Learn how to make a super cute ice cream pom pom garland, using yarn poms and cones made from recycled toilet paper rolls, in this fast, easy tutorial!
Toilet paper crafts are fun, easy, and use a supply we all have tons of at home.
By combining toilet paper rolls with craft room staples like scissors, hot glue, and yarn, we've made fantastic, fun toilet paper crafts like pom pom ice cream cones!
Today, we're going to string the yarn pom pom ice cream cones onto fishing line to make a cute ice cream pom pom garland!
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Why You'll Love This Craft
- DIY ice cream cones are a fun craft for kids and adults, and this is a great way to use them to decorate your home, mantel, or kid's room!
- You can customize your garland in lots of different ways including the yarn colors you choose, the number of ice cream cones you add to your garland, and the type of string you use.
- Sometimes summer decorations are hard to find - a lot harder than other seasons and holidays. This ice cream garland is the perfect way to add some fun to your summer decor though!
Supplies Needed
- Pom Pom Ice Cream Cones - Follow our tutorial showing how to make yarn pom pom ice cream cones.
- Fishing Line - We used fishing line so it would be nearly invisible. You can use other string like embroidery floss, twine, or yarn too.
- Embroidery Needle - The eye of the needle should be big enough to fit your string through it.
How to Make an Ice Cream Pom Pom Garland
Step 1. Cut a piece of fishing line (or other string) to be slightly longer than you want the finished garland to be.
Step 2. Thread the embroidery needle, and string the ice cream cones onto the string through the center of each yarn pom pom, one by one.
Step 3. Tie loops at each end of the string, space out the cones, and hang up your new garland!
Common Questions
The best yarn to make pom poms is actually the cheapest - a medium-weight standard yarn works great. You can make pom poms by hand or use a pompom maker. We used rainbow colors for our pom poms but you can get creative and make multi-colored pom poms or other fun varieties. Have fun with it!
We used fishing line so the string would be virtually invisible, and the ice cream cones would be the focus of our garland. You can use any type of string for your garland though. Embroidery floss, bakers twine, jute twine, or yarn are all good options, depending on what you have available and what you want your garland to look like. (I think twine would look awesome!)
The simple answer is: it depends. It depends on how long you want your garland to be, and how close together you want the ice cream cones. Our garland for this tutorial had 5 cones, but for a mantel garland, I would plan to use 8-10 ice cream cones and go from there.
You can make a rainbow ice cream cone garland like I did, or choose different yarn colors (or even multi-colored pom poms!) for your ice cream scoops.
The ice cream cones can even be made double (or triple!) decker, by hot gluing two or three pom poms on top of each other to add more variety!
Have fun with this quirky garland!
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How to Make an Ice Cream Pom Pom Garland
Materials
- Pom Pom Ice Cream Cones (Follow our tutorial showing how to make yarn pom pom ice cream cones.)
- Fishing Line
- Embroidery Needle
Instructions
- Cut a piece of fishing line (or other string) to be slightly longer than you want the finished garland to be.
- Thread the embroidery needle, and string the ice cream cones onto the string through the center of each yarn pom pom, one by one.
- Tie loops at each end of the string, space out the cones, and hang up your new garland!
Notes
- Start with 8-10 DIY ice cream cones for a mantel garland. Add more if you want the cones closer together, or if you want a longer garland.
- You can use other string such as embroidery floss, twine, bakers twine, or yarn if you don't want to use fishing line.
- Medium-weight yarn is the most affordable and works best for making yarn pom poms that work great as ice cream scoops. Choose the yarn colors you want, or make multi-colored pom poms for a fun variation.
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