Making pompoms

How to make a wool pom pom: easy guide

Mary Smith
By Mary Smith. Updated: January 16, 2017
How to make a wool pom pom: easy guide

Not sure how to decorate your Christmas tree? Want to make yourself a keychain for your keys? Fancy decorating your room with some original handiwork? In this article, we'll show you how to make a wool pompom. It's an easy and fun thing to make. You can create many different wool pompoms simply by mixing different colours. The more different coloured wools you use on your wool pom pom, the more colourful, original and creative it will be. Go ahead and try it, you'll see how easy it is!

You'll need:

  • Coloured wool
  • Scissors
  • Strong card or cardboard
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Steps to follow:

1

Draw a circle on a piece of strong cardboard. Inside this circle, draw another, smaller circle like in the picture.

How to make a wool pom pom: easy guide - Step 1
2

Cut out the circle and make another one exactly the same. We need two circles to make a wool pompom.

How to make a wool pom pom: easy guide - Step 2
3

Cut several pieces of wool, hold the two circles together and wrap them both in the wool.

How to make a wool pom pom: easy guide - Step 3
4

When that piece of wool has finished, attach another piece of wool using a knot.

How to make a wool pom pom: easy guide - Step 4
5

Continue wrapping the wool around the rings until they are completely covered. You can use colour combinations to make the pompoms more attractive.

How to make a wool pom pom: easy guide - Step 5
6

After you've made a few passes with the wool, put some scissors in between the two circles and cut the wool around the outer edge. Be careful not to drop the pieces of the wool of the pompom.

How to make a wool pom pom: easy guide - Step 6
7

Open the two circles and tie a strong knot with a piece of wool.

How to make a wool pom pom: easy guide - Step 7
8

Carefully cut the two circles and remove them from the pompom. And there you have your wool pompom!

How to make a wool pom pom: easy guide - Step 8

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Tips

  • To make your pompons even more fun and colourful, you can join different coloured wools so that your pompon is multi-coloured. The more wool you put around the circles, the thicker the pompom will be.
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steven
hi nice article could you tell me how much wool i would need to make one average size pom pom please?
thankyou:):)
OneHowTo Editor
Hi Steven,

There isn't really an average sized pom pom, but if you want to go by the size of one you would find on a bobble hat, you will need less than a skein.
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