DIY: Fun Frills for Your Storage Basket
Turn a simple sea grass basket into a colorful piece of decor with handmade pompoms in your favorite colors
Sarah Arlt
November 23, 2016
As a mother of two young girls, I know that it can get a bit messy at home. I’m constantly having to pick up toys and other things. For me, the best way to tidy up is to have a few baskets around for quick storage of loose items. I found some simple sea grass baskets for that, but I wanted to make them prettier. Since one of my daughters recently started making pompoms, this DIY idea came to me.
Materials
- Compass
- Cardboard
- Scissors
- Yarn
- Basket
- Embroidery needle (optional)
Instructions
1. Make the pompom form. Using a compass, draw two doughnut shapes on cardboard. They should be about 4 inches (10 centimeters) in diameter, with the hole in the center about 1 inch (2.5 centimeters). To make smaller pompoms, adjust the size of the circles. I wouldn’t make them much bigger because they’d get too fluffy and unstable.
1. Make the pompom form. Using a compass, draw two doughnut shapes on cardboard. They should be about 4 inches (10 centimeters) in diameter, with the hole in the center about 1 inch (2.5 centimeters). To make smaller pompoms, adjust the size of the circles. I wouldn’t make them much bigger because they’d get too fluffy and unstable.
Using scissors, cut out the circles and stack them on top of each other.
2. Wrap the yarn. Now take your yarn and start wrapping it around the two stacked cardboard circles, securing an end as you go.
After a while, it should look like this.
Keep wrapping the yarn until you have a thick doughnut, then cut the yarn and secure. Grasp the doughnut firmly or press it against a table. Slide a blade of the scissors between the circles and cut the strands of yarn at the same length all the way around.
3. Tie it up. To make a pompom from all these short pieces of yarn, cut another strand of yarn and slide it between the two cardboard circles, pull the ends tight and tie them together. This strand should be fairly long because we will need it to attach the pompom to the basket.
4. Cut away the cardboard. Now you can cut through one side of the cardboard circles and remove them. To make the pompom nice and round, trim any pieces of yarn that stick out. Take care not to cut the long strand of yarn you used to tie the pompom together.
5. Attach the pompom. With this long strand, tie the pompom on the basket. Run the ends of the strand through gaps in the weave. You can also use an embroidery needle if the weave is tight. Knot the ends of the strand on the inside of the basket.
Add as many pompoms as you like, and your fluffy border is finished.
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Too cute and easy!! Thanks for sharing, can't wait to try this in my 5yr old daughters room, she would love these Happy Thanksgiving to all!!