13/09/2014
Honeycomb Pompoms
Materials: tissue papers, glue stick, scissors, needle and thread, scrap papers, cardboard
Procedure:
1. First, decide what size pom-pom you want to make and cut a circle from cardboard. Cut the circle in half.
Take multiple sheets of TISSUE PAPER and layer them on top of each other, now fold these in half to make double the layers, then fold in half again to create loads of layers. Now cut out a rectangular square that’s comfortably bigger than the half circle, you want to end up with around 40-50 sheets.
The number of layers you need varies depending on how dense you want to make your honeycomb.
2. Take one sheet of the TISSUE PAPER and place it on a larger piece of scrap paper. Now we’ll need to divide the width of the tissue paper into a few equal sections by drawing marker lines in 2 alternating colors as in the photo. How close the lines are to each other determines the cell size of the honeycomb.
3. Pick a line in one color first, grab your GLUE STICK and run vertically across the tissue paper as if connecting the lines. I found it easiest to hold one side of the tissue paper firmly and work from the middle to the edges. Hold your glue stick at an angle if necessary so the glue line is not too thick. Do the same for the rest of the lines in the same color.
4. Now place another sheet of TISSUE PAPER on top. Rub it well. Now choose the line in the other color and repeat the gluing procedure as before. You’ll be gluing the lines in areas that were not glued on the previous sheet.
Repeat this with the rest of the sheets of TISSUE PAPER. Take care to keep alternating your glue lines between each sheet.
5. When you’re through all the remaining tissue papers, congrats you have your honeycomb paper! You can now cut it into any shape you like but here we’ll use the half circle to make a pom-pom. Place your half circle on top and trace loosely around it.
6. Cut along the lines. You’ll be cutting 40-50 sheets together so large scissors really help.
7. Glue the cardboard half circles on both sides of your honeycomb paper.
8. Put a threaded needle through tight in the corner of your half circle.
9. Knot the thread but keep some slack, otherwise it won’t open. Do the same on the other corner. You can leave the thread long on one end to hang up the pom-pom later.
10. Now after all this work this is the exciting and rewarding part! Hold the cardboard on both ends and pull apart slowly. Some parts that shouldn’t be glued might have a little glue residue and not come apart straight away, just keep pulling gently and they should all separate CLEANLY.
