops on both sides of the pom pom. Leave the ends of this string long, so you can attach it to a gift later. When you’ve wound to your desired “poof”, slide the yarn off of the surface and tie a piece of yarn around the center in a knot. The more you wrap, the fuller the pom pom will be. ![]() Wind the yarn around and around and around. OR, use the best tool….your hand! For larger pom poms, 4 fingers is a good width:įor smaller pom poms, use 2-finger width (this is my favorite size). Take your yarn or ribbon and wrap it around something hard, such as a small piece of cardboard, a book, a stack of post-its: ![]() And they can be made from yarn, ribbon, twine, tinsel…there are so many options! Pom poms can be used for gift wrapping, home decor, parties, necklaces, and for any occasion that needs a “poof” of fun. But who knows, maybe some of you haven’t?! And since I was wrapping gifts with yarn and simple handmade pom-poms, I photographed the quick steps to share. I’m sure some of you are saying, duh, I’ve been making pom poms since grade school. Then attach a key chain toggle or just tie the yarn to zipper pull with a few knots to keep it secure.I feel sort of silly making a tutorial for these. Make sure you stick the need through the very middle and pull gently. To string them you’ll need yarn and a yarn needle. Glue them onto a pillow and decorate your room. You could string them together and make a garland or a backpack zipper pull. Now what to do with all these fun pom-poms? Juggle them? Make a game of toss? All good ideas. The pom-poms created by this method do not come out as uniform as the other ones so you’ll have to be a little more aggressive with your trimming but giving pom-poms a haircut could be a whole other level of fun! Fun Crafts with Pom Poms Then gently pull the yarn off the cardboard (or your hand) and tie it in the middle with a piece of yarn. Wrap the cardboard (or your hand) around and around about 100 times or more. The easiest way to make a pom-pom is to just use a small piece of cardboard (or even your hand, just don’t wrap it too tight and cut off your circulation). Tie a piece of yarn through the discs just like the pom-pom maker and knot it twice. Snip the strings by sliding your scissors between the two cardboard discs. Put the two c’s together and wrap your yarn around and around until it’s nice and full. Just cut two c-shapes out of cardboard just like we did in the picture above. Personally, I found making a cardboard pom-pom maker was a lot of work and I’d rather buy one for six bucks but maybe you don’t have time to wait for one to come in the mail and a trip to the craft store gives you hives. If you don’t want to spend the money on a pom-pom maker, you can make one out of cardboard. The more yarn you wrap around it, the fluffier and fuller your pom-pom will be.Ģ) Then you slice through the yarn in the middle of your pom-pom maker like in the picture above and the little pieces of yarn start to explode out of it.ģ) But before you release the yarn from the pom-pom maker, you tie a piece of yarn through the middle of it and knot it twice to hold all the pieces of yarn together in the middle.Ĥ) Then you release your pom-pom from the maker! Give your pom-pom a quick trim and voila… cute puffy pom-pom! How to Make your Own Pom-Pom Maker It takes a while to figure out at first but once you get the hang of it, it’s hard to stop! We made a video if you are having trouble figuring it out too:ġ) Basically, you fill up your pom-pom maker with yarn by wrapping it around and around on both sides. ![]() We bought ours here but you can find them in pretty much any craft store or fabric store that sells yarn. There are a lot of different ways to make pom-poms but our favorite by far is with a pom-pom maker. They made so many pom-poms we started incorporating them into back-to-school fashion! Backpack zipper pull, check! Dangly earrings (that they probably can’t wear in school but were fun to make anyway) check! Pompom headbands, check! Pom-pom apples, check! In fact, whenever I kicked my kids off their electronic devices this summer, pom-pom making was their next favorite activity.įine with me! I stocked up on yarn and let them go to town. These pom-poms are so easy to make and really fun to play with too. Pom-pom mania has hit it big time at our house.
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