How to Make Tissue-Paper Pom-Poms

How to Make Tissue Paper Pom-Poms

Add these colorful decorations to your casual reception, rehearsal dinner, or bridal shower.

Updated on August 22, 2023

Give a casual wedding reception or dinner party a burst of cheerful radiance with tissue paper pom-poms that float overhead. Use a selection of shades in a warm or cool color palette, create a monochrome effect, or go for bold contrast with a black-and-white or jewel-toned array.

This easy craft requires only a few supplies—and some careful folding. It's easy enough for your family's youngest crafters (and for beginners of any age), so you can get the whole family involved with creating a magical floral atmosphere for your gathering.

Best of all, you can vary the size to create a completely different type of decoration. Create oversized hanging iterations to suspend from the ceiling or teeny-tiny puffs for tabletop details. To make coordinating napkin rings out of our tissue paper pom-poms, follow the steps below—and mind the size adjustment noted in the first step.

What You'll Need

Materials

Tissue paper
24-gauge white cloth-covered floral wire
Scissors

Instructions

Stack and fold the paper:

For pom-poms: Stack eight 20-by-30-inch sheets of tissue. Make 1 1/2-inch wide accordion folds, creasing with each fold.

For napkin rings: Stack four sheets of tissue. Cut a 10-by-5-inch rectangle, going through all layers. Make 3/8-inch-wide accordion folds.
Secure the center with floral wire:

Fold an 18-inch piece of floral wire in half, and slip over center of folded tissue; twist. With scissors, trim ends of tissue into rounded or pointy shapes.
Gently pull the layers apart:

Separate layers, pulling away from center one at a time.
Hang the finished pom-pom:

Tie a length of monofilament to floral wire for hanging—or bend wire into a loop to fit around the napkin and twist to secure.