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Making Flower Pom-poms with used brushes

Making Flower Pom-poms with used brushes

Transform old paint brushes into Alliums – a fun idea!

Beautiful flowers, well known for their highly decorative flower spike.

This spring, I’d like to give a new life to my used brushes and a touch of colour to the studio. Enjoy the idea in the following article!
Making Flower Pom-poms with used brushes
Materials :

1. How do you make a Pompom?

  • I know a trick lot faster to make several pompoms at once! Saving time, it’s magic! There’s no need any more for round cardboard.
  • Take the wool and an easel (or chair legs). Wrap the yarn around the two bars. with many layers to gain enough thickness.
Making Flower Pom-poms with used brushes
  • Using the wire roll and pliers, make tight knots every 5 or 6 cm.
  • Take the scissors and cut the wool yarn between each knot held by wire roll.
  • Place all items on a table. They already have the look of pompoms!

Making Flower Pom-poms with used brushes
Note: For some pompoms a small adjustment is needed with scissors. Here, the small pompoms are nice round. They are finished!

Making Flower Pom-poms with used brushes

2. How do you make the flower?

  • Take a used brush. Push the brush head into the pompom’s centre by distributing the wool yarns on each side.
  • To fasten, use 2 strands of wire roll. Wrap them around the body of the brush by squeezing hard. Make a spiral collar.
Making Flower Pom-poms with used brushes

And now it’s finished. Just make the same thing for the other brushes !!

3/ The result:

Here are some pictures that give you a glimpse of my old brushes.

Making Flower Pom-poms with used brushes
Tip: To give a little more natural side to the bunch of alliums, I added some yellow pompoms held by a wire roll (more rigid) for the whole body.
Brushes that look like alliums. The transformation has a lot of charm !

Making Flower Pom-poms with used brushes


Information for this article was provided by professional fine artist, Amylee Paris. You can visit her colourful portfolio or follow her on Facebook and Instagram

Find all Amylee’s posts published in GreatArt online Magazine by clicking here!


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