pom pom head band - a proper tutorial!

Everyone wants pom poms sprouting from their head now so I whipped up a stretchy pom pom headband for the kids and thought I'd redeem my laziness and do a tutorial - all proper like with words and pictures and numbers and everything! So here it is.

an UN-TUTORIAL for pom pom head piece

Do you like my pom pom head piece? Or do I just look like my woolly brain is exploding from my head (yes I feel like my brain IS made of fluffy pom poms sometimes..)

Here's how I made it  - although it's so basic I'm not sure I should even be giving instructions. It's an untutorial!

 

You will need:

 scraps of wool

a trusty pom pom maker

 and a hair comb.

 

1. make pom poms I made two different sizes and I also made a heap of them so I can do different colour combinations.

 

2. Use the wool around the centre of the pom pom to tie to the thick end part of a hair comb.

 

3. Stick it in your hair

 

It makes a good change from flowers...and it's woolly and warm for winter.

Christmas crazy - keeping it eco

Have you been feeling it? The itch in your hip pocket? A longing to delve in and be part of the tinsel-shimmering-bling-blinding buying? I know I have.

We're bombarded with ideas and images of the perfect Christmas - from endless catalogues, blogs and magazines - and there is no doubt it leads to the same end;consumerism. Suddenly we desire a new colour scheme of ornaments, a new wreath - and then there is the wrapping embellishments, cards, tags etc - it's endless!!!
 
I'm trying to come up with low cost and low carbon footprint ideas for Christmas fun. And while I acknowledge I have the benefit of a large supply of craft staples and tools, I still think it's possible to keep it eco.

For that winter wonderland magic turn your freezer bags into snowball pom poms.
Roll 2 plastic bags up from bottom to top and cut into strips about 1 cm wide. I then used a 5.5cm pom pom maker to make these very fluffy snowy pom poms. 

These would look great on a tree or as a garland or even a wreath...."let it snow, let it snow, let it snow"....is it too early for Christmas Carols? Yeah...it is. I know.

the pom pom experiment

See here for tutorial

What's your favourite? I'm loving the tarn ones, the embroidery yarn ones and the recycled plastic bag pom pom. What else could I try to pom pom?

Crafty links

Here are some links to good things I found this week!

 

 Paper snowflake curtain from bugs and fishes....
Fruit balloons from House that Lars Built
Glitter rings from Pippa at buzzfeed 
And this great gift idea - pom pom book marks from design mom