This is one of those projects that I've meant to do for awhile. Getting a few things put on the walls upstairs made me think more about fun things for Baby to look at, and I thought some simple poms would add a little color and interest when she's in her crib. Started with the Martha tutorial and found that I could use 4 sheets of tissue paper to make 1 medium pom and one smaller one. My paper was 20"x26", so I cut the sheets into 2 10"x20" rectangles and 2 6"x10" rectangles, like so (not to scale).
This gave me a total of 8 layers of each size from 4 sheets. I folded the small ones in about 1/2" folds and the larger ones about 1". I also didn't have any floral wire, so I just tied fishing line around the fan before fluffing it out, leaving a 3' or so tail for hanging at whatever length I later decided. This worked okay, but a couple of the poms hang crookedly, so I wouldn't recommend that approach if looking for perfection.
This is the paper I happened to have on hand and I was happy they were primary colors!
Hanging over the crib above the Dick and Jane prints
I think Baby rather likes them
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