Wrap the pipe cleaner around your finger and then bend them into shape. I tried out a few different antler shapes, but ultimately the spiral ones were the easiest, so that’s what I went with. If you do a quick search on Pinterest, you’ll find lots of other examples of these candy cane reindeer with different sizes of eyes and differently shaped antlers… and some other cute ideas too! I’ve seen these made both with tiny googly eyes and the size that I chose here. It was a toss up between these and the super mini ones, but the minis were just too small. I tried a few different sizes of pom poms, but the small ones seemed to work the best. So if you are worried about eyes and noses falling off, don’t be, because they’re not going anywhere. I placed one of the eyes badly and tried to rip it off and it ended up pulling off part of the candy cane plastic underneath it. I’m pretty sure nothing else is going to stick to the plastic. You’ll definitely want to pull out your trusty glue gun for this. I haven’t seen these in ages and ages, and they are such a perfect craft to do with kids! Maybe I’m just a big kid, but these were so much fun to make! I loved that my three year old helped me, and I love that these are pretty much fool proof! Candy Cane Reindeer It was just those darn brown pipe cleaners I had to make an extra trip for. But not to worry, candy canes were the first thing I saw when I walked into Walmart. And as tempted as I was to pull out my keys and rip open the tape on those boxes, I held myself back (it was hard though… I definitely stared at the boxes for at least a minute considering it…). All the Christmas boxes were stacked in the aisles but they weren’t unpacked. The dollar store didn’t even have candy canes out. It’s still really early in the holiday season, so the stores weren’t completely stocked for Christmas yet. I guess the shopping for this project didn’t go all that smoothly, but I found everything in the end. No? Is that just me? (What the heck am I going to do with 100 brown pipe cleaners!?) So then you have to buy 100 brown pipe cleaners, because the respectable 25 count pipe cleaner packages were out of stock. Use Command adhesive hooks like these or or these on the ceiling.Do you remember making these candy cane reindeer in school? Isn’t it funny, how something can be so simple, but we forget about it for YEARS? And then it pops up on Pinterest and you’re like “Oh yeah! Those were awesome!” And you find yourself making a late night trip to Michael’s after the kids have gone to bed because the dollar store and Walmart didn’t have any brown pipe cleaners when you ran errands earlier in the day.Unfortunately this damages the ceiling surface, but at least you’ll know it’s going to stay put. I don’t recommend hanging them above a baby’s crib with tape since they could easily fall, but tape would work very well for party decorations. Tape the string to the ceiling or tape them directly to the ceiling – This will only work if it’s not stucco.There are basically three methods to hang tissue paper pom poms (If I’ve missed any please leave your suggestions in the comments!): Then hang it from the ceiling with some fishing line and you are good to go! How to hang tissue paper pom poms? Once you finish one half, pull apart all the layers of the second half:įluff up all the layers until you get it into a good ball shape: So now you should have something that looks like this:Ĭontinue pulling apart the layers of tissue paper: The shallower the cut, the shallower the “petals” of the tissue paper pom pom will be: Wrap a wire around the middle (I used dollar store jewellery wire):Īnd secure it to hold everything in place (Note: This would be a good time to attach thread or fishing line if you plan to hang it): How to Make Tissue Paper Pom PomsĪnd now for my very first video tutorial ever: (I still have to master my video editing skills, so go easy on me…)Ĭount out a pile of 10 sheets of tissue paper and lay them flat:įold the end in about 1″ to 1.5″ and fold it accordion style (fold, flip over, fold, flip over, repeat): So that’s two tissue paper pom poms per pack making each one only $0.50. You can get tissue paper at the dollar store, 20 pieces for $1. These are surprisingly quick to put together and add an easy burst of colour to any room or party! Check out all of our tissue paper crafts here. As promised here is the step by step tutorial for how to make tissue paper pom poms, also known as tissue paper balls, or tissue paper poofs.
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