Here is a fun craft using yarn. Making beautiful pom poms for a wreath. Coordinate the color of your yarn for the holiday season.
If you crochet then you probably already have plenty of yarn. I have found it really inexpensive at WalMart.
Supplies you will need:
Yarn
Wreath
Scissors
4″ cardboard
This pic shows a hanger, I was going to shape the hanger to a circle but the pom poms did not stay in place. You can buy a wire wreath or a wicker wreath and glue them on.
I used a thicker yarn than the regular yarn that’s thin like string because it adds more ‘fluff’ to the pom poms.
Cut a piece of cardboard 4″ long. You will wrap your yarn around the cardboard about 30 times.
Slide the yarn off the cardboard. Cut a longer string and place the yarn on top of the string in the center of the yarn and tie in a knot so it looks like this:
Cut the loops on both ends. You will have to trim the ends of the strings to make it even all the way around. The easiest way to do this is to lay the pom pom flat so you can see all the strings that are uneven. Cut the ends so it forms a nice circle. Leave the long string long because that is what you will use to tie the pom pom to the wreath, unless you hot glue them.
Now take the long string and tie the pom pom to the wreath and add a pretty bow, or hot glue then to the wreath. Either way will work. I found these small green wreaths at Goodwill for $1 and tied my pom poms to it. I think the green wreath will make a great holiday decoration with red pom poms.
Enjoy!
We got about an inch of snow today here in Texas! ’Ellie’ enjoyed watching it snow!
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This is so cute! I’m kind of new to crochet and don’t have a lot of extras yet, but I’m always looking at what’s on sale in different places. I’ve gotten almost as addicted to yarn as I am to fabric!
I love the pom poms they look easy enough for even me to make and your feline staff are so cute too. Have a good weekend visiting from my turn for us blog hop.
Hi there! Thank you for stopping by from me and my ‘staff’! I enjoyed making this wreath because it’s so easy!
What a pretty wreath! nice tutorial, thanks for sharing!
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Such a fun idea!
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Your lovely wreath reminds me of the pom-pom wreath I made for my ‘Winter Mantel’. I love how you used the greenery behind the pom-poms. It makes them ‘pop’ and stand out just a bit more - So pretty! Thanks for sharing,
Suzanne
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What a lovely wreath!! Love it
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Very cute…great idea….:):):)
So cute! We’ve only had about an inch of snow total here in IL this winter.
That’s a mild Winter for IL! It’s 75 here today, our Winter didn’t last very long!!
I haven’t made a pom pom wreath, but I just started to knit & my kitten played with 2 balls of yarn unraveling them prior to my putting them up & I may just have to make one now that I have tangled yarn to cut. lol Thanks for sharing on Inspiration Spotlight! Theresa @ DearCreatives.com
What a simple cute craft! Thanks for sharing. I found you on Lady Behind the Curtain.
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This is so cute Marti. Don’t know if I would have thought of pom poms on a wreath. Love it! Thanks for sharing at my party.
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Marcie
What a cute idea! I love all the big pom poms, they look so fun!
Very fun wreath! Even a non crafty person like me understood your instructions perfectly! Thanks so much for sharing this at One Creative Weekend!
Great tutorial, thanks! Pinning this, I dropped by from Manic Mondays
Thanks so much!!
Marti
So pretty
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I love pom poms, cute wreath! Thanks for the tutorial.