DIY Tutorial: Tissue Paper Pom Poms

Today I’m really pleased to welcome back Jen to the blog. Jen was on the blog a few weeks ago with her gorgeous Order of Service fans  and today she is back to show you  how to make the ever popular Tissue Paper Pom Poms, which were featured in her own wedding here. Jenny and Josh’s Relaxed, Handmade and Crafty Cambridge Wedding.

Paper Pom Poms have become one of the The most popular ways to decorate a wedding these days, they can be big or small, one colour or lots of colours, they are cheep to make and also can be pretty quick as well…..you just need to know who to do it! so thanks to Jen for today’s Tutorial

Jen also has her own craft Blog called Tea For Two which she runs with her twin sister Elena.

I’ll pass the Blog over to Jen……………

Hello everybody!

Aren’t these tissue paper pompoms beautiful?! I made these as decorations for my own wedding back in July, and they are so simple to make, but look so pretty! Here’s how to make them…

• Size – approx 50 x 75 cm. You can, of course, make them small or larger if you want! And you can have them all one colour, or do multicoloured pompoms! I did a few of both

Step 1) Start by placing the eight sheets of tissue paper on top of each other. If you’re using different colours place them in the order you’d like them to appear. For example, I did a sort of ombre-coloured pompom with cream, pale orange and hot pink tissue paper so for that one I first laid two sheets of cream, then three sheets of orange, then three sheets of hot pink.

Step 2) Next, you need to fold them all together in a concertina style (like those homemade fans we all used to make out of paper when we were kids), in widths of about 5cm. Keep folding back and forth until you then have one long strip.

Step 3) Take a length of your string, twine or wool (you can use whichever – it just needs to not break easily) and tie it around the middle of the strip of folded sheets of paper, and tie securely. Don’t squash the paper, just tie around them to essentially keep them together.

Step 4) Next, cut each of the ends of this bulk of paper in a curve, as per the photo below. You can either do it like I’ve done in one long curve to a corner, or create a whole petal shape by cutting a semicircle to the middle of the top and then down again. It’s up to you – both look good and just create a slightly different effect to the pompoms. Experiment!

You’ll need to use fairly strong scissors to be able to cut through all of the paper together and keep it all in line at the same time.

Step 5) Then fan out your two ends (with the string still keeping everything together in the middle). Spread them out as far as they will go.

Step 6) Next, take each sheet of paper and very carefully separate it from the one underneath. Be very careful not to tear them! (Although if you do it’s not the end of the world as it’s hardly noticeable!). You need to separate it and sort of puff it up.

I found it best by doing the four top sheets to create the first half of the pompom, and then turn it upside down to do the other four. Fluff them up and spread the petals out so you get a nice, even puffed up pompom!

Step 7) And then you’re done! To get a really lovely effect tie invisible thread to that string/wool/twine loop in the centre of the pompom and hang them from here, there, and everywhere! They look really lovely in cascading groups of various colours, as you can see!

Enjoy crafting!
Jen x

Thanks so much Jen.  Jen will be back in a few weeks to share with us another one of her fab creations.

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Photo credits: Kirsten Mavric Photography

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