Looking for a festive cake topper idea in a pinch? How about plastic bag pom pom cake toppers? I'll admit, this was truly a last minute idea as I had made the pom poms to hang from our dining room table chandelier but hadn't quite gotten around to it, so I quickly stuck skewers into the pom poms and voila a festive cake was born. I'll admit that these toppers would be more successful on a high cake rather than my chocolate chip cookie cake, but with the cake placed on a cake stand, and some red rose petals on the table to add more color, it worked. After the birthday party I removed the skewers and got one of my teen sons to hang the pom poms where they added a festive touch for the week of chanukah together with some golden wire dreidels. While I've been doing the more sophisticated look in our dining room lately, loving the return of some fun color via a great recycling craft, so the pom poms may just stay for Tu B'Shevat and then Purim!
Above: If you are planning ahead, maybe some little felt pom poms might be great instead of the paper cupcake topper flags? Or maybe some meringue kisses or gumballs? Or maybe your pom poms might be smaller and your cake top filled with enough interest that you don't need anything at all?
You'll Need:
- plastic shopping bags, light weight
- skewers, wooden, metal, or even double pointed knitting needles, which is what I actually used! get creative!
- a tutorial for how to make plastic bag pom poms, here.
How To:
- Consider collecting plastic bags and making plastic bag yarn to have on hand in nice balls. Those can be decorative as well, especially when made in solid colors.
- Tell your friends to save plastic bags, and teach your friends and neighbors, the more that are used the better!
- Make a bunch of pom poms, to use as cake toppers and to hang as festive decorations!
There is just something so very wonderful about these plastic bag pom poms, I hope you will take the time to make some, and delve into it enough that you know how to make a light airy pom pom that looks like tissue paper, or something more dense! Happy crafting!
