Pom Garland Tutorial.

It always seems like I finish crafts at night, and then my photos have no natural light. boo!

My sister emailed me last week asking if I could make a pom garland for Lana's 1st birthday party. She wanted it to be the color of strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries. Her party has the cutest theme but I'll leave that for her to share later. I thought I'd share with you how to make your own garland. It's really simple and fun. You could make one of pretty fall colors to celebrate the coming of Autumn in your home.

Materials:

2 pieces of cardboard
A pen
Yarn
Sharp scissors
Darning needle

Draw a circle on your cardboard, with a smaller circle on the inside. The larger your outer circle, the larger your pom will be. Cut these out, as seen above. You will need two of them.

Put the two pieces of cardboard together, tightly wrap yarn around both pieces.

You'll want to wrap yarn several layers thick, to make sure your pom is nice and fluffy.

Snip off the end of the yarn. Then begin to cut through the yarn, between the two pieces of cardboard, as seen above.

Once you've cut all the way around, you'll have lots of little pieces of yarn in the center of your cardboard circles. Cut a piece of yarn, this will be what ties your ball together.

Slide your piece of yarn between the two pieces of cardboard. Make a knot and pull it tight. Repeat (double knot it). If you'd like, pull the string back and tie another knot on the other side of your pom.

Remove the cardboard, it's starting to look like a pom!

Take your scissors and trim all of the ends. Voila! You now have your very own pom.

To make your poms into a garland:

Cut a long piece of yarn in whichever color you'd like to use. I made my garland around 10-12 ft. long.
Thread the end of the yarn through a darning needle.
Find which direction you tied the knot in your pom, push your needle so it is under the area you tied the knot (through the center of the pom).
Once you've threaded all of your poms onto your garland string, space them out evenly.
Tie a knot in each end of your garland so your poms won't eventually fall off, pesky gravity.
And there you have it!

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