You'll think it's worth the wait, though, 'cuz look how cute....
Here's what you'll need to make your own Snowball Wreath:
- Large skien of white yarn
- cardboard cut in wreath shape (any ole' cardboard box will do...)
- plastic grocery bags
- masking tape
- iridescent ribbon
- irridescent snowflakes of varying sizes
- hot glue gun
- scissors
Directions:
Step 1: Create wreath Form
A. Using exacto knife, cut a piece of cardboard in a circle of your size. (You could use a large mixing bowl to trace) Cut a smaller circle from the center of your circle to create a wreath form; a slightly smaller bowl might do if you don't have a handy-dandy circle cutting tool like the one I used - Martha Stewart makes it. (Save the smaller circle cut out for tomorrow's project!)
B. Next, grab your plastic bags and masking tape to add some depth to your wreath form. Take a slightly scrunched up plastic grocery bag and secure it to your wreath form with masking tape, working your way around the wreath form. Wrap it up like a mummy. When you're done, it will look like this:
Now set your wreath form aside for quite some time, because you've got a snowstorm's worth of snowballs to make!
Step 2: Make Yarn Pom-Poms "Snowballs"
A. Take your yarn and wrap it around your fingers, (I alternated between 3 fingers and 4 fingers in order to have variable sizes...) covering the width of all fingers and doubling back for at least a second layer of yarn. The more yarn you use, the fluffier your poms. But don't wrap too tight! You've got to slip this off your fingers for the next step!
B. Snip the end of your working yarn to roughly align with the end of your fingers, and snip another smaller piece to tie off your Pom in the next steps.
C. Carefully slide the bundle of yarn off your fingers and onto a solid surface. (Don't let it unravel!)
D. Wrap your small length of yarn (for tying your bundle) around the entire center of the short side of your yarn bundle. (You'll know it's the short side if the loops from your endless winding are NOT tied off, but are unimpeded on either side of your tie-off.) Tie it really tightly in a knot in both directions.
E. Take your scissors and snip open your loops. Fluff it up, and give a slight trim if needed. (Don't worry too much, though, because you won't notice asymmetrical poms once glued to the wreath form.)
F. Repeat incessantly. Once you think you have enough, make about 40 more. Seriously. It takes ALOT of these bad boys to fill a wreath.
Step 3: Assemble the Wreath
A. Grab that hot glue gun and go to town gluing on your yarn poms. Arrange the poms to obscure the wreath form.
B. Once all your poms are on, add your sparkly snowflakes and ribbon. I curled lengths of irridescent ribbon and added to the bottom only, using larger snowflakes in place of a bow -mostly because I ran out of poms & I ran out of white yarn, and I was pretty darn determined to finally finish this project. (It's a housewarming gift for my sister, who I'll see on Thanksgiving, so time was definitely up!!!)
C. Attach a bit of ribbon or twine with hot glue to the back of the wreath to make hanging easier. And, voila! You're now the proud owner of a snowball wreath!
Now don't forget to save that smaller cardboard circle from the center of your wreath form....we'll be using that tomorrow for another fun & easy craft that will cost you mere pennies, but look amazing. Stay tuned! And stay sassy!
- Anna
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