Yarn Bouquet aka Pom Pom Flowers

Are you looking for something cute and fun for these summer days ahead? Really this craft can be done for any season or holiday, let's be honest, but I think they are particularly cute for summer! It is a very simple and relatively quick craft that just about anyone can do. If you have littles wanting to help, just make sure you supervise cutting and that you handle the hot glue of course!

Supplies for flowers:

• Yarn of various colors
• Wooden sticks
• Scissors
• Hot glue

Supplies for upcycled vase:

• Tin can
• Patterned Paper
• Embellishments 
• Floral Foam
• Scissors
• Hot Glue

1. To start, take your yarn and start with wrapping an end around something. Some people use a fork, cardboard, etc. But I think it’s easiest using your 4 fingers. Keep wrapping until you have the amount you want.  The more you have = the bigger the flower!

2. Using a smaller piece of the yarn, string it through perpendicular around the whole wrapped chunk and tie it tightly.   

3. Pull your tied chunk off whatever surface you are using and begin cutting the looped pieces all the way around the shape.   ​

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It should look something like this…     

4. Next, trim around the yarn to make it more even all the way across, we’ll be trimming more as we go.      

5. Now, you can choose if you want to “fluff out” your pom pom. You can do this by using a small comb, pet comb, fork, (something with teeth). And begin “combing” into the strands so they get fluffy. This will get messy…      

This image below shows you the difference between "fluffing" and not fluffing...

6. It will look pretty uneven, so just trim around the yarn all over again 😊 Do this step with each of your pom pom flowers.     

7. Next, using hot glue, glue each of your “flowers” on top of the wooden sticks.  I had 6 sticks but cut 3 of them down to smaller sizes so that they would be at different heights! You're all done with your pom pom flowers at this point!    

8. I decided I wanted to do a little something extra with this craft and wanted something to put the "flowers" in. I'm all about "upcycling" stuff and I had tin cans lying around that I thought would make the perfect recycled and rustic vase for these! So, take a tin can and cover it with a complimentary scrapbook paper. 

9. Then, add some embellishments of your preference such as lace, ribbon, buttons, etc. to jazz up the "vase". 

10. Lastly, plop a piece of floral foam into the bottom of your tin can and stick your flowers into it and you're done!