Pom Poms!

We finally finished our "crafty" project of Wren's room- the pom poms!

I can't claim credit for the idea, I saw it in this photo from a magazine (which one it was from I can't remember, oops!) and instantly wanted to give it a try. How hard could it be?

To be honest, it was a little bit challenging at first. We followed these instructions from the Martha Stewart website on how to make the tissue paper pom poms. I nearly tore the first pom pom to shreds in frustration. It was so hard to get them evenly spaced and nice and puffy! But one hint: Dollar Store tissue paper is not as forgiving or strong as some good quality stuff out there. It's worth getting that good tissue paper instead, you will be glad you did. 

I don't even have any tips on how to help with the pom pom making process, but if you do a couple you just start to get the hang of it. They will start to look fluffy and the way they do in pictures! We bought the white and yellow lanterns from Ikea- $4 each in the lighting section. You can buy Martha Stewart pom poms and lanterns like the one in the magazine picture above, but they are $16 for a set of 4 and you would probably still have the frustration of poofing out the pom poms yourself- so you might as well just make them!

This was a pretty way to fill the gaping void above her bed, which was looking pretty bare, especially with the white walls. Kenton screwed in two hooks about 3 feet apart and strung a wire between them. Then he hung the pom poms at different lengths from the wire. 

I think our favourite part of the whole project was seeing Wren's cute little face light up when she came home and saw it. She wanted to touch all them and then had to read a few books to herself in bed just for fun. Success!