The Popularity of Pom Poms: A DIY Guide to Creating Adorable Embellishments

In recent days, pom poms have been popping up everywhere - on beach bags, jewelry pillows, and even keychains. These adorable embellishments add a perfect pop of color and texture to just about anything. Today, we're going to show you how easy it is to make these charming additions right at home.

To get started, you'll need just three simple materials: yarn, cardboard, and scissors. First, we'll create our pom pom maker using some cardboard. Simply draw or trace a circle onto your cardboard - mine's about 4 in in diameter, but feel free to adjust the size to suit your needs. Once you have your circle, cut it out using sharp scissors. Then, place it on top of another piece of cardboard and use it as a template for a second, smaller circle. Cut out the second circle until you're about an inch away from your starting point, leaving you with two identical pieces of cardboard that resemble C's or little pac.

Next, place these two pieces of cardboard on top of each other and begin wrapping your yarn. I'm using this beautiful gradient rainbow yarn that I love - feel free to use any type of yarn you like! There's no specific number of times you need to wrap the yarn, but I find it works best when it's at least an inch thick. Once you're done wrapping, tie off the two ends and your pom pom maker is complete.

Now, take your scissors and slide them between the two pieces of cardboard, cutting all the way around the edge. Next, add an additional piece of yarn to wrap around the middle of the frame and pull it tight to secure it with two knots. Finally, remove the cardboard frame to reveal your perfectly formed pom pom!

This method is surprisingly satisfying, and you can see why I love it so much - a perfectly circular shape that's just begging to be used on all sorts of projects. Of course, if your pom pom needs a bit of shaping, you can always prune it with some scissors. And the best part? You can make these adorable embellishments in just a few minutes!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi guys I've been seeing pom poms everywhere these days on beach bags jewelry pillows you name it they add the perfect pop of color and texture to just about anything and today I'm going to show you how easy it is to make these adorable embellishments right at home all you're going to need to get started is some yarn cardboard and a pair of scissors first we're going to create our pom pom maker using some cardboard simply draw or trace a circle onto your cardboard mine's about 4 in in diameter which is going to make a pretty large pom pom but you can do any size and then cut it out using some sharp scissors then place it on top of your other piece of cardboard and use it as a template for your second Circle then stack your two pieces draw or trace a smaller circle on the inside and begin cutting it out until you're about an inch away from your starting point and it looks like this you'll be left with two identical pieces of cardboard that look like C's or little pacm place them on top of each other and begin wrapping your yarn I'm using this beautiful gradient rainbow yarn that I love I've linked it in the description below but you can use any yarn you'd like there's no specific number of times you have to wrap the yarn but I like mine to be at least an inch thick once you're done tie off the two ends and it should look like this now we're going to take our scissors and slide them between the two pieces of cardboard and begin cutting all the way around take an additional piece of yarn and wrap it around the middle of the frame and then pull it nice and tight and secure it with two knots and now for the final reveal let's remove the cardboard frame this part is very satisfying and you can see it's pretty much a perfect circle which is why I love this method but if it needs a little shaping you can prune it with some scissors and TAA we have this adorable soft squishy pom pom that we made in just a few minutes it's fun to experiment with different types of yarn colors and sizes they can get really addictive to make you can stick these pom poms on just about anything but my favorites are a beach bag or attached to a keychain and an unexpected perk is that they make perfect indoor balls boo boo baby and the boo baby all right guys we had so much fun making and playing with our pom poms as always tell me in the comments below what other DIYs you'd like to see and we'll see you next Friday bye guyshi guys I've been seeing pom poms everywhere these days on beach bags jewelry pillows you name it they add the perfect pop of color and texture to just about anything and today I'm going to show you how easy it is to make these adorable embellishments right at home all you're going to need to get started is some yarn cardboard and a pair of scissors first we're going to create our pom pom maker using some cardboard simply draw or trace a circle onto your cardboard mine's about 4 in in diameter which is going to make a pretty large pom pom but you can do any size and then cut it out using some sharp scissors then place it on top of your other piece of cardboard and use it as a template for your second Circle then stack your two pieces draw or trace a smaller circle on the inside and begin cutting it out until you're about an inch away from your starting point and it looks like this you'll be left with two identical pieces of cardboard that look like C's or little pacm place them on top of each other and begin wrapping your yarn I'm using this beautiful gradient rainbow yarn that I love I've linked it in the description below but you can use any yarn you'd like there's no specific number of times you have to wrap the yarn but I like mine to be at least an inch thick once you're done tie off the two ends and it should look like this now we're going to take our scissors and slide them between the two pieces of cardboard and begin cutting all the way around take an additional piece of yarn and wrap it around the middle of the frame and then pull it nice and tight and secure it with two knots and now for the final reveal let's remove the cardboard frame this part is very satisfying and you can see it's pretty much a perfect circle which is why I love this method but if it needs a little shaping you can prune it with some scissors and TAA we have this adorable soft squishy pom pom that we made in just a few minutes it's fun to experiment with different types of yarn colors and sizes they can get really addictive to make you can stick these pom poms on just about anything but my favorites are a beach bag or attached to a keychain and an unexpected perk is that they make perfect indoor balls boo boo baby and the boo baby all right guys we had so much fun making and playing with our pom poms as always tell me in the comments below what other DIYs you'd like to see and we'll see you next Friday bye guys\n"