{"id":5084,"date":"2012-12-05T20:23:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T01:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/blog\/?p=5084"},"modified":"2018-11-28T14:03:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T19:03:19","slug":"pom-pom-crafting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2012\/12\/pom-pom-crafting.html","title":{"rendered":"pom-pom crafting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we&#8217;ve abandoned any real work (cooking, cleaning, etc.) at our house and are focusing all creative energies on pom-poms! Why? Because last weekend I was inspired by <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/liesl\/pom-poms\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest<\/a> and decided to make a pom-pom Christmas garland. I taught S and her friend how to make them during a play date, and they had a great time trying various sizes, colors,\u00a0 and yarns. They&#8217;re easy to make. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artprojectsforkids.org\/2008\/12\/pom-pom-yarn-balls.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creaturecomfortsblog.com\/home\/2011\/11\/30\/5-minuted-diy-yarn-pom-poms-how-to-video.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for some good instructions. And then have fun!<\/p>\n<p>Some of these projects make great holiday decorations and others would be terrific gifts or gift wrapping. And some are just fun for any time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\" http:\/\/pinterest.com\/liesl\/pom-poms\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5088\" title=\"pompom-ideas-1\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pompom-ideas-1-400x396.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pompom-ideas-1-400x396.jpg 400w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pompom-ideas-1-150x150.jpg 150w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pompom-ideas-1-275x272.jpg 275w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pompom-ideas-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\" http:\/\/pinterest.com\/liesl\/pom-poms\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5085\" title=\"pompom-ideas-2\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pompom-ideas-2-400x559.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pompom-ideas-2-400x559.jpg 400w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pompom-ideas-2-196x275.jpg 196w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pompom-ideas-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\" http:\/\/pinterest.com\/liesl\/pom-poms\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5086\" title=\"pompom-ideas-3\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pompom-ideas-3-400x340.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pompom-ideas-3-400x340.jpg 400w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pompom-ideas-3-275x234.jpg 275w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pompom-ideas-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\" http:\/\/pinterest.com\/liesl\/pom-poms\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5087\" title=\"pompom-ideas-4\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pompom-ideas-4-400x556.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pompom-ideas-4-400x556.jpg 400w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pompom-ideas-4-197x275.jpg 197w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pompom-ideas-4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There are lots more pom-pom projects and ideas on my <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/liesl\/pom-poms\/\" target=\"_blank\">pom-pom Pinterest board<\/a>, too. Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we&#8217;ve abandoned any real work (cooking, cleaning, etc.) at our house and are focusing all creative energies on pom-poms! Why? Because last weekend I was inspired by Pinterest and decided to make a pom-pom Christmas garland. I taught &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/pompom-ideas-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-1k0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44234,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2015\/04\/adding-pom-poms-and-tassels-to-oliver-s-patterns.html","url_meta":{"origin":5084,"position":0},"title":"adding pom poms and tassels to oliver + s patterns","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"April 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Add some pom poms and tassels to Oliver + S patterns to get a whole new look.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;general post&quot;","block_context":{"text":"general post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/list\/general"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/GardenParty1TITLE.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":57069,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2016\/08\/pom-pom-skirt-tutorial.html","url_meta":{"origin":5084,"position":1},"title":"pom pom skirt tutorial","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"August 31, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The forecast for today is partly cloudy with a 100% chance of pompoms. 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