![]() Gently pull both ends until it slips in against the yarn.Place the yarn around the maker and between the two halves.Grab that 12″ section of yarn and let’s get to tying this pompom together The pompom will hold together and the yarn won’t slip in the maker if you wrapped it enough. ![]() Keeping the first side closed carefully rotate and repeat on the other half.Keep snipping until the yarn on that half has been separated.Hold the wrapped pompom maker firmly in one hand and starting at one end place the tip of the scissors between the two halves on one side and start snipping the yarn.This is where sharp scissors are so important. And, if you double or triple up the yarn for a variegated pompom reduce the number of loops accordingly. This is just my estimate, the thickness of your yarn will increase or decrease this count. Here are the approximate number of loops I made on each side of the 3 sizes of pom poms I used for my 12″ wreath. Cut a 12″ section of yarn and set aside until step 3.Open the other side and repeat the wrapping process.When you close it on the form you want it snug, but you also want it to stay closed.See the chart at the end of this step for the loops I used. Go back and forth wrapping the same number of times on both sides.Start wrapping yarn around the two halves from left to right.Open up both halves of one side of a 3″ pompom maker. ![]() It feels awkward at first but after you’ve made a few it’s a breeze. If you’ve never used one of the pom pom makers start with the larger one first. You can also buy variegated yarn or just mix some colors together like I did. I used all but the two largest size listed to make my diy pompom wreath. If you want to cover both sides you’ll need about double that. I made my pompom wreath with a 12″ foam wreath and I covered mine with approximately 40 pompoms in varying sizes. The bigger you go the more pompoms you’ll need to make. Foam wreath forms come in 10″ all the way up to 18″ across. Skeins of Yarn in bright colors (or colors for the season).When in doubt, my fav all time Christmas craft for kids were our aluminum foil collage Christmas cards. ![]() If you go to my Project Gallery and choose Holidays then Christmas, it will show up. I have another craft called a Wishing Jar ornament which may be a great alternate option. Glue guns like pins may not work as easily for a classroom environment but our younger daughter who is now 7, has been using a glue gun for several years (but that’s in the comfort of our home and me being there). I’d recommend Mod Podge over that as it dries much faster but test that out before you try it. I will also mention that if you do use regular school glue for this, the pom poms won’t hold as well and will fall off as more are glued on and the ball is moved around. We wound up using a glue gun as the pin thing became very cumbersome, as I mention in the post. Unfortunately I don’t have printable instructions for this. I messaged photos of both to my husband late at night exhausted from picking up pom poms all over the floor. My younger daughter flat out gave up and said and “Mommy I’m going to make an alien face with just the pins”. By 30 minutes of pinning pom poms, my older daughter gave up and decided to make a happy face on the styrofoam ball using the pom poms. My kids lasted maybe 15 minutes before the “This is taking forever” started. And we sat down in the evening for what I thought would be a nice ornament making time. Let’s make the styrofoam balls where we pin or glue Pom Poms to them. I remembered originally seeing the Pom Pom ornaments in my Pinterest feed via Meg Duersken and I thought I love this idea! Then I came across a sea Pom Pom and their cousin Felt Ball crafts including Christmas Trees from Target, Felt Ball Coasters by Inspired by Charm, Pom Pom Branches by Wayaiulandia, Pom Pom Wreath by Pickles and Pom Pom Pinecones by Dig This Chick.
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