Pom-Pom Fall Wreath

4 Materials
$30
2 Hours
Easy
I've fallen in love with this cute Pom-Pom Fall wreath. It's funny how things come back around and get an update in the process. I remember making Pom-Pom's as a kid and putting them on my roller skates and now look at what other talented crafters are doing with them!
I know it's been over 8 months since I've posted last, but sometimes life happens and inspiration has to take a back seat whether it's what we want or not...


So, moving on, I just have to say that I've fallen in love with this cute Pom-Pom Fall wreath. It's funny how things come back around and get an update in the process. I remember making Pom-Pom's as a kid and putting them on my roller skates and now look at what other talented crafters are doing with them! So much inspiration to behold! I can't say this is my original creation, as I first caught the idea from Michael's Craft stores, but like everything I do I put my own twists on them and create something perfect for my taste. So sit back and cute Fall Pom-Pom Wreath!
I'm first not going to say this was one of those "cheap" crafts because it wasn't. I'm not a knitter so I didn't have yarn on hand to use, I did have to go out and buy the yarn and I have to admit that I got a little crazy with it, cuz that's just the way I roll when I'm in the craft stores. With all that said, I was able to use a 20% off my entire purchase coupon at Michael's, so that helped a bit. 


To begin with, I choose lighter colored yarn and used the smaller of the two styrofoam wreaths. 
I also made an investment in these little pom-pom tools. I liked the size variations and the overall design. The directions on the package themselves were a bit confusing, but once I got the general idea of it, it went pretty smoothly. You can watch the short video I made to show you. 
I know it's a super fast video and I can hear the questions already, so I'm just to throw some answers out there... Depending on the thickness of the yarn itself determined how many times I wrapped it around the tool. Thinner yarns were wrapped 3-4 times, thicker were wrapped 2 times. I choose not to go too thick on them because I was hot gluing them to the wreath form and needed them to get a little flat on one side to lay down properly. I was lazy and didn't want to trim down the backs of the pom-poms when I could push the fluff to the one side.
I sat in front of the tv while I wound the yarn around the tool, it didn't take much effort and I really didn't need to concentrate too hard on it either. 
Once I had a stack of them made, I pulled them all together and then chopped off the longer pieces I used to tie them with so they'd be uniform in size when I placed them on the wreath. 
I grabbed my glue gun and got ready to attach the pom-poms.
I had two different sized wreaths that I tried, approx 6". I liked the smaller, half rounded wreath as I felt I didn't have to use as many pom-poms and they lay a bit better on it as well too. 
There was no particular reason for the way I placed the pom-poms on. I just eye-balled them to get the look I wanted. 
Before I got too far I added a holder to the top to hang it from. Check out my video below to watch me make the larger version of this wreath. 
It didn't take too long for the wreath to take shape.
On this second one, I decided to add a bit more color by choosing deeper hues of yarn that resemble fall more for me.
Pretty cute, right? 
I got pretty inspired by this project, so be prepared to see more pom-pom oriented projects in the near future. 


Toodles!
Suggested materials:
  • Foam wreaths   (michaels/hobby lobby)
  • Yarn   (michaels)
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Author Lisa L Wiedmeier
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