a pom pom garland

This clever idea uses table legs to make pom poms in bulk. Using this post as a guide I made a pom pom garland for M's room today.

 http://www.flaxandtwine.com/2013/03/making-pompoms-in-bulk.html?spref=tw

Before we move back in after repairs I plan to make some brighter ones to put it on her wall using a branch and some of her artworks - inspiration here...

picture source: http://jenloveskev.com/2012/09/19/a-new-big-girl-room/

lots of fun to do

easy peasy pom poms

This idea came from my girl. She brought a very cute pom pom monster home from pre school last week. She told me she made it with an old cd. That got me wondering, how would you make a pom pom with a cd? I had images of using two cds together ( in the old school cardboard rings style we all probably did as kids) but then realised that the hole in the middle of the cds would be too small to thread anything through. Together M and I googled 'cd pom pom' and came up with this. M recognised it straight away as being exactly what they'd done at preschool. It's a really clever, easy, fast and kid friendly method, here's the link :

http://www.youtube.com/cdpompom

And here's some photos we took making our pom pom monsters. Thread some pipe cleaners through the middle tie and glue eyes on. These would make great monster theme party favours.

I've als added a photo from my 'make' pinboard that shows how to make mini pom poms using a fork- cuuute!