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  • PLAY & LEARN CRAFTS LOVE BOOKS MADE FOR KIDS HAPPY HOME PARTY TIME INSPIRATION

    Making Flower Pom-poms with a DIY Pom-pom

    maker

    Posted on July 30, 2013 by MrP 62 Comments

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  • Ive always loved those fancy Japanese pompoms on Pinterest, the ones that have flower or polka dot

    patterns on them they would make lovely handmade gifts for kids! The links always seem to end up at

    Japanese sites that look like stores and I couldnt find a tutorial anywhere. I decided to give it a go

    because once Id figured out how it works, Id be able to make pompom flowers, animals, planets

    anything out of pompoms!

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  • I started by devising a pompom maker out of cardboard. I didnt really want to buy another plastic thingy

    I may not use that much and I wanted to see how these would turn out first. I know pompoms look lovely

    but they may be boring to make or way too time-consuming to be worth it.

    Well, after I tried one, I got immediately addicted and made three more straight away in no time! I was

    very happy with my cardboard pompom maker, they worked so well and are perfectly reusable so I think

    Ill stick with them for a while.

    DIY POM-POM MAKER & HOW TO MAKE FLOWER POMPOMS

    Youll need: stiff cardboard, 4 small binder clips, thickish yarn in different colors (for the background,

    flower, leaf colors etc depending on your design)

    1. Firstly, determine what size of pompom you want to make. The final pompoms seem to be about 10%

    larger than the diameter of the pompom maker. My cardboard pompom maker was about 2.5 inch

    diameter for the outer circle and 1 inch for the inner circle. The final pompoms were quite a large

    handful in size.

    So, according to the size you decide, cut 4 half circles with a hole (inner circle) in the middle with

    extended ends (lets call them tabs). Make fold lines at each end of the half circle by pressing a ruler

    across so you can fold those tabs later. Cut smaller half circles and glue them on to the large ones (like

    the ones on the right in the pic). This is to create some space along the edge between the cardboard

    pieces when they are put together so you can insert the scissors between them easily.

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  • 2. The one with the inner part (right in the pic) and one without (left in the pic) make a pair. Put two

    together facing each other so the small glued-on inner part is between the larger outer arcs. Each pair

    makes one half of your pompom maker.

    3. Now draw your pompom design roughly on paper and draw a line down the middle (dotted line in the

    diagram below). If you imagine that this line is your pompom maker viewed from the top, you can see

    how the yarn should be layered based on your drawing. Starting with whatever is directly in the middle

    touching this center line, add yarns accordingly in layers towards the outer circle edge.

    I did this in reverse at first, starting with the background color and finishing with the colors in the

    middle. It sort of worked but the result was a little bit messy. Then I figured out starting it from the

    middle like below, working outwards, which is a lot easier.

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  • Got it? Now you can make anything into pompoms! Im going to try next some animal faces, polka dots,

    stripes, little globes. Fun!

    4. Make the other half. I just made it with white yarn only but you can repeat the same thing to have the

    flower design on both sides. Dont wrap the yarn beyond the fold lines. (Of course you can fold the end

    tabs first and then wrap it, which I forgot to do when I took these photos.)

    5. Now fold all tabs outward and bring the two parts together to form a whole circle. Clip the tabs

    together with binder clips as in the photo below.

  • 6. Insert scissors into the gap between the cardboard pieces and cut the yarn. As you do, the hidden

    pattern will be revealed like a blossoming flower which is an exciting part!

    7. Insert a yarn between the cardboard pieces, running it all the way around. Pull and tie tightly. Choose

    a good position for tying it up as youll use that piece of yarn to hang your pompom. Now you can unclip

    the clips and pull out the cardboard pieces.

  • Done! The pompom will not be perfectly round so youll need to give it a bit of a trim to form a good

    shape.

    Now what do we do with them?

    I might use one to add to a gift wrap, or use it as a gift as it is. Hang it to a kids bag as an accessary or

    make a flower pompom necklace. Tease a cat or wear in your hair.

    Or just admire them on your desk or hanging about the house. They cheer you up.

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    Hope you have a go at it!

    Filed Under: Crafts & DIY, Home DIY, Kids Crafts, Pom Pom Tutorials

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    Lynda 2 months ago

    These are great! It is possible to make pompoms with 2 identical ring doughnut shapes of cardboard - we used to do

    it when we were kids. Cut two circles of cardboard the same size and then cut an inner circle out of each (same size

    on each one). Hold the two doughtnut shapes together and wrap round them - you have to have a small enough

    ball of wool to fit through the hole in the middle. Once you have finished all your wrapping, cut round the edge and

    tie between the two doughnuts as you do in your tutorial. You then have to ease the pompom out through the

    central hole on one side - this is usually ok as long as the pompom isn't too densely wrapped. Alternatively you can

    cut the template away, but then you'd have to make a new one. Having said all that, I think your template is far

    better as it is easier to get off at the end and you can use a normal sized ball of wool when wrapping. I thought you

    might be interested to know it is possible with a whole circle though.

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    Mode Vintage 7 months ago

    This came out beautifully! A lovely pom pom will be adorning my Christmas tree this year, thank you so much! :)

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    msgould_ams 10 months ago

    Oh, wow! I'm not sure I'm ready to tackle flowers with leaves, yet, so I may try some concentric rings. But, my

    favorite part is your directions for making the 2-part pomp-pom maker! I really like the way that the half circles

    make wrapping a breeze, but really wasn't into buying a bunch of the plastic ones. I have plenty of cardboard on

    hand, so now I can have a whole set for free! Thanks a bunch! Oh, and I found the link to your blog via the

    Poppytalk blog!

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    mrprintables 10 months agoMod msgould_ams

    Thanks! I'm quite pleased with the cardboard version ^ ^ - glad you find it useful! I've made more

    pompoms now here - hope you enjoy! http://blog.mrprintables.com/h...

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    msgould_ams 10 months ago mrprintables

    Oh, my! I think I'd better stick with the flowers for now. Although, it would be fun to make a few

    frog pom-poms once I have flowers mastered :) Thanks again!

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    Gustave Cafaro 4 months ago

    Thank you for your easy instrucions. Great pom pom

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    jackiejormpjomp 6 months ago

    You can also leave the strings long and use these as bookmarks! That's what I'm going to do. :)

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    sequoia 7 months ago

    I love your pom poms they are amazing. I have been making some ghost and panda ones and even a lion. Have

    you got any christmas ideas for pom poms, I have tried making white ones to hang on the tree and might even try

    some glitter wool or dipping the ends in glitter, it is so addictive. Thank you.

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    andrea 10 months ago

    sos una genia. re originales. te felicito

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    El Bagul dels Jocs 10 months ago

    Nos encantan! Intentaremos hacerlos con nuestros peques! :)

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    Katie 9 months ago

    You are a genius. I just made cute little panda and it turned out pretty good, but I have a little problem. When I'm

    tieing it all together you say 'Insert a yarn between the cardboard pieces'. How exactly do I do that if I glued

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    tieing it all together you say 'Insert a yarn between the cardboard pieces'. How exactly do I do that if I glued

    smaller half circles inside two bigger circles to make a pompom maker? I managed to work something out with my

    panda but it's not tight enough so when 'combing' through I had to be extremely careful not to pull all the yarn

    out..

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    Katie 9 months ago Katie

    Ohhhhhhh never mind... I shouldn't have glued both bigger half circles to the smaller one.. Oops.

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    Claudia Gama Moreno a month ago

    ;( Still dont get it.......can u make a video???

    Please!!!!,

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    fancyschmancy58 3 months ago

    Have you done a video yet? I have to see things being done literally before I know I've caught on the right way..

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    Celine Li 7 months ago

    Do we glue the large arcs of each pair together?

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    mrprintables 7 months agoMod Celine Li

    Hi Celine, you don't glue them but just place together and wrap your yarn around. Then use the clips to

    hold them when you cut the yarn. Please check out the flower pompom post for the details!

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    Claudia 8 months ago

    Can I use the pompom maker from clover instead?

    Thanks

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    mrprintables 7 months agoMod Claudia

    Of course ^ ^

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    Vithya 8 months ago

    Hi there, I love your pom poms. They are just too adorable. But I cant understand the part where you say to bring

    the tabs outward to meet, wouldnt the yarn prevent the tabs from meeting?

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    Lavanya Rammohan 8 months ago

    Absolutely awesome..

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    mrprintables 8 months agoMod Lavanya Rammohan

    Thanks : )

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    Adriana de Abreu 8 months ago

    muy lindos pone como se hacen los animalitos , estan muy buenos.....

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    Alice AkiHimemiya Cannata 9 months ago

    WOW!! your works are great!! *_* Do you think it would be the same if I made 2 circles instead of 4 parts?

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    mrprintables 8 months agoMod Alice AkiHimemiya Cannata

    Thanks Alice. ^ ^ You'd need to make 4 parts pompom maker to be able to split it in the middle so you can

    tie up. ( if this is what you mean) Hope it makes sense!

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    Alice AkiHimemiya Cannata 8 months ago mrprintables

    I'll try :) but it seems so complicated for me!! Have you ever thought about doing videos? ;)

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    mrprintables 8 months agoMod Alice AkiHimemiya Cannata

    I'd love to do videos but I need to learn to take better photos first ^ ^ One day!

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    Alyson Montemayor 9 months ago

    I wish you had a video to go along with this. It would help me greatly. Incredible idea I just can't seem to get the

    flowers to come out just right. Your results however are adorable!

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    mrprintables 8 months agoMod Alyson Montemayor

    Thanks Alyson. I wish I could make video tutorials (one day maybe). It may take a few pompoms but I'm

    sure you can work it out. ^ ^

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    Paty Winter 9 months ago

    Ol , sou do Brasil e gostaria de fazer pom-pom com o formato do mickey para a festa dos meus filhos, voc pode

    me ajudar ?? Tenho um blog, posso divulgar seu trabalho l ?

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    Meg Swat 9 months ago

    Thank you for this tutorial. I actually tried a Pom Pom with a letter in the middle and it came out great.

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    Guest 10 months ago

    does any one have a knitting pattern for a poppy

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    10 months ago

    Wow!

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    Teresa Lopez 10 months ago

    BELLO, VOY A TRATAR DE HACER UNO

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    Kat Miller 10 months ago

    WOW! I don't think I've ever seen this before!! Too cool. Cooler than PB&J (even honey PB with raspberry

    preserves- my personal fave).

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    mrprintables 10 months agoMod Kat Miller

    That's not possible! You're too nice! ^ ^

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    Lyn Burgess 10 months ago

    Hi how can I gwt to download these instructions please?

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    mrprintables 10 months agoMod Lyn Burgess

    Hi Lyn, sorry for the late reply. There is no downloadable instruction, but you can copy and paste the parts

    you need from this page and print them I think!

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    Wolfy Wolf 10 months ago

    Hi, I love this! Can you please explain how you got the floating green leaves? They aren't explained or in the

    photos. Thanks!

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    mrprintables 10 months agoMod Wolfy Wolf

    You can use the flower diagram on the right (or your drawing), so for example, after initially wrapping a

    layer of green for the stem part, wrap white (background color) over it then wrap a little bit of green again

    where the leaves are going to be, surrounded by more white yarn. That way you get a bit of green floating

    in white. It applies to any design - you start from the middle line and wrap each layer outwards. Best to try

    it out to see how it works. Hope this helps & have fun! ^ ^

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    Karen 10 months ago

    I super duper love this idea!!!!! Thank you so much for explaining the steps so clearly. So excited to try this.

    mrprintables 10 months agoMod Karen

    Glad you like it - have fun! : )

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    Jennananana 10 months ago

    This is genius! I can't wait to make myself a bunch of these! =) Thank you!

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    mrprintables 10 months agoMod Jennananana

    Hope you have lots of fun with it. Thanks!

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    Maddie 10 months ago

    So... I just attempted this and came no where near your pom pom perfection. Is it possible to just purchase some

    from you???

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    mrprintables 10 months agoMod Maddie

    Don't give up yet! ^ ^ Unfortunately I don't have time to make and sell pompoms (not a bad way of

    making a living though!). I hope you try again. The first one I made was very simple (the one in step-by-

    step images). Then I made the second one in the same design with some improvement and from the third I

    had a much better sense of how it works. Having a drawing to follow to wrap each color in quite a

    controlled way helps. Also trimming well at the end makes a big difference. If you trim off plenty of yarn on

    the outer surface you'll have smaller but more defined and dense looking pompom. Good luck! ^ ^

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    April Klich 10 months ago

    These are great! I want to make a whole pom-pom garland out of these fancy flower pom-poms.

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    mrprintables 10 months agoMod April Klich

    Wow that will be amazing! : )

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    Dominique Norris 11 months ago

    These are AMAZING! I've always wondered about putting designs into pom poms but thought it would just be to

    complicated. Not I want to give it a go! Great job! :)

    Dom.

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    Sura Bolt 11 months ago

    how fabulous! I'm definitely going to give these a go.Thanks so much x

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    mrprintables 11 months agoMod Sura Bolt

    Enjoy!

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