With Christmas just around the corner it was time to decorate the Homeroom tree. It’s not really a christmas tree, in fact it used to be part of a tree living in my garden at home, but I needed a way of displaying some wood artwork in the Homeroom and so the Balance Bush was born.
Pom poms are really easy to make. All you need are:
- wool (red and brown for robins/white for snowballs)
- scrap cardboard (old cereal boxes are ideal)
- scissors
- for the robin-glue/felt/wobbly eyes (or you can use paper)
Instructions
Draw 2 circles onto your scrap card (the size depends on how big you want your pom poms to be, ours were about 4 inches diameter).
Cut them out carefully.
Cut a hole in the middle of the circles to form a donut shape.
Put the circles together.
Cut quite a long piece of wool off the ball, long enough to wrap around a few times.
Start wrapping the wool through the hole in the middle of the cards and around the outside.
If you are making a robin you will need to wrap a small section of the cards with red wool and the rest with brown, (see photos).
Keep wrapping wool around until the hole in the middle is almost full.
Carefully with a pair of scissors poke the point into the outside edge of the circle.
Cut a small amount so you can see the card.
Cut around the circle with the point of the scissors between the card.
Cut a length of wool and tie it around the pom pom, inbetween the two pieces of card.
Pull it tight and do a double knot.
Now you can remove the cardboard circles.
Give your pom pom a shake and a trim to cut off any straggly bits.
For the robin you will need to add eyes and a beak. We also put a bit of ribbon on the snowballs.
So now the Balance Bush has been transformed into our beautiful christmas tree, and how cute are those robins!
and then put the crumbs into a large bowl. If you are using cherries, nuts or raisins stir them in too.
