Only need a few (10 or less) for your event, or.

Want a very specific set of colors, or multicolored pom poms.

You Might Prefer to Make Your Own If You:

Can afford the extra expense (anywhere between $0.60 and $1.50 more per pom pom, depending on where you buy them).Don’t mind working with a limited color palette, and.Have to make a whole lot of pom poms for your event, and don’t have a group to help.Whether it’s worth it to make your own or to buy pre-folded pom poms is totally up to you and your situation, but here are some guidelines to consider: You Might Want to Buy Them If You: Which means, buying store-bought pom poms saves about 50% of your project time. On the other hand, it took 32 minutes to open up 5 store-bought pom poms, averaging 6.5 minutes per store-bought pom pom. But that averages 12.5 minutes per DIY pom pom. I was stopping and starting a lot to take pictures. Making 4 tissue paper pom poms from start to finish took about 50 minutes.

I even got a little too rough and made a huge rip in one of the pom poms, but you can barely tell once it’s fluffed. I was much more pleased with the Brother Sister Design Studio pom poms.Įven though they have the same number of layers, the thicker tissue paper made a big difference in the end result. Colors and styles change throughout the year based on season.Each package comes with one large (16-inch) and 2 medium (12-inch) pom poms.I happened upon a set of cute polka dot tissue paper pom poms one day at Hobby Lobby, and figured I’d give them a try too.

Testing Hobby Lobby Tissue Paper Pom Poms

Party pom poms