Craft: Snowing Branch Mobile

We made this snowing branch mobile on our craft day. Looking through my list of crafts from last February, I saw that we had made our own pom poms for making pom pom flowers. It was a fun and simple activity.

To make the pom poms, we wrapped a long length of yarn around two fingers, being careful not to wrap tightly. (A younger child may find it easier to wrap the fingers of the adult.) We then carefully slide the yarn off and used a length of yarn to tie the middle of the yarn loops.

(More photos on the process can be found on the pom pom flower post)

The last step was to trim the pom pom. The shorter it is trimmed the fuller it appears.

We used fishing line to hang the falling snow from a branch.

The mobile reflects the snow we seeing falling outside, helping to bring a reflection and attention to nature and an appreciation for simple beauty.

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Pom Pom Flowers (Craft)

I found this wonderful craft on Domestifluff (has a great tutorial too). The flowers are made with yarn and dried flower stems or sticks from outside. On our walk we collected dried flower stems.



By the time we made our third flower my daughter had gotten the hang of the process and could do a lot of it on her own. She cut a long length of string and loosely wrapped it around two or three fingers (and in some cases her whole hand).




After she finished, we slipped it off her fingers, laid it on top of a length of string and tied it tight. Then I helped her cut the loops with scissors.




The last step was to insert the flower stem into the middle of the flower. It was a fun and simple craft and they look great at our nature table!