Pom Pom Love Birds
Cute Little Love Birds
Have you noticed that Valentine’s Day seems to be a bigger deal for elementary schoolers than adults sometimes? Every year kids bring in personalized valentines for each member of their class. As adorable as the tradition is, it can be hard to make those valentines stand out. So here is our take on a unique, kid-friendly valentine that is just as fun to craft as it is to give! Craft up some loving yarn birds using various sizes of pom poms for an afternoon of simple and safe DIY fun with your little ones.
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The most important tool for making yarn birds is a pom pom maker. We used Clover pom-pom makers in small, but of course you can make love birds in any size. Pom pom makers come in packs with two slightly different sizes, so you can use the smaller size for the head and the larger size for the body.
There are lots of different types of yarn, but we used a basic acrylic yarn for our pom poms. The acrylic yarn has a fluffier appearance and is better for kid’s crafts because of its affordability. Win-win! Feel free to get creative with your color selection as you craft your yarn birds.
If you need some help venturing into the world of pom-pom making, you can reference our original pom-pom post with a photo tutorial. We now also have our own felt selection!
How to Make Yarn Birds
- Gather your materials and print the PDF template below. Cut out each piece of the template as a guide for cutting the felt beak, wings and tail.
- Use your pom pom makers to create two poms, one slightly larger than the other. To give the love birds a white belly, fill one-quarter of the pom pom maker with white yarn.
- Trim poms poms to create even, fluffy circles. Leave the tail of yarn if you would like to turn these yarn birds into ornaments!
- Glue the head onto the body.
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Run With It!
To turn these love birds into individual valentines, all you need to do is tie a pretty ribbon around the neck with a cute Valentine’s Day tag! For more yarn pom-pom animals, be sure to take a look at our collection of adorable yarn farm animals. Browse all of our yarn pom-pom projects, or head over to our membership page to start crafting with us. We love getting you in on the creative process, so leave a comment to let us know some projects you’d like to see next! Enjoy! ~ Lia & team
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- Felt
- Black Beads
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patricia
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Leave a CommentLia the printed instructions for this item reads Cupcake Treat Boxes
Also What is the size of each one height? Thank you Patricia
Oops! We will get that fixed. Thanks for pointing it out. 🙂 The little birds should be about 3 inches tall but it will depend on how large your pom poms end up being.
I loved doing theese! My parents loved it too!!!
Thanks Lia!
Really cute and adorable.
Decided to make some and give them to neighbours and friends to keep them company during these weird Covid19 times
Élodie
Love these Lia! These are so adorable and fun! My whole family loves them!
Yay so happy to hear it 🙂
how big is the nest?
About 6″ wide 🙂
Cutest birds
Wonderfully made I tried it came out well thank you so much
Thank you so much 🙂
These are the cutest! Such a great tutorial, thank you for sharing!
Actually I’m wondering if I may share one of your pictures in the Easter arts and crafts compilation blog post I’m putting together in april? I will credit you with a link to this post of course!
Yes that’s just fine if you credit back 🙂 Thank you!
I love them to bits. I can’t wait to make tem for my nephews & nieces..
So sweet! I hope they love them, too 🙂
These little birds are the cutest.. very adorable… Thank you!!
Thank you so much! They were so simple and fun 🙂
Lol … OMG ! These put a smile on my face – beyond adorable !
Thank you! We think they’re pretty cute, too 😉
When and where do you add the white yarn? …first or last when making the pom pom?
When making your pom pom you can add it in before or after the colored yarn, as long as you fill in at least 1/4 of the circle with the white.
OH my gosh – so cute 😀
Thanks Janet! 🙂
Cannot wait to make these!
They’re so easy and fun!
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