DIY napkin pompons
Do you want to decorate the premises for the holiday, but you have no extra money? Then this review is for you. Here everyone will find entertaining ways to decorate the festive space. How to make napkin pom poms? This is a great idea. But you need to know how to make them. Read our article. You will find a lot of useful information.
What do you need to make?
To make pompons with your own hands, you need to have the perfect minimum of material and tools at hand.
And here's what you need.
- Napkins of different colors.
- Thin wire, knitting thread or colored tape.
- Pruning shears.
If you plan to make pom-poms of impressive size, you may need a pattern made of thick cardboard. But even with such work, you can get by with the items listed above.
Napkins need two or three layers. This will simplify the task. By design, it is better to select different-colored products by texture, color, shade, size. Compositions made from different napkins look beautiful. Wrapping paper is also suitable for handmade. The main requirement for it is a fine structure. This is necessary to be able to "fluff" the pom-pom, giving it a complete look.
The use of thread or colored tape is due to the requirements for decorating the room. If you are going to hang the pom-poms from the ceiling and you plan to make them hang low, a colored decorative tape will do.
When arranging the design on the wall, you can use colorless thread or thin wire. In the manufacture of small products, an ordinary stapler with metal staples is successfully used.
Manufacturing process
If you follow the sequence given below, you will not have a question how to make pompons from napkins with your own hands. And here's the recipe.
- Take 5-6 pieces of colored napkins (at least two layers).
- Fold them on top of each other so that the edges match.
- Make an accordion along the entire valley, observing the equality of all sides along the bends.
- Next, wind a thread, thin wire or colored ribbon in the middle of the resulting accordion.
- After tying the fan with a thread, it is necessary to trim (round off) the edges. This is done with scissors, observing the smoothness of the lines, or sharp edges are cut off. Ultimately, the resulting product differs in structure.
- After trimming, it is necessary to "fluff" the workpiece, bend and straighten all the edges, shake it well, and finally straighten the product.
This concludes the process of making a pom-pom from colored napkins. The finished product can be hung on the wall, creating a kind of panel, hung from the ceiling, attached to the backs of chairs, or placed on a festive table next to the service as a napkin decoration.
How to decorate the edges?
The final design of the holiday depends on the method of trimming the edges of the pompom. The cutting method can be any - it all depends on the imagination of the cutting edge of the master. You can cut it in even ovals, in a semicircle, leave sharp corners. And you can get creative by cutting out stars or other intricate and bizarre shapes around the edges.
In addition to curly trimming, experts in the field of design skills advise making additional decorative trim around the edges. This is done in the form of additional spraying of gold or silver paint, stickers of small stars and something like that.
Visit the city's craft store. There you can find many interesting and useful things that will help you to decorate pompons in the most unusual way.
If you plan to make large pom-poms, you can come up with an additional design by hanging around the edges with colored tinsel ribbons. Such a design is suitable both for a ceiling location (in this case, the tape is hung over the entire area) and for a wall panel (the tape is placed on one side).
When you visit your local handicraft store, you can find completely unexpected discoveries for decorating a room for a holiday.
What else to do?
Decorative pom-poms, in addition to making them from colorful napkins, are allowed to be made of thin wrapping paper for gifts (the one that rustles). You can also use a lightweight sheer-like fabric. Such products will serve more than one holiday, subject to careful handling.
Specialists in the field of design art allow the manufacture of pom-poms from multi-colored cardboard. The condition here is that the cardboard must have a double-sided color. The process of making from cardboard is a little more difficult than from napkins. This is due to the density of the cardboard material, its inflexibility.
What can be decorated?
Products such as decorative pompons can be used to decorate almost any event.
If a wedding is planned, pompons can be used as an additional decor at the festive table. They are placed on the backs of chairs to complement the overall decor on the table. Also, such decorations will look very good at the main table of lovers.
Children's holidays, birthdays and just weekends that you want to remember for a long time must be decorated with all kinds of decorations. Multicolored pompons are a must here. They are hung on ceilings, walls and, in some cases, even on the floor.
An angular composition that captures two walls and a ceiling at once will look beautiful. Such large design objects always deserve attention of children and adults. Here you can organize a great place for taking photographs for memory.
Check out a selection of the below pictures of the colored napkin pompoms made. Completely different layouts are shown here. You will definitely find your own option that suits you.
Video: how to make do-it-yourself pom-poms from napkins
Types of pompons and their use to decorate the holidays in the photo
