Tissue Paper Pom Poms

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These decorations are SO easy to make and instructions come courtesy of Martha Stewart. Of course, right? I mean who else figures out that tissue paper can be made into "dahlialike pom-poms." Uh...yeah. She sells a kit for these at Michael's for around $20. But using these instructions (found here), you can use any tissue paper you like. From the pictures on Martha's site, you'll see her versions are more prestine. But she IS kinda scary like that. I'd prefer to choose my own color of tissue paper, make my own folds and cuts for a lot less than $20 and sacrifice some of the crispness to them.




I've also made small versions to place on top of vases and table tops. You just take the tissue paper called for in the directions and cut the sheets in half. If you look closely, you'll see the center pom pom is actually two different colors. You can accomplish this by alternating colors of tissue paper in your stack before you fold it acordian-style.