Let's Get Crafty: DIY Pom Pom Bag Charm

Hi there,

I hope everyone had a great weekend. I adore long weekends this time of year because it means road trips, sitting in the sun and sleeping in late. I’m already looking forward to the next 3-day weekend.

So if you’re wondering why I’m posting so late today it’s because I totally planned to publish this post yesterday (Monday) but with all the relaxing I was doing over the weekend I simply forget to hit the publish button. And this morning my to-do list got the best of me. Oh well, better late than never.

Today I’m going to show you an easy craft project to can make. Ever since I spotted my first handbag charm, I’ve been wanting to make my own. The first one’s I spotted were from Furbish Studio and they featured little elephants. Soon after seeing that one I began to see bag charm popping up all over web and Pinterest. Since I’m not into animals or fancy details when it comes to my bags, the simpler bag charms became my favorite.

So the question became, BUY or DIY?

I decided to diy!

Making your own bag charms is really simple and inexpensive. You’ll need the following supplies all of which are available at your local craft store:

To make your charms, thread a large yarn needle with the yarn color of your choice.

Insert the yarn into one pom pom and then back again leaving a length of yarn hanging.

Thread a large bead onto the yarn and then tie the yard to your hinge hook at the length you want. You can also thread a bead onto the base of your pom pom like I did with the blue pom pom.

You can tie as many pom poms onto your hook as you want but make sure to stagger them at different lengths so the charms hangs well.