Repost from onelittleproject.com. Go visit her site for some easy diy projects and crafty ideas.
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I made different color poofs and hang them from my ceiling fan !
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Tissue paper pom poms, also known as tissue paper balls, or tissue paper poofs.
You can get tissue paper at the dollar store, 20 pieces for $1. So that’s two large tissue paper pom poms per pack making each one only $0.50. For the medium size, 1 pack will yield 4 pom poms.
How to Make Tissue Paper Pom Poms:
Count out a pile of 10 sheets of tissue paper and lay them flat:
Fold the end in about 1″ to 1.5″ and fold it accordion style (fold, flip over, fold, flip over, repeat): 
Continue to fold it accordion style:
Until you have folded the whole thing:
It doesn’t need to be perfect. The tissue paper is pretty forgiving:
Fold it in half to find the center:
Wrap a wire around the middle (I used dollar store jewellery wire):
And secure it to hold everything in place (Note: This would be a good time to attach thread or fishing line if you plan to hang it):
Round the edges of both ends. The shallower the cut, the shallower the “petals” of the tissue paper pom pom will be:
So now you should have something that looks like this:
Take one piece of tissue paper:
And pull it away from the rest of them:
Continue pulling apart the layers of tissue paper:
The layers will start to look like this:
Once you finish one half, pull apart all the layers of the second half:
Fluff up all the layers until you get it into a good ball shape:
Then hang it from the ceiling with some fishing line and you are good to go!
