Sunday, May 15, 2011

Tissue Paper PomPoms

Monkey’s birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks.  She’d like a flower party.  I started working on our DIY party decorations this morning.

Martha Stewart has these awesome tissue paper pompom flowers I’ve been seeing pop up all over Blogland.  They’re adorable and girly – perfect for a flower party.

We gathered our supplies,

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folded our tissue,

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and tied a length of wire around the center.

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I then trimmed the edges (Good Lord I need a manicure – and Monkey needs her nails trimmed!),

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and carefully started spreading the tissue out (Monkey photography).

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Hmm.  Not nearly as pretty as the ones I’ve seen in Blogland.  This looks like a big bow.

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My second attempt wasn’t much better.

For my third attempt, I cut three sheets of paper into quarters.  I then did the same as above, in a smaller version.  (She loves both equally)

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Much better, yes?

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The trick?  Don’t be cheap and use more stacks.  (My first was only five sheets, my third and smaller version had twelve sheets).

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Now I know the trick, I’ll be heading back to the store for a bit more colored tissue paper.

2 comments:

Haley said...

That last one turned out great! Can't wait to see the finished party decorations!

Jodi said...

Thanks! I've since made a few more and doctored up the 2 I'd made that came out awful. I have a nice little pile of them WAAAAY up high where the kids can't reach. lol

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