![]() Next, you’ll need to make the feet for your sheep using black pom poms (mine were about 1 inch size pom poms). Then use a silver paint pen to draw a simple little mouth onto the sheep, as shown in the photo below. Just to give you an idea of the size, my sheep head was about 2 inches from top to bottom, and about 2.5 inches from far left to far right.Īfter you cut out the sheep head shape, attach the googly eyes to the sparkly side of the craft foam using a glue gun. Since my craft foam was self-adhesive, it had a paper backing that I could draw on. It’s basically like you’re giving the ball a “haircut”.ĭraw a little sheep head shape onto the black sparkly craft foam. Every once in awhile, you can roll the yarn between your hands to see if anything new sticks out. Work your way around the ball, trimming any uneven lengths of yarn. It’s supposed to look like this!Īgain, using your sharp scissors, trim and shape the pom pom into a nice ball shape. You’ll end up with a very messy looking pom pom. Using a sharp pair of scissors, (this would be a great time to pull our your fabric scissors if you have any!) carefully cut the loops of yarn, working your way around the entire circle, until all the loops have been cut. Tie another knot (you should have a double knot now) to hold it all together. If it helps, you can press your finger on the knot to make sure it’s held tight while you tie. Then pull the ends of that 8 inch long piece of yarn as tightly as you can. ![]() You can see what I mean in the video above.Ĭarefully slide the yarn off your fingers. Don’t knot it yet – just tie it tightly enough that it can hold everything together. Remember that 8 inch long piece of yarn between your middle fingers? Take the back end and pull it around to the top, sliding it between your middle fingers so it wraps around the middle of the windings of yarn. (If you’re using regular thickness yarn, you’ll want to wind it about 130 times.) ![]() If you’re using chunky yarn wind the yarn around your fingers about 70 times. Make sure you have it there when you wind the rest of the yarn. ![]() Slide the yarn piece between your middle fingers. Start by cutting an 8 inch long piece of yarn. You can definitely use regular thickness yarn, but the thinner the yarn, the more you have to wind it around your fingers to get a full looking pom pom. I recommend using chunky yarn if you can – I linked to the exact yarn I used in the list above. 4 black pom poms (approximately 1 inch).White chunky yarn (this is the exact yarn I used).The affiliate links below will take you to products on Amazon that are similar to the supplies we used to make these pom pom sheep: I’m pretty sure these little sheep are going to join her collection shortly! Check out our video for how to make Pom Pom Sheep: My 9 year old has been waiting very patiently for me to finish this post so she can play with these little guys! She has the pom pom dragons, and two pom pom penguins on her night table right now. And out of all the pom pom crafts I’ve done, these were the easiest to make! I had no idea how fun and easy pom pom crafts were!? These pom pom sheep are adorable. And because those little dragons were based on the dragon from How to Train Your Dragon, my 9 year old LOVED them. And then I made pom pom dragons a few weeks ago. ![]() The pom pom penguins I made earlier this year were just so cute. OK, I might be enjoying the pom pom crafts too much. Aren’t these pom pom sheep adorable!? They’re so easy to make, and they’re such a fun little craft for springtime! You don’t need any special tools to make the DIY pom poms. ![]()
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