Today the children decided they would like to make something for themselves. We had a discussions and thought we could make our own Pom Poms.
We had lots of different ideas as to what we could use pom poms for. Some children thought they would make nice decorations ,some thought they would be good to use for ball games or as a honeypot for Mr.Bear ! 🧸
I demonstrated how to make our Pom poms using wool and a Pom Pom maker. The children listened well to my instructions and began by choosing what colour of wool they wanted to make their pom poms:
We talked about how their Pom poms will look and the different sizes they will be.
“ mine is going to be big”
“I like my pink colour”
Now it was time to cut our wool to create our pom pom the children began to cut with a little support needed. We weaved the wool in and out and around our maker until we had several layers This took lots of concentration and patience!
Once we had our makers covered we then wrapped a piece of wool round the middle of the pom pom and tied a knot..
Carefully we then separated our pom pom from the maker.
Now we could see our own creations! A beautiful ;colourful ;fluffy pom pom!
“ it’s like a ball”
“It’s fluffy”
“Mine is big and blue”
“So soft”
