Handmade Pom Pom Ornaments
I have been happily filling my home with pom poms of all sort of sizes, patterns, and colors over the past week!
What started this crazy was a memory I had as a child of my mother’s handmade Christmas ornaments that hung from our tree every Christmas. I had been wanting to add a personal touch to my own family’s tree and voila, the craze started.
Yarn pom pom decorations are wonderful to decorate your home and tree with during the holidays as they prevent the potential risk of choking, cutting, or harming younger children.
I’d been doing my research on how to create pom-poms and found that their are several ways depending on your personal preference. I choose to purchase several size of pom pom maker tools made by Clover from my local craft provider and have been nothing but happy with my results. In fact, I can make a pom pom using the Clover makers in under five minutes compared to other methods I’ve used before that took much much longer.
There’s really no wrong yarn to use when making pom-poms. It’s all up to how you’d like them to look. If you want really fuzzy soft looking pom poms, I suggest going with a thicker heavy weight of yarn and if you’d like your pom poms thinner a lighter weight. I would say to experiment with whatever yarns you have on hand and to remember to have fun with it.
In the photo on this post you can see the process of creating a pom pom with a Clover pom pom maker. I wrapped three different color yarns of the same weight to create a fun and very festive patterned pom pom to add that special something to my Christmas tree.
You can do all sorts of things with pom poms like making wreaths, adorning gift bags & presents, making scarves, creating fun critters, making floral arrangements, topping off hats, hair clips, and so much more. The sky is the limit! Don’t put a damper on creativity, just let your imagination take you and you’ll probably be surprised and over all thrilled with what you can come up with!
I like the multicolored (3+ colors) ones the best.
I can’t wait to see pictures of them on your tree! Can we find these pom-pom makers on amazon.com?
Happy Thanksgiving. Cool. I have not seen this pom pom maker in the stores. Thanks for sharing and great job. 🙂
Great info it is surely. I’ve been seeking for this update
I like the multi colored ones as well. You will have to let me them on Sat. Thanks for sharing!
I thought these looked really cute and wanted to give them a try. The person at the first craft store where I asked for the Clover Pom Pom Makers looked at me like I was crazy, but the next store had them! Now I am trying to figure out how to use them because the directions they came with were sorta vague…wish me luck and feel free to email me some tips 😉
There are so really great videos on youtube that show you how to easily use these makers! Search and you should be able to find them. I gurantee in no time you’ll be able to make all sorts of fun pom-poms!
Thank you, I will search youtube! I made two scruffy pitiful ones last night and gave them to my cat. She was thrilled! I know you don’t have a kitty anymore, but they make great cat toys!
I still don’t have one of these. Is this your favorite size for beanies?