I feel sort of silly making a tutorial for these. I’m sure some of you are saying, duh, I’ve been making pom poms since grade school. But who knows, maybe some of you haven’t?! And since I was wrapping gifts with yarn and simple handmade pom-poms, I photoed the quick steps to share.
Pom poms can be used for gift wrapping, home decor, parties, necklaces, and for any occasion that needs a “poof” of fun. And they can be made from yarn, ribbon, twine, tinsel…there are so many options!
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:
OR, use the best tool….your hand! For larger pom poms, 4 fingers is a good width:
for smaller pom poms, use 2-finger width (this is my favorite size).
Wind the yarn around and around and around. The more you wrap, the fuller the pom pom will be.
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. Leave the ends of this string long, so you can attach it to a gift later.
Take a pair of scissors and cut through the loops on both sides of the pom pom.
Pull all the hairs up and give your pom pom a trim! This step is a must, for a fine lookin pom. Just keep cutting till it looks poofy and full.
and you’re done!
Using the long strings, tie it on to a gift.
Merry Christmas!
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Thanks for the great tutorial! I never thought to use pompoms on gifts but it looks adorable! One question though: how do you get the yarn tight enough that little bits of yarn don’t get pulled out? I’ve tried everything I can think of to no avail… I just can’t get it tight enough
any suggestions? TIA!
-Michelle
This is the best tutorial I’ve found for pom poms. I know it’s crazy I don’t know how to make them, but alas I didn’t. All of the tutorials I’ve seen were confusing, but this one really cleared things up! Thanks!
THANKS! I included a link to this tutorial in my She’s a Peach party description: http://koskersidlewild.blogspot.com/2012/04/shes-peach-party-recap.html
Thank you, I didn’t know how to make them, and really wanted to, your info was really simple and helpful. Love your shakespear quote too.
kind regards
jasmine cox
I haven’t made them before and we are going to Mickey’s Halloween Party at Disneyland tomorrow and I need some for my little girl’s shoes because she is Tinkerbell!! Thanks so much for another great tutorial!! XOXO
I made pompoms years and years ago when I was a little girl and they always seemed complicated. I recently came across a knitting pattern, I knitted all the pieces and then hidden from view on the rear of the pattern it said ‘make a pompom’ no further instructions but that and my heart sank at the thought. Searched online and yours was the first one that appeared and this way is so so so much easier than the old method I used of cardboard and wrapping it around and around, this will be done in no time, Thank you so much for posting!!!
Thank you for this simple and beautiful tutorial! I have never made pom-poms before and needed to make one for a hat and it turned out great! Just what I needed (thanks for the extra sizing tips too — I needed a little one).
I had the same problem with the pompoms I made, the strings could easily be pulled out, no matter how tight I tied the middle yarn. I used a glue gun, and glued the yarn as close to the centre of the pompom I could. Had no proplem after that.
Can’t get much easier than this….thanks for the tutorial!!!!
Love this pretty Idea,thanks for sharing
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