A lot of you might already know how to make these, but this is for those of you who don’t, here is the tutorial I promised. Cute colors, huh?! So Bright and Springy!
to make them different sizes, Just cut more of the tissue paper off the ends if you’d like them to be smaller.
Start with 10-12 sheets of paper. I put some of the polka dot blue paper in with the solid blue (2 solid, 1 dot, 2 solid, 1 dot, 2 solid, 1 dot, 1 solid). Stack the sheets on top of each other and start folding accordion style. Folds should be about 1 1/2″ wide. If you’re making smaller poms make the fold width about 1″ wide.
Once you’re done, fold the paper in half just to find the center of the paper.
Cut a piece of wire 6″-8″ long. Put the wire in the center of the paper and twist the ends together to keep the wire in place. This will be in the center of the pom.
Make a loop with the ends of the wire. Put ribbon, string or fishing line through the loop, when you’re finished making the pom, to hang it by.
Draw an arch or semi-circle at each end of the paper to form the petals.
Use sharp scissors and cut through all the layers of the tissue paper.
Fan the paper out like this
Then start pulling the papers up (towards the center) to form the pom, one sheet at a time. You need to be careful so you don’t tear the paper. Be gentle at first, you can make adjustments later. This picture is half a pom.
Fluff and make adjustments to the poms till they look the way you like. The pink one is all solid sheets and the green one is 7 solids and 3 stripes.
So fun and add color to any decor :)
It looks like Spring on my table :) Let me know if you have any questions and this doesn't make sense. If you want to just buy them instead of make them, I found a cute shop on Etsy called "Party Pom Pom's" that sells them.
