Fabric Pom Poms Tutorial

Fabric Pom Poms

These are fun for decoration in the home, for parties, weddings, and more. You can make them huge, you can make them tiny. They would be great to hang from a string at a party for decoration.

Tutorial for Fabric Pom Poms

Materials needed:

• Fabric: any kind
  
• Hot glue gun and hot glue sticks
• Scissors
  

First you need to create a base for them to be glued onto. You can either use a Styrofoam ball or (what I used, so I could choose how big it was with out too much trouble) fabric rolled up into a ball and then hot glue gunned shut. You can also use folded up socks and then glue gun the opening shut to create a ball .

Above is a rolled and glue gunned pair of socks

Above is rolled up and glue gunned cotton fabric. Don't worry about it being perfect since it will be covered in the end.

Next you will need to cut out 1 inch approximate circles out of the fabric. These don't have to be perfect circles or all exactly the same size, just close. Depending on how big your pom pom ball base is and how thick your fabric is will determine how many circles you will need. I needed about 3X the amount shown in the picture above for the one i made here. (if you keep them squares instead of circles the pom pom, in this case a pom pom headband, it will come out like this.)

Next take one of your circles and fold it in half. Then fold it in half again. The basic idea is to kinda scrunch it/ roll it up like a rosette. Again, this doesn't need to be perfect. You will catch on quick and it will go much faster after the first few.

When you have it all scrunched up, take the bottom and put a bit of hot glue on it.

Then quickly place it on the fabric or Styrofoam ball you have made. You can fix it a bit if you need to right after placing on the ball to make sure that it is how you like. Be careful not to burn your fingers. (a tip: lick your finger or dip it in some water before touching the glued fabric while its still a bit hot. This will make sure that the glue doesn't stick to your fingers and burn you)

Continue to glue and place the rolled fabric rosettes onto the ball. Try to place them close so that there are not many spaces.

A finished product.

all bottled up

A long time ago when I was a kid I was in a "Craft 4-H". It was so much fun and I learned a lot of different crafts. One of the crafts I remember doing was to create a cool almost "rustic" looking bottle.

You take a jar or bottle....some sort of glass works best, and tear off little pieces of masking tape and stick them on the bottle randomly. (you can cover the whole thing, or like in my pictures, i experimented in having parts left clear to add to the affect of antiqued.) Next you take shoe polish (i did brown) and take a cloth or paper towel and rub the shoe polish over the masking tape. It will stick the most into the cracks and then just stain the rest of the tape. This is how you get the antiqued look.

Its really simple, the only part that can be a little time consuming is putting the tape on it. Just make sure that the glass is clean and completely dry before applying the masking tape.

My latest projects

A scripture board that i made for a lady from my etsy shop. (In this picture I actually accidentally have a couple of the words mixed up....but i fixed it after lol)

A growth chart i made for jaden

My first product from my sewing machine...apron

My first product from my sewing machine, a much needed apron. I am such a klutz, and cooking is no exception. So i decided to sew myself an apron. It could be improved on, but it will do for now.

kiddos decor

i made this coat rack for jadens room so he could reach up to hang up his own coats. he really liked it. I also made this craft to hang up in his "rustic" themed room.


I made these tissue paper pom poms for the girls room. the picture doesn't look as good as it does in real life, but it provides the idea.

more fun with the cricut

Here is a family home evening chart that i made, and a little something i made for my girls room.

toys for tots

Here is something i made (after getting the idea from Brooklynn's physical therapist from the "Kids on the Move" organization, who brought this for the kids that she works with)

I glue gunned some fabric around a container and cut and X in the top of the lid so that the "toys" can be pushed through. The round "toys" are lids from frozen juice containers with stickers on them. Its fun for the kids to push the lids through the container top and hear the"clank".

"Container play" is very good and fun for kids between 6-12 or so months....(i'm guessing because brooklynn developmentally is around there even though she is 18 months)