How to Make the Perfect Autumn Acorn Pom-pom Mobile

Celebrate autumn with this acorn pom-pom mobile. Makes a great display piece for your home.

Here’s the supplies that you’ll need:

• 10 acorn caps
• 10 pom-poms in fall colors
• Five 20″ lengths of thread, twine, or yarn
• One 24″ length of thread, twine, or yarn
• Large sharp needle
• Small branch 9″ to 12″ in length
• Liquid glue

Let’s make the Acorn Pom-pom Mobile:

1. Gather acorn caps and a small branch. Store these in the freezer for a couple of days to kill any beasties.
2. Pierce a small hole in the center of the acorn cap. You can use a small hand drill, an awl, an ice pick, a large sharp needle, or a slender nail and hammer.
3. If you can’t find the color pom-poms you want, color white pom-poms with markers to get fall colors.
4. Thread the needle with a 20″ length of yarn. Thread an acorn cap onto the yarn.
5. Tie a knot on the inside of the acorn cap.
6. Repeat with another acorn cap at the other end of the yarn.
7. Repeat Steps 5 and 6  with the remaining 20″ lengths of yarn.
8. Add glue to the inside of the acorn caps.
9. Glue a pom-pom to the inside of the acorn caps.
10. Attach the acorn pom-poms to the branch. Either wrap the yarn around the branch a couple of times or tie it in place.
11. Tie the ends of the 24″ length of yarn to the ends of the branch for hanging the acorn pom-pom mobile.
12. Enjoy autumn!!

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