If you're having a party or just looking for a way to decorate your home, making pompons is a fun and no-frills option to add a festive touch to anything.
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Method 1 of 3: Hanging Pompons
Step 1. Lay the paper so that each corner is aligned
You will use 8 to 13 sheets for each pompon, depending on how thick your paper is. The thinner your paper, the more sheets you will have to use.
Step 2. Fold your paper like a fan
To do this, fold the edges of the paper by 2.5 cm. Then, turn over your stack of paper and do the same on the other side. Repeat until you have an elongated paper with accordion folds.
Step 3. Trim the edges
When the paper has folded, trim the edges to trim. To create a feminine pompon, round the edges. For a more dramatic pompon, cut it into a sharp shape.
Don't be afraid if you don't make the perfect cut you want. When you cut the edges it may seem to have an effect on the shape of the pompons you make, but once your pompons are developed, you won't notice any small mistakes
Step 4. Cut the floral wire 23 to 25 cm long
Bend it in half.
Step 5. Tuck the wire on the paper
The wire should be placed as close to the center as possible. Twist the ends of the wire to secure it.
Don't try to make your wire as tight as possible. In fact, making your wire a little looser will make it easier for you to expand your pompon
Step 6. Bend the remaining wire to make a loop
Then, thread the fishing line through the wire and make a knot. Make sure you leave the fishing line long enough--you'll be using it to hang your pompons later.
Step 7. Develop your pompons
Lift the first sheet of your pompons up straight. Repeat on the first four layers, then flip the pompons over and repeat. Continue until each sheet has been developed.
Do this in gentle, slow motions, or your paper will tear. To push each sheet as far as possible, try to use your index and middle fingers to enter the accordion folds from the outer edges inward
Step 8. Hang the pompons by attaching tacks through the fishing line
Enjoy your new decorations!
Method 2 of 3: Honeycomb Pompons
Step 1. Make a circle out of cardboard
Make a circle as big as you like. Small circles will make small pompons, and large circles will make larger pompons.
Step 2. Cut the cardboard into half circles
You have two semicircles of equal size.
Step 3. Prepare the honeycomb paper
Cut the paper you will use so that it is smaller than the used paper you prepared. Then, place a sheet of paper on top of the scrap paper.
Step 4. Determine the glue line
Keeping it flat on the scrap paper, divide your honeycomb paper into 4 or 8 pieces (depending on how big your paper is). Instead of folding your honeycomb paper, draw lines on the scrap paper to mark where you will fold it. Use a different color for each line.
- If you don't have scrap paper, you can make these markers directly on the paper pompons using a pencil or light pen.
- If you are using paper that is 11 cm x 14 cm (half of 22 cm x 28 cm), consider spacing your lines between 3 cm and 4.5 cm.
Step 5. Choose a line color
While keeping your honeycomb paper flat against the scrap paper, apply glue to the horizontal lines you have marked with one color.
If you are using thin paper, such as tissue paper, hold it firmly and apply glue slowly starting from the center towards the edges to prevent tearing
Step 6. Place another sheet of paper on top of the paper you just glued
Rub vigorously to make sure it sticks.
Step 7. Apply glue
Apply glue along the "opposite" color of the first line. Place another piece of tissue paper on top of it and rub it over to make sure the glue sticks.
Step 8. Repeat the above steps on 30 to 40 sheets of paper
Make sure that you glue alternating lines on each layer to continue the honeycomb effect.
- To make colorful pompons, change the color of your paper halfway through the gluing process.
- To create a striped pattern, change the color of your paper every 5 sheets or so.
Step 9. Cut a paper honeycomb shape
Once you've finished gluing your papers, place a semicircle on top of the paper stack and trace a line around the semicircle. Then, cut your paper slightly larger than the semicircular cardboard.
Step 10. Glue the semicircular cardboard on the honeycomb paper
When you have cut your honeycomb paper, glue a piece of semicircular cardboard on each side.
Step 11. Use thread and sewing needle
For uniform results, pull the threaded needle at the top corner of your semicircle. Tie a loose knot, cut the thread, and repeat the same at the bottom corner.
- Make sure you give the knots room, or your pompons won't open.
- Leave a long piece of yarn at one end--you can use it to hang your pompons later.
Step 12. Hold the cardboard at both ends
Gently pull it open and form a ball. The honeycomb pattern will be more visible when you open your pompons.
Step 13. Glue the two cardboards together
This will keep the pompons spherical.
Step 14. Hang it
Enjoy your new decoration!
Method 3 of 3: Paper Pompon Gift Decorations
Step 1. Cut the paper into small squares
This will keep you away from the coiled ends of the flower.
The size of your boxes depends on the size of your gift. If your gift is small, you will need to make a smaller box. However, if your gift is large you might be better off making the box as big as possible
Step 2. Stack your boxes
You should have 4 squares for each flower.
Step 3. Fold the stack in half twice
Your stack now has 16 layers.
Step 4. Fold the stack of paper diagonally to make a triangle
Then, repeat until you have a smaller triangle.
Step 5. Fold both sides of the triangle up
As a result, you have a smaller triangle.
Step 6. Using the folded edge as a point, draw a semi-oval line to the widest part of your triangle
This line should stretch from end to end.
Step 7. Cut along the lines
Remove the top of the triangle.
Step 8. Open the tissue paper
Stack 8 layers so that the petals are slightly stacked to make a flower. To make perfectly round pompons, stack the 16 layers.
Step 9. Fold the stack in half
Make a hole in the middle. Then, thread a ribbon or string through the hole.
Step 10. Bloom the flower and flatten the petals
Then, slowly expand the petals to create a flower effect. To become a flower, leave the last part flat. To make the pompons, expand 8 layers up and 8 layers down.
Step 11. Tie it to the top of the gift
Use string or ribbon to tie around the gift.
