Pom Pom Cake Toppers

Hello friends! Yesterday was my birthday and I wasn't really planning to have an extravagant celebration because it was also Good Friday. But I still asked my sister to bake a cake for me so I can at least blow my birthday cake on my birthday. Hehe.

And of course, my birthday cake has to have some personal touch which is why I made these yarn pom pom cake toppers.

For the cake, we just made it with regular vanilla batter with buttercream frosting. While that one's chilling in the fridge, we made the pom poms.

You can actually make yarn pom poms with a fork. If you want to learn how to make them, click here. There are tons of tutorials that you will find on Pinterest. It's very easy!

And then, you can stick your pom poms on wooden skewers with hot glue. But in my case, our bamboo skewers were too thin so I decided to use plastic drinking straws instead.

And here's a bouquet of pom poms for you! Cut the tip of the straw diagonally so you can easily insert them on the cake. Paper straws will also work if you have the thick and sturdy ones.

Take the cake out of your fridge and decorate it with your awesome pom poms! 

Your regular white frosted cake just got colorful. I like how white the birthday cake is. It's like a blank canvas. And then the cake topper is the subject of the painting. Haha.

Let me know what you guys think of this tutorial. :) Spruce up your plain birthday cake with easy DIY pom pom cake toppers.

DIY Tissue Paper Pompoms

I was thinking of decorating the garden with tissue paper pompoms. It's quick and easy and all you need is tissue paper, a pair of scissors, and nylon thread.


Unfortunately for me, my country doesn't really have a lot of color choices for the tissue paper. Most of them are really bright. Maybe I will produce cute pastel colors for tissue paper when I run my own paper shop in the future.

So the tissue paper is 20" x 30". I made 3 sizes:
- The smallest one which is composed of eight 7.5"x10". Just divide one sheet into eight.
- The medium sized which is 10" x 10". So one sheet produces six squares. I used 2 sheets for the pompom. I guess the more sheets you use, the fluffier it will look.
- The large one which is 15" x 20". One sheet makes 2. So I used 4-5 sheets for this.
- I guess you can also make super-sized pompoms from eight 20" x 30" sheets. I didn't do it though cos I only have 2 packs of 10 sheets.

Next is you stack the sheets, then make alternating folds like an accordion at about  1" to 1 1/2".

Then you trim the ends into rounded edge or pointy edge. I think the pointy edge will make your "petals" more defined. Cut a slit on each side at the middle of the folded paper.

Tie the center of the tissue paper, where you just cut the slits, with a nylon thread or maybe a thin wire if you have any. Spread them up, like angel wings.

Then carefully pull each sheet towards the center one at a time. If you accidentally tear a sheet, that's okay. It's not like a craft inspector is going to look at your work and criticize you. Anyway, even out the petals once you have pulled all sheets.

Then tie a long nylon thread at the middle so you can hang them anywhere.



It's really easy! I noticed in Pinterest that these tissue paper pompoms are popular decorations for outdoor weddings and birthday parties. The small pompoms can also be arranged into a garland. I hung my pompoms at our patio and hopefully it will not rain too hard, I don't think the tissue paper will last long in a rainy day.