Easter Grass Pom Poms

Easter Grass Pom Pom Alien!

Every Easter we end up with the basket grass everywhere

I despise it!

This year I decided to do something with it

(I'm still finding maverick strands every once and awhile all over the carpet) 

This could be my stock Easter photo, this happens EVERY YEAR!

I knew that I wanted something puffy that hangs because I love hanging things from the ceiling

so I brought out some pieces of yarn and ribbon and decided to try making a pom pom

I just added all the yarn and ribbon I wanted into a big rounded pile 

then I used a pipe cleaner tied around the middle to keep it all together

the grass is so fluffy that you can't even see the pipe cleaner

I tied fishing line to the pipe cleaner

added an eye

 stuck in some feathers 

and now I have a cute little green Easter grass alien hanging in the art studio!

I love him!!!

Wonder what I should name him?

I thought making a little alien would be really exciting to C but it wasn't

so

since I had some Easter grass left over I decided to make her and A

Easter Grass Pom Pom Wands!

Miss C is big time into princesses right now so I knew she'd love having a wand

A is into whatever C is so I knew she'd love having a wand as well

I just brought two sticks in from the yard

dowel rods would be nice though

To make the pom poms I just used two pipe cleaners crossed around the middle to make sure that I caught all the stray pieces of grass

I slipped the stick in under the pipe cleaners and used another pipe cleaner wrapped around the stick and the ends of the two pom pom pipe cleaners

Then I wrapped ribbon around the ends of the pipe cleaners to cover any sharp ends

Miss C has been having a lot of fun running around

"dinging"

people on the head

and since it's a fluffy pom pom it doesn't hurt!

AND

All the Easter grass is used up!!!

What do you do with your Easter grass?