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How to make a pompom robin
You can use this robin as a Christmas decoration or make a family of them to play with. It’s probably better suited to children aged 6 plus (my 4 year old hasn’t got the patience to make it, but my 7 year old loves them) and is a nice craft to do an a cold winter’s day as you sit on the sofa and chat.
You will need: card to make two rings, scissors, red yarn, brown yarn, glue, card to make eyes and a beak
1. Cut two circles from a piece of card. We made ours about 7cm in diameter.
2. Cut an inner circle in both the circles. The bigger you make this circle, the longer it will take you to complete your pompom. We made ours around 3 cm in diameter.
3. Start by making the red breast. Take 75cm lengths of yarn and wind them around the ring. Keep them close together, just where you want the red breast to be.
4. Use 75cm lengths of brown yarn to wind around the remaining section of the ring. Keep adding in lengths of yarn until your ring is full and there is no space left in the centre to thread any more yarn – but remember to just keep the red yarn to one section.
5. Use some scissors to cut around the outer edge of the ring, so the yarn fills out to create a ball.
6. Take another length of yarn and tie round, inside the two rings of card. Knot tightly to hold all the threads of yarn in place. If you’re making a decoration you can use the long lengths of yarn to hang it up, otherwise you can trim them.
7. Tear off the rings of card and fluff out your pompom.
8. Add eyes and a beak and you have a fluffy little robin.
Why not make some smaller ones to create a family?
Let’s make this winter the year when we delight in the cold and the dark.
Gather your children, get cosy, and make memories and connections together.
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I remember making one of these when I was a child. My parents still hang it on their Christmas Tree! Mine had pipe cleaner legs and feet I think, and felt eyes and beak.
I made these at infant school, I loved and looked forward to Christmas mostly because we made these each year and I want to share this with my children
So cute!
These are just TOOOOOOO cute! I LOVE THEM! and they are such a perfect craft for children your girls age – can’t wait for Red Ted to be a little older and have a go!
Love it!
Maggy
I love these, I love pompoms but have a long way to go before Baba can make them as he is only two but I hope that he will get into making them at some point! x
I loved making these as a child, they are so much fun. I’ll be making some with Miss L this Christmas 🙂
How many bundles of brown wool do you think you need to make about 24 pom poms (smallish ones). Is about 5 enough?
Hi ffion. I guess that depends on how big the bundles of wool are! I think you might need more than 5?