How to make an easy pom pom Christmas wreath

Materials

• Coloured yarn – I used acrylic yarn in musk pink, lilac and mint
• Various sized pom pom makers
• Hot glue gun
• Sharp scissors
• Not pictured: A sheet of 4mm white MDF board I used to cut out a ring to form the base on which I glued my pom poms on. If you don’t wish to cut out your own base, you can get a foam hoop or even use stiff cardboard.

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Step 1: Wrapping your pom poms

Using a pom pom maker, open up one set of the arms and start wrapping your yarn from left to right.

Go back and form on the first set of arms until you reach the desired thickness. I wrapped mine from left to right 5 times.

When you’ve finished wrapping it, close that side.

Repeat on the other set of arms and wrap your yarn the same number of times, so that both sides of your pom pom will be the same fluffiness.

Step 2: Cutting your yarn to form the pom pom

Hold your wrapped pom pom maker in one hand and start cutting the yarn from one end to the other

Keep snipping until that half has been separated. Keep this side closed and start snipping the other half until both sides have been snipped into halves.

Step 3: Tying your pom pom and trimming loose ends

Cut a bit of yarn and wrap it around the centre of the pom pom maker

Tie a single knot on one side, then flip it around on the other side and tie a double knot to secure the pom pom strands together.

Open up the arms of the pom pom maker slowly and release your pom pom from the centre.

Fluff up and trim off the loose excess ends to make your pom pom look even all around.

Now that you’ve created your first pom pom, it’s time to repeat until you have enough pom poms to fill your entire wreath.

Get creative! If you want dual coloured pom poms, just use 2 different coloured yarns and wrap around at the same time.

Step 4: Cutting out the base of your wreath

I had a spare sheet of 4mm white MDF, so I chose to cut out the shape. In hindsight this was a mistake… and took way too much time and energy to complete.

I used some string and tied a pencil around the end. Using a pin in the centre, I measured the radius to 20cm and used the pencil to draw a 40cm diameter circle. The inner circle has a diameter of 30cm. The saw I already had was actually too small to cut this out from the MDF sheet, so I had to go to Bunnings to buy a bigger saw to cut it out! This took me ages to cut out, so maybe don’t do what I did and just buy a pre-made foam wreath or even cut yours out from stiff cardboard.

Step 5: Organise your pom poms and glue it down to the base

Plug in your hot glue gun and wait for it to warm up.

Lay out your pom poms, so there’s a nice mix of sizes and colours.

Remember to wear some safety glasses and place a heat mat underneath your hot gun glue. Using your hot glue gun, slowly press the trigger and glue each pom pom down onto your base.

Keep repeating until you’ve glued all your pom poms down.

As a bonus, you might want to glue some ribbon onto the base, so you can hang it up.

Ta-da, you’re finished and you’ve just created your own gorgeous pom pom wreath!

I would love to see your creations, so if you try this tutorial, tag me on Instagram @thethirdlifecrisis! Happy making!

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