With the arrival of summer, we want to decorate the parties with cheerful colors, for this we are going to make some paper pompom to make garlands, hang from the ceiling or make centerpieces.
Do you want to see how to do it?
Materials that we will need to make these paper pompoms
- Chinese paper or other very malleable paper. Choose two types of colors per pompom or if you are going to make several pompoms you can make each one of one color.
- String
- Scissors
Hands on craft
- We cut out squares of about the same size from both colors of china paper. Between 4 and 6 leaves of each type of color per pompom. Do not worry if the squares are not very well cut because then the edges will be cut.
- we'll go interleaving one sheet of each color until they are all stacked.
- we'll go folding the paper like an accordion, we fold on one side about two or three fingers and then we turn and fold again, and we turn around and fold, like this until the paper is finished.
- Once everything is folded, we will tie the string in half. If you want to hang the pompom, leave the string long, but if you want to use them as centerpieces we will cut the string now.
- We will cut the ends of the paper folded in a more or less circular shape. If you find it difficult to cut, you can cut one half of the fold first and then the other and then retouch everything together.
- Then little by little and carefully We will unfold half of the leaves on one side, turn around and unfold the rest of the leaves.
- You can make different sizes of pompoms, trim the tips in different ways: rounded, pointed, making two tips with a 'V' cut ... try, there are many options.
And voila, it only remains to make as many as we want and place them.
I hope you cheer up and do this craft.