Yarn Pom Pom Wreath

I like making wreaths and I figured one of the easiest ways to make some fun stuff for my sister's apartment was to create some wreaths that she could put on her door or inside the apartment. This yarn pom pom wreath was something I saw online (a gorgeous snowflake one here at Decor to Adore and another one here at bleubird) and then figured I could make AND it would be different from the others I'd made her AND somewhat durable. I knew the Duke Wreath might fall apart before it got to her apartment (or at least get damaged) and so I thought this one might be easier to transport. Plus, making the little yarn pom poms kept me from biting my nails (literally - gross and terrible, I know!) during tense football games (not that I started this awhile ago or anything)! : )

This is the finished wreath I made for my sis...

And here's how I made my version...

• Wreath form (I used the foam insulation trick and covered it with fabric strips and Mod Podge Outdoor)
• Hot glue gun and glue
• Yarn (I used several colors, mostly left over from other yarn wreaths)
• Scissors
• Ribbon (to use for hanging your wreath)

I thought the foam insulation as wreath form would make a pretty good durable wreath and so that's what I used. I wrapped the insulation with fabric strips and covered it with Mod Podge Outdoor. You should ignore the Family Guy coasters drying in the middle - those were covered in Mod Podge and drying in an effort to save one of the only decorative things he loves).

While that was happening, I was making the yarn pom poms. Some people seemed to have used some kind of pom pom maker. But I just wrapped the yarn around 2, 3, or 4 fingers (to vary the size of the pom poms), cut that, cut little strings, and threaded the strings through my fingers/perpendicular to the yarn wrapping, tied up that string really tight, and cut the yarn strings in half. It's WAAAAAAAYYYY easier than it sounds and I didn't take pictures because there's a fabulous tutorial that Kristen at Domestifluff created here.

You just glue the pom poms on all around the wreath so the front is covered. I also tied a little ribbon around the wreath form before I covered it completely in pom poms.

Then, I just threaded a piece of ribbon through the little loop that I tied on before I finished gluing the pom poms on the wreath so that I could hang up the finished version.

Then, hang up the wreath and admire your work!

I'll be sharing this at my favorite parties!

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