Uses of pom poms and How to make Ducks using pom poms

Assalamualaikum and hello everyone!
As I said before, Red Craft today is going to list down several things that you could do out of pom poms.
1) Key chains (if you entend out a long yarn when you tie the pom pom or you can simply tie a thread if you want)
2) Ornament for gifts (you could tie a thread to the pom pom and tie the pom pom as a ribbon on your gift wrapper)
3) Soft toys (you could glue the pom poms together to make a soft, animal toy according to suitable colours of your pom pom)
4) Others (ornament for doors, windows, etc)

How to make ducks/ducklings using pom poms



What you need:

1) Two yellow pom poms ( smaller and bigger pom pom)
If you haven't make any pom pom before,learn how to make it here.
http://www.redcraftnow.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-to-make-pom-poms.html

2) Two beads-for eyes ( or you can use black buttons)
3) A piece of orange paper ( hard paper)
4) White or yellow thread and needle/ Glue
5) A pair of scissors
6) Pencil


Steps in making a duckling using pom pom:

1) Take a black bead and sew it on the smaller yellow pom pom.
You can also use a glue if you want.



2)Adjust its position so that another black bead can fit on the same pom pom, right next to each other.



3) Fold the orange paper at the edge. Take a pencil and draw a semicircle on the piece of orange paper. Cut the paper according to the drawing. Now you get the beak of the duckling.





4) Open the flap of the beak and sew it under the eyes. Sew it in the middle of the beak.



Now you have something that looks like this. You're done with the duckling's head!



5) Now, let's begin with the duckling's body.Fold the orange paper at the edge. Draw a heart shape on the piece of orange paper.



6) Cut the paper according to your drawing. Now, we have one of the duckling's legs. To make another leg, repeat step (5) and (6).



7) Open the flap of the heart-shaped orange paper and sew it on a larger yellow pom pom. It will look something like this. Do it again for another heart-shaper orange paper.



8) Now we're done with both parts. Place the smaller pom pom on the bigger pom pom and sew them together. You may begin this step by placing your needle into the larger pom pom at the bottom. Start sewing up and down until they are firmly sticked to each other.



There you go, a duckling made of pom poms!




Useful tips:
1) To get a bigger duck, use bigger pom poms for both parts.
2) You can use another long-lasting material for the beak and legs, for example an orange foami and a pipe cleaner respectively.



3) Besides using black beads, you can use those googly eyes. They're cuter!




Both pictures of the pipe cleaners and googly eyes are obtained from Yahoo.com.

How to make pom poms?

Assalamualaikum and hi everyone!
Today we're making pom poms using different colours of yarn :->



What you need:
1) Yarn (any colour)


2) Old box/shoe box/cardboard
3) A pair of scissors (a small,sharp one would be helpful)
4) Pencil

Steps in making pom poms
1) Draw two circles of any desired size on a piece of old box/shoe box/cardboard with the help of a pair of protactor or anything that is circle.



2) Draw a smaller circle in each of the two circles.
3) Cut the bigger circles followed by the smaller circles.



4) Now you have something that looks like two doughnuts. Place one cardboard on top of the other.



5) Cut quite a long length of yarn and insert the end of the cut yarn into the smaller circle. Make a small knot to ensure that the yarn will stay in that position.



6) Coil the yarn around the circle until the yarn fully covers the cardboard.



7) Repeat step (6) until the cardboard is fully coiled by the yarn. ( you may coil the cardboard more that two times but two is quite tedious enough :->)
You may also use different colours of yarn to make a pom pom.



8) Hold your cardboard firmly in the middle.
9) Use another hand to cut the yarn between the two cardboards. Hold them firmly!



10)Take a piece of new yarn and insert it between the cardboards.




11) Tie them tightly as many times as possible.



12) Take out the pom pom from the cardboards. (you may cut the cardboards to make this step easier)



13)Use your fingers to shape the pom pom until it looks round.





There you go, a pom pom!



Useful tips:
1) The size of the circles that you draw on your cardboards determine the size of your pom poms. ( The bigger the circle, the biggger would the pom pom be)
2) You may use three or more colours of the yarn to make your pom pom more attractive.
3) The uses of these pom poms will be discussed in the next post, insya-Allah.