Tissue Paper Pom-Poms for Gift Packaging

I adapted these instructions to make a tissue paper pom-pom for my friend Caitie's bridal shower gift. The first one I made was accidentally way too big to fit on the box I was using, but I think it would be cute on most other medium to large gift box shapes. I ended up using the littler pom-pom for the box shown below. Making pom-poms is a great way to re-use the tissue paper that stores wrap your clothing purchases in.

The Martha Stewart site only has instructions proportioned to giant pom-poms that are meant to be hung from the ceiling, so here's what I did to make the darker blue pom-pom.

1. Cut a sheet of tissue paper into 8 equal pieces.
2. Stack the pieces and turn the stack to the landscape orientation.
3. Make 1/2-inch accordion folds, making sure to crease firmly.
4. Fold a 4-inch piece of thin beading wire in half.
5. Slip the wire over the center of the folded tissue paper; twist together.
6. Cut each end of the tissue paper bundle into a point.
7. Peel up and fan open each tissue paper layer, one at a time.
8. Arrange the layers to the desired shape and trim the wire as necessary.

For the smaller pom-pom, I cut a 4-inch by 20-inch strip off of one end of a sheet; I then cut this into 6 equal pieces.

| Photo Credit: Me. |