DIY Project: Pompom Decorations for Storage Baskets
Brighten up your storage solutions with a ring of colourful woollen pompoms for fun and fluffiness
As a mother of two young girls, I know that it can get a bit messy at home. I’m constantly having to pick up toys and other things. For me, the best way to tidy up is to have a few baskets around for quick storage of loose items. I found some simple seagrass baskets for that, but I wanted to make them prettier. Since one of my daughters recently started making pompoms, this DIY idea came to me.
Materials
- Compass
- Cardboard
- Scissors
- Yarn
- Basket
- Embroidery needle (optional)
- Basket (I used the Flådis seagrass baskets from Ikea)
Step 1: Make the pompom form
Using a compass, draw two doughnut shapes on cardboard. They should be about 10 centimetres in diameter, with the hole in the centre about 2.5 centimetres. To make smaller pompoms, adjust the size of the circles. I wouldn’t make them much bigger because they’d get too fluffy and unstable.
Using a compass, draw two doughnut shapes on cardboard. They should be about 10 centimetres in diameter, with the hole in the centre about 2.5 centimetres. To make smaller pompoms, adjust the size of the circles. I wouldn’t make them much bigger because they’d get too fluffy and unstable.
Using scissors, cut out the circles and stack them on top of each other.
Step 2: Wrap the yarn
Now take your yarn and start wrapping it around the two stacked cardboard circles, securing an end as you go.
Now take your yarn and start wrapping it around the two stacked cardboard circles, securing an end as you go.
After a while, it should look like this.
Keep wrapping the yarn until you have a thick doughnut, then cut the yarn and secure. Grasp the doughnut firmly or press it against a table. Slide a blade of the scissors between the circles and cut the strands of yarn at the same length all the way around.
Step 3: Tie it up
To make a pompom from all these short pieces of yarn, cut another strand of yarn and slide it between the two cardboard circles, pull the ends tight and tie them together. This strand should be fairly long because we will need it to attach the pompom to the basket.
To make a pompom from all these short pieces of yarn, cut another strand of yarn and slide it between the two cardboard circles, pull the ends tight and tie them together. This strand should be fairly long because we will need it to attach the pompom to the basket.
Step 4: Cut away the cardboard
Now you can cut through one side of the cardboard circles and remove them. To make the pompom nice and round, trim any pieces of yarn that stick out. Take care not to cut the long strand of yarn you used to tie the pompom together.
Now you can cut through one side of the cardboard circles and remove them. To make the pompom nice and round, trim any pieces of yarn that stick out. Take care not to cut the long strand of yarn you used to tie the pompom together.
Step 5: Attach the pompom
With this long strand, tie the pompom on the basket. Run the ends of the strand through gaps in the weave. You can also use an embroidery needle if the weave is tight. Knot the ends of the strand on the inside of the basket.
With this long strand, tie the pompom on the basket. Run the ends of the strand through gaps in the weave. You can also use an embroidery needle if the weave is tight. Knot the ends of the strand on the inside of the basket.
Add as many pompoms as you like, and your fluffy border is finished.
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