Lovin' My Crafts: Pompom Wreaths

Living in a rental townhouse gives me limited abilities to decorate.  Normally this isn't a problem since I don’t really have time in this stage of life to explore my decorative side but this past year, as the holiday’s began to approach, I felt a little sad at the thought of not being able to deck the halls of our little home.  As a newly married couple, our decorating budget was (and still is) less than zero so our options were fairly limited.

Our Christmas spirit was shown through a little 18-inch fake Christmas tree that I decorated with crocheted bell ornaments that I’d made and my husband's little Christmas village that he collected throughout his childhood.  All in all, our festive “deck the halls” decorations could fit on our coffee table.

In order to liven things up on the outside of our house, I decided we needed a Christmas wreath.  I was disappointed at how much they cost already made so I decided to be a bit creative and make a pompom wreath.  I stole the idea from a friend who had seen an example on Pintrest.  It may not be the most exquisite and tasteful decoration, but it put a smile on my face to come home every evening to my happy little Christmas wreath with its bright red and green sparkly pompoms.

Since the winter dragged on and I needed something to welcome me home from the cold and snow, I also made a January wreath out of blue and silver pompoms.

They are super easy to make.  Just get a Styrofoam wreath form and hot glue your pompoms of choice on to it.  I also hot glued the ribbon hangers on to the Styrofoam which seemed to hold just fine even through the windy, cold and wet winter we had.  I didn't put any pompoms on the backside of the wreath since they wouldn't be seen and it helped the wreath lay flatter against the door.

I've learned since making these that you can buy the Styrofoam pipe insulation and duct tape it into a circle for a cheaper circular wreath frame to work on.  The ones that I got from the craft store were a bit pricey so I’d be interested to see if I could make the alternative, cheaper option work.  I’ll let you know if I do try it and what I think.