Make your own little fluffy tassels

Do you know those little tassels? Nice, fluffy bright colored tassels? I recalled the other day how I used to decorate my hats with them and it seemed like a good idea to do it again for my children’s hats and clothes. In the end I got a bonus, my little kids were very excited by the activity and they wanted to join and make their own little tassels. And how creative they proved to be in combining the colors…

I will share with you how to make little or if you want big tassels.

First you need a few materials:

• Some cardboard to make a pair of circular disks with a hole in the middle. The cardboard has to be a little strong, maybe from a shoe box. The size of the disks will make tassel’s hair shorter or longer.
• Any kind of fluffy yarn (wool, polyester, cotton, etc)
• A pair of scissors

The steps:

1. Draw on the piece of cardboard two circles for two disks. I made them about 1 1/2 inches (4 cm) in diameter, but the size can vary. Inside each of them draw a smaller circle about 5/8 inches (1.5 cm). Using a pair of scissors cut up the two disks. You should get something like this:

2. Take a length of thread and roll it over the two disks put together. Starting from one side, cover the whole circumference at least twice (it depends on the type of thread you have and also on the size of the inside circle you draw). You can combine multiple colors to get more interesting tassels. As a tip, if you use multiple threads like in the next picture, things go faster.

3. Using scissors, cut along the circumference, while holding the cardboard disks tight. Just insert one tip of the scissors between the disks and cut.

4. Take a length of thread, about 10 inches (25 cm), and carefully insert it between the two disks (you might need a bit of help here). Tighten it and make a double knot.

5. Remove the disks and trim the longer threads for an even look.

6. Now you have your little fluffy tassel ready to be used as decoration or as a toy.

7. Here is how you can add them to a pullover

You can use the same color or you might want to combine different type of threads and/or various colors for a happier looking tassel. Have fun and don’t forget to involve the kids. They will love it.

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