Project: Tissue Poms

I mentioned in this post that we had a few ideas for the nursery.  One of them was getting a dresser (which turned out to be way more awesome than we were expecting - see this post for details!)  Another was making tissue poms.  While my friend Melissa was here visiting, we tackled this project. This was a cool project that was simple, easy, and cheap!  Here's how we did it:

Materials:

• stapler
• tissue paper in various colors (7-10 sheets, depending on the size you want - we did 10)
• fishing line or ribbon

Step 1: Assemble the sheets in a stack, or if you have them in a package like we did, this is already done for you. 



 Step 2: Fold the tissue paper stack in 1 to 1 1/2 in folds.  (I imagine you could lessen this for a smaller pom.)  In this picture, I have unfolded the tissue paper, but you want to keep it folded and then place a staple right in the middle, securing the paper into place.

 Step 3: Use a scissor to round the ends of the tissue paper.  You could do a point instead of rounded edges if you wanted more of a star-looking pom.  Once the edges are cut, begin separating the layers of tissue paper from each other.

Step 4: Use ribbon or fishing wire to secure the poms in place and hang them from the ceiling.  We actually haven't gotten to that step yet, but once we do I will update this post with pictures of them hanging in the nursery. :)