Tissue paper pom poms

 

Instructions to make a pom pom:

What you'll need:

• Tissue paper, these are made using 8 layers
• Cutting mat
• Cutting knife 
• Scissors
• Ribbon (for stringing)
• Card (to make a template, a cornflakes packet will be fine)

What to do:



1) Create a template from your card, my pom poms measured 8inches square

2) Unfold your tissue paper on top of your cutting mat and lie 8 layers on top of each other, lay your template on top and cut out.  The tissue paper snags easily, so take it easy and if it snags then move the knife in the other direction.

3) Next fold your square along an edge in a concertina fold, approx. 1inch wide (as shown below)

 

4) Next cut a piece of ribbon (don't skimp on length, it needs to be long enough to tie round the centre and then use to tie / hang up).  Tie the ribbon round the middle as shown below.



5) Cut the ends rounded or pointed depending on the effect you want...

6) Next gradually tease out the layers of the tissue paper (when I made these for our wedding I had 80 to make, to start with I was worried about tearing the paper, but if your too delicate they don't fluff out enough..I found a glass of wine helped...). Start with one side and fluff out each layer the do the other side.

And ta dah... one tissue paper pom pom....

You can alternate colours to make the following effect...

We used them to decorate the pew ends in the church we go married in (image courtesy of Tony Fanning Photography)...

They make lovely decorations so enjoy!