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In keeping up with the week of International Craft Day, today we will talk about the poms at my baby shower. My mom had a package of store bought poms which inspired me and my sisters to make a few more. Now that we have a little girl, I may reuse these poms above her crib in lieu of a traditional nursery mobile.
What you'll need:
10-12 sheets of tissue paper
scissors
stapler
string for hanging
Step 1: lay all your sheets of tissue paper out in front of you
Step 2: Fan fold the sheets (each fold should be about 1.5")
completed fan-folded tissue paper
Step 3: using scissors, round the edges (I have also seen the edges cut to a point as a different option)
rounded edges
Step 4: Staple right through the center of the folded tissue paper. You are going through many layers, it will be tought to get the staple all the way through. I put the stapler on the table and slammed it down as hard as I could.
Step 5: fold down each layer, one by one
Step 6: This should actually be step 5, but I forgot and did it as I went. Tie a string around center of pom. This way you will be able to hang it once it is all fanned out.
Step 7: Hang: Ta-da!
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I can not believe this is so easy and I never thought of it. Using them as a mobile is a wonderful idea, especially for a little girl.
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful!
ReplyDeletewhat a great tutorial!! thanks so much for sharing, the poms look amazing.
ReplyDeleteyea! I am totally going to do this for my next party. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteOh, these take me back! I used to make these from facial tissues when I was a kid. I'd just about forgotten all about them until I went to a Day of the Dead celebration, where beau coups kiddies were making "marigolds" from tissue like yours in orange & yellow. I made one & gave it to DiscoDame; it's on the computer desk now.
ReplyDeleteI used to make these for cheering in high school but tied them with old stockings.
ReplyDeleteWait, did you say that you HAVE a little girl? did I miss something?
ReplyDeleteI have Martha's tutorial printed out somewhere for these things..This looks easier and more fun!
ReplyDeleteHello! I have a lovely smaller red bandana tissue paper one taped to my living room ceiling where the light fixture has been removed. There is a hole there and no one know! Beautiful! Didn't want to ask my daughter-in-law to make another because she is so busy. Now I will make more myself. Thank you!
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