Tissue Paper Pom Poms

Have you seen the tissue paper pom poms that Martha Stewart has on her site? I love the look of them! Today, I experimented with my Bowdabra® to see if the tissue paper pom poms were something that I could make quicker and simpler with my Bowdabra®.




When I first began I noticed the tissue papers kept tearing as I was placing them into my Bowdabra®. The Bowdabra® towers that hold ribbon so tightly and perfectly were working against me when I was placing tissue paper inside of them. To eliminate the problem of tearing tissue paper I placed my Bowdabra Wand into the center of the towers to open them a little bit. I then placed a piece of Bowdabra Bow Wire folded in half into the Bowdabra. Because I am using the wire to hang my tissue paper pom poms I made it extra long.



By opening the towers slightly I was able to easily place my tissue paper into the Bowdabra and fold it down in an accordion like style. I used four standard sized tissue papers that I fold in half lengthwise and cut along the fold.



Once I placed all the tissue paper into the Bowdabra. I threaded my Bowdabra Bow Wire tails through the loop that was formed when I folded the wire in half. I then pulled the wire tightly and lifted the tissue paper from the Bowdabra.



Next, I brought the wire around to the center and knotted it. This will be the top of my flower.




Lastly, I started to open the flower by slowly pulling the tissue papers apart from one another.



I then used the Bowdabra Bow Wire to hang my tissue paper pom poms.



Use all the same colored tissue paper like Martha Stewart or mix and match colored tissue paper, for a more festive look like the ones I designed.

Original blog source:  Tissue Paper Pom Poms from Sandy Sandler Creating Creativity Blog
By: Sarah Forhan, Bowdabra Designer and author of Sewing and Crafting with Sarah

About the Author

Sandy Sandler is founder of non-profit Crafters 4 Kids and creator of the QVC best-seller, the Bowdabra. Her frugal craft projects and activity ideas are designed to transform the creatively-challenged into creative pros. Sandy’s focus is on creative and easy projects that parents can do with their kids and that kids can even do on their own that are both frugal and green in nature. Crafters 4 Kids focuses on projects that can be done under 5 minutes and under $5. Visit www.C4K555.org. Contact Sandy at jaimevivre@mac.com