Christmas Pompoms

The school children today are making their own christmas pom poms - these can be added to scarves, hung from the tree, used as decorations on presents and many other festive things.
Pom poms can be made in different sizes depending on what you want them for.

To make a pom pom cut a circle shape in two pieces of card. Cut another circle inside both pieces leaving you with two cardboard rings.

Place them together, then start wrapping coloured wool lengths around and around the pom pom until the middle hole has been filled.

Cut the wool around the outside rim and gently pull the two cardboard rings slightly apart.

Tie a length of wool in the middle of the cardboard rings to fix the middle of the pom pom together.

Cut the cardboard out of the pom pom and there you have it! You can use as many colours as you wish and you can make different sized pom poms by using different sized cardboard rings.