how to make pompoms
Bright and cheery decor!I am a Pinterest addict. I recently saw a pin for tissue paper pom-poms and I pinned it right away. I'm redecorating my office (here is the before and after I redid my filing cabinets) and thought, why not?
You can follow Toni's pom-pom instructions on her site, but the way I did it differs just a bit because I used two colors of tissue paper to match my color scheme. The whole project cost under $10, but made a big impact.
Here's how I did it:
Take four sheets of tissue paper and lay them on your work surface.
Accordion fold the sheets like you would to make a paper fan when you were a kid. If you never made paper fans as a kid, check out the how-to video, below. The first few seconds will show you all you need to know.
Next, tie the center of the accordion with a piece of string. Make sure to cinch the string really tight.
Cut the ends of the accordion into points.
Repeat step 1-4 with a different color of tissue paper, then tie the two accordions together at their middles.
Gently pull each piece of tissue paper out from the others until the whole thing looks like a ball.
Tie a ribbon to the center of the ball where it is cinched with string and tack to the ceiling with a silver upholstery tack.
What do you think? I love them! They add so much color to my boring office. :)