Super easy pompoms

We have made pompoms before but this time we actually found a use for them (idea courtesy of Joann fabrics). After you make the pompoms, put some glue in the center and stick a pencil in it. Add eyes or what ever strikes your fancy. J made a quite a few, even one with 2 colors.

Here is Prime's. He has been using this pencil to write a lot.

To make the pom-poms:
1. You wrap a piece of yarn around your fingers (our magic # was 85 times)
2. Then take another piece of string and tie it in the middle
3. Take it off your hand
3. Cut the yarn on the sides so that they are individual and not in loop (make sure you cut in the middle of the loop so it is even)
4. Cut off extra long pieces if you'd like to make it more like ball
5. add eyes and glue to a pencil
6. Have fun. J has been using her pompoms in her pretend play. (She pretended it was a treasure and used wool roving to make a spider guarded door)