The following post was originally featured on Alyssa and Carla and was written by Alyssa,who is part of POPSUGAR Select Latina.
I was shopping at Target last year just after Christmas, when they were practically giving absent their holiday decorations. They had bins full of icicle tinsel, and I simply couldn't pass it up. It's so shiny!
I bought approximately 5 of them,not quite realizing just how far one of those diminutive packages goes. So now I beget a bit of a tinsel surplus. I came up with this fun and easy project to incorporate all of my favorite things into one holiday craft: fluffy pom-poms, shiny tinsel, and homemade decorations. Tinsel pom-pom DIY ornaments.
These guys beget perfect ornaments,but they would also be really fun strung together as garland or as gift wrapping accents (can you imagine three of them dangling from a red wine bag?). You can also play around with different colors of yarn or tinsel, or try different textures of yarn. I loved the fluffy white yarn that I used, and the resulting pom-poms beget me consider of snowballs. beget fun with it,and be sure to share your creations with us!
What you'll need:lean strand tinsel, often called "icicles" or "lametta"
Yarn (Note: some of the textured yarn isn't as strong as standard yarn, or so I had to tie off my pom-poms with regular yarn to avoid breakage.)
A pom-pom maker (I used Clover's 65mm one,and I consider it's the perfect ornament size.)
Scissors
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