I have very early memories of making pompoms. We would cut out wonky circles of cardboard - make wonky holes in them and then awkwardly ... for what seemed like the longest time ... thread yarn through the hole around the wonky cardboard until we could thread no longer. I had this idea for a Pompom Christmas Tree and I thought that there should be some gadget out there that would make pompoms easier to make. The Clover pompom makers gets good reviews - and I liked them a lot too.Materials
- green yarn
- wooden skewer
- hemp or Christmas wrapping paper
- pot of old Playdoh
- glue
- cling film/saran wrap
- decorative buttons
- ribbon
Equipment
- pompom makers or previously mentioned wonky circles of cardboard in ascending size
- scissors
- Make your pompoms in ascending size. For my trees I used anywhere between 2-5 pompoms.
- Put pompoms in ascending size onto a skewer - squish them tightly together and trim. Remember to leave some skewer empty on the base and on the top of the tree.
- Put glue on to the top of the skewer and shape pom pom at the top.
- Add any tree topping decoration - I used plastic star shaped buttons.
- Wrap a lump of old Playdoh in cling film/saran wrap (you can use anything that has weight to it and can be speared with a skewer), then again in hemp or wrapping paper. Secure with a bow.
- Trim skewer to desired size and put the remaining skewer into the Playdoh. Trim hemp/wrapping paper.
