Pom Pom Garland Tutorials

I've seen some Pom Pom Garland tutorials that I would love to try. I am wanting to make some bigger ones for Izzy's birthday party. I saw this one using floral wire, but do you think you could sew the middles together and sew several different pom pom's together to make a garland or banner??

Here is the tutorial I saw:
http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/article/pom-poms-and-luminarias

I made those exact poms for a baby shower, and had a bunch left over so I hung them up in my girls' room- believe it or not, they are heavier than you think. a garland would end up being pretty heavy unless you made little poms.

if you make one, I wanna see! they are so pretty and festive

alligatorally wrote:

I made those exact poms for a baby shower, and had a bunch left over so I hung them up in my girls' room- believe it or not, they are heavier than you think. a garland would end up being pretty heavy unless you made little poms.

if you make one, I wanna see! they are so pretty and festive

Yeah, I tried my hand at one. It is pretty heavy!! Although it didn't turn out as full as I'd like it...
i did some smaller sized ones using more sheets and they were fuller...but i think i'll try again with the bigger one and just use more sheets. And you are right about the garland or banner...not gonna work! Who knew by looking at them how heavy they would be! I will definitely share pics when I get all of Izzy's bday decorations made. I am gonna have a busy week...my bday is Tues. and hers is five days after that...thank goodness I'm only decorating for hers!!

It took me several poms to get just the right amount of paper. My first one was so dense with tissue paper I couldn't even get them all pulled out. So then I only used like 5 sheets and it was pitiful. I think 8 sheets was the perfect balance. And I fluffed and fluffed till I was sick of them :oP

I'll have to find my photos of the little topiaries we made with some smaller poms. Stuck tiny newborn diapers in pink metal buckets, then topped with the pom on a stick.

found a couple, not very good pics but it sure was fun to decorate a pink themed shower!

SOOO PRETTY!!! I just love those...thanks for the tips. I really appreciate it. I need to get on it. I wish i wasn't sick...I only have this week to get stuff done. Running a little more behind than I was for Lucas' bday!

These are some of my favorite decorations! I took a local class with my mom and my daughter to learn how to make them. They were a little time consuming but well worth it in the end!

oh my gosh how did I miss this thread last week my sister and I...one afternoon last week made 6 of these for my daughter's Birthday Party in various sizes. The tutorials we found were helpful in getting us started but we ended up figuring out a different technique that made it go SO MUCH smoother...

I am planing on using these to decorate our yard for my daughter sweet sixteen in a few months. So please share your photos. All this info is so helpful.

...I am just sitting down to put the photos on my computer from the party...my sister and are also making more for her daughter's sweet 16...this time in zebra print should be FUN!!! Photos coming soon!

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oh that's really big...sorry...I also made hot pink too but that didn't show up in this picture...my sister took a bunch of pictures on her camera too...I bet she has some better shots on hers...I'll have to get her to send them to me...

Thanks Renee, these are awesome!

ReneeDezember wrote:

oh my gosh how did I miss this thread last week my sister and I...one afternoon last week made 6 of these for my daughter's Birthday Party in various sizes. The tutorials we found were helpful in getting us started but we ended up figuring out a different technique that made it go SO MUCH smoother...

I love these! Do you want to share with us your learning??? I'm all about things going smoother!

LisaDay wrote:

ReneeDezember wrote:

oh my gosh how did I miss this thread last week my sister and I...one afternoon last week made 6 of these for my daughter's Birthday Party in various sizes. The tutorials we found were helpful in getting us started but we ended up figuring out a different technique that made it go SO MUCH smoother...

I love these! Do you want to share with us your learning??? I'm all about things going smoother!

...yes Lisa...sorry I worked yesterday afternoon and came home last night TIRED...in all the tutorials we watched they had you do one side and then complete the other...but we discovered by doing one layer from one side and one layer from the opposite side and going back and forth all the way through your got a more even pom pom and it was so much easier...plus you were less apt to tear the tissue paper...we did it both ways and this way was SO MUCH easier and much faster too they looked far better in our opinion as well

I thought I'd share mine too! We made about 20 of these for my daughters bridal shower! Whew, that was a lot of work but they are so so cute!


We hung them from the ceiling using tulle for added color and loved how they looked!


Here's a picture of a couple of the girls playing with them....just so you could see the size and scale.


We ended up with one leftover so we just flattened it out and used it on the table with some candles.


I know there a lot of tutorials out there on how to make these but one secret we learned is too make sure that no matter what size tissue you use, make it a 2:3 ratio. For example, the size of the tissue we used was 20"x30". We used about 12 sheets of tissue for each pom.

You can also get a different look by either cutting the edges pointy or round. We've tried both and they're both cute! We did the pointy for these.

I found a great resource for tissue paper if you're looking for one. Here's the link.
http://www.nashvillewraps.com/tissue-paper/color-tissue-paper/c-016165.html?page=1

Trust me, if you're doing very many, you'll come out ahead ordering the tissue instead of trying to buy in the store. Especially, if you're using a bigger size.

Have fun!

Sheri Twing wrote:

I thought I'd share mine too! We made about 20 of these for my daughters bridal shower! Whew, that was a lot of work but they are so so cute!


We hung them from the ceiling using tulle for added color and loved how they looked!


Here's a picture of a couple of the girls playing with them....just so you could see the size and scale.


We ended up with one leftover so we just flattened it out and used it on the table with some candles.


I know there a lot of tutorials out there on how to make these but one secret we learned is too make sure that no matter what size tissue you use, make it a 2:3 ratio. For example, the size of the tissue we used was 20"x30". We used about 12 sheets of tissue for each pom.

You can also get a different look by either cutting the edges pointy or round. We've tried both and they're both cute! We did the pointy for these.

I found a great resource for tissue paper if you're looking for one. Here's the link.
http://www.nashvillewraps.com/tissue-paper/color-tissue-paper/c-016165.html?page=1

Trust me, if you're doing very many, you'll come out ahead ordering the tissue instead of trying to buy in the store. Especially, if you're using a bigger size.

Have fun!

oh those turned out AWESOME...we are doing pointy for my niece's sweet 16 using zebra print

Oh zebra print!!! How fun is that! You must show pictures!

Will do