Tulle Pomander Tutorial

Here is the other tutorial for Lily's nursery pomanders...

Plan a lot of time for this craft--4 hours-ish.

What you will need:

-3-4 inch styrofoam ball ($3)

-about 6 yards of tulle ($.97/ yard)

-glue (I used elmers)

-pencil

-scissors

1. The first thing you will do is cut your tulle into four inch squares. To make this process go quickly, fold your tulle over several times so you can cut many layers at one time. 

2. Take two pieces at a time and put glue in the center of the square. Stick into you styrofoam ball with a pencil or other sharp object. Do this all over the ball leaving only about 1/2 inch between each hole.

3. Very simple, but time consuming. I think it's totally worth it once you see how it turns out though!

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Tissue Paper Rose Pomander: Tutorial

Pomanders (or "kissing ball", as they are sometimes called) can add a unique decorative touch to any living space. The great part is, they are fairly inexpensive to make!

What you will need:

-styrofoam ball ($3--or $1.50 with your craft store's half off coupon!)

-about five sheets of tissue paper

-hot glue gun

-scissors

-optional: embellishments, e.g. pearls

*I started to spray paint my styrofoam ball white...you don't need to do this...it won't come out white.*

1. Cut a strip of tissue paper about 2-3 inches wide. (I chose to make varying sizes of roses so you can cut the 2-3 inch wide paper in half width-wise to do this). 

2. Fold 2-3 times length wise. 

3. Begin to roll that folded piece of paper between your fingers as you also roll it into a spiral. You can hot glue the rows together at this point if you wish. 

3. Hot glue the surface of your styrofoam ball and place the tissue rose on the ball.

 It will start to look like this...

And you can add little embellishments like I did with the pearls if you choose.

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