Pom Pom Monster Craft For Cute Halloween DIY Decor

Step 1: Pom Pom Monster Supplies

This is a budget-friendly craft. The most expensive supply is the pom pom maker.

However, you can make your own pom pom maker with cardboard if you haven’t got one.

Otherwise, you’ll need different colours of yarn, glue, paper and googly eyes.

Step 2: Wrap the Pom Pom

The first step is to make the pom pom. The more material you wrap around the pom pom maker, the larger the pom pom will be.

You can wrap multiple colours of yarn to create different types of monsters. You don’t have to stick to wrapping with one colour. By mixing and matching you create a variety of colourful creatures.

The fun thing is that you can play around with different designs and see what looks the cutest. Or spooky, if you want a more scary-looking pom pom monster.

This is a perfect Halloween decoration to make with children. Younger kids may need help cutting the pom pom, but otherwise, it’s a great way to get everyone involved.

Step 3: Cut and Secure the Pom Pom

Once you have the pom pom maker fully covered with yarn, you can cut it open.

It’s helpful to have sharp scissors or a craft knife for this. The more times you wrap the yarn, the harder it will be to cut the pom pom open. 

Finally, use another bit of yarn around the outside of the pom pom to secure it in place. 

Do you want to use this monster to dangle from something, like a light or in an entryway? Then keep the final piece of yarn long.

If you plan to keep the fluffy yarn monsters as something to sit on a shelf, you can trim it to the same length as the other strands.

Now you have your classic pom poms, you can get on to being creative and turning this into a little monster. 

Step 4: Trim the Pom Pom into a Monster Shape

You can keep the classic shape of the pom pom balls for your monster. But these monsters need a haircut.

By trimming the end of the strands, it gives the monster a more defined shape.

This first monster is a lovely burnt orange. It’s the perfect autumn colour. 

So, if you don’t want to decorate just for Halloween, a seasonal colour will keep it looking like appropriate decor for a bit longer.

Step 5: Add Eyes to the Monster

To turn this into a monster, give it a face. You can use googly eyes or cut some out with paper. If you’re going for adorable monsters, bigger pupils make the monsters look cuter. 

When glueing the eyes into place, it’s helpful to fluff up the strands of yarn around the eyes. 

This makes it look more natural. The eyes haven’t been added on top but are part of the face.

It’s surprising just how much difference it makes as to where you place the features. They can feel very different if you leave a large gap between the eyes or the eyes to the mouth.

Before you glue them down, play around with the placement to find the look you like.

Step 6: Make the Monster’s Mouth

Making a mouth base with black foam creates more stability to stay in place on the pom pom. 

The easiest way to make teeth is to use the black foam base as the template. Then cut the white paper to the shape you need.

To attach the paper to the foam, you can use a glue stick. Then to attach the mouth to the pom pom, something stronger like white glue or hot glue attaches securely.

Remember to fluff around the edges of the mouth to blend it in with the face. Think about the colour of the pom pom to see what mouth will work. With a white pom pom, a large black mouth helps the teeth to show well. 

Step 7: Make Pom Pom Monster Friends

Cute Pom Pom Monster Decorations for Halloween

These cute monster crafts are perfect for beginners. These Halloween pom pom decorations are not only fun to make but are an easy way to get the whole family involved. 

The spooky season doesn’t have to be scary!