Poms the bomb.

I've been on a kick lately of using old-school, common crafting materials to make stuff. First was the felt circle pillow (um, using what else, felt), then the circle paper garland (regular construction paper), and now I'm gonna show you what I did with little fuzzy pom poms. I don't think I've even touched one of those since vacation bible school when I was 10, but retro is cool, right? Anyway, I was inspired by this image from Pinterest:

Source: pickles.no via Lovely on Pinterest

These are some much fancier type of ball but I just loved the look and decided to make my spin on it for E's birthday. I got a big ol' E from JoAnns, a few bags (I used almost 4) of poms at Michaels, and wet to work with my hot glue gun.

First I painted the cardboard E because, you know, it was brown. I just used some white wall paint that was left by our builders. I think if I'd used craft paint I could have done the project with Elmer's glue but the interior paint was a little too slippery (and The G didn't appreciate the blister she got from touching some not-so-dry hot glue. oops.).

I think if I'd used craft paint, I could have done the project with Elmer's glue but the interior paint was a little too slippery (the Elmer's would have been nice because The G didn't appreciate the blister she got from touching some not-quite-dry hot glue. oops.

Here's an in-process shot:

I was making this for her birthday so I went with the rainbow theme and I think it turned out super awesome!

I hung it on the front door on party day, brought it in after everyone had arrived for some photos, and now I think I'll hang it in her room. I'm hoping this can be a photo prop for all her future birthdays (at least until she's 12 or so and thinks everything I do is totally lame). What do you think? Sound like a good idea?

This was at 8:30 at night after the party. She was definitely ready for bed so I need to set Sweet E up with her "E" again for a true photo op.

Have you done any crafts lately with elementary-school inspired materials? Finished any Pinterest inspired crafts? Let me know! I'd love to check them out.

Update: The day I wrote this post I got an issue of FamilyFun Magazine in the mail and lo and behold, what was on the cover? You guessed it. A pom pom craft.

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Looks like these little guys are making a resurgence (or maybe they were never uncool?).

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