In case you didn’t already know (and thus you haven’t lived!), Hobbycraft is a wonderful store full of all kinds of crafty goodness – rows upon rows of paints, pens and crayons, shimmering displays of fabrics, vibrant stacks of colouring books, sections dedicated to decorating cakes, and a huge selection of sparkly stickers (yes – I’m a massive sticker geek). Sounds like heaven on earth, right?
So imagine how I jumped at the chance when I was invited to a Hobbycraft event in my own city of Hull. In fact, it was the first Hobbycraft blogger event ever. So yeah, we kind of made history gang. 😏
I made my way there with my friend, Katie, and we were promptly greeted by a huge, handmade ‘Hull Bloggers‘ sign, along with the bubbly staff that made it for us. As we all sat down at the crafting table waiting for the final few attendees to turn up, we ogled at the glittering wool, the assorted tissue paper and the pretty tulle waiting in front of us, all filling us with crafty anticipation.
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After acquainting ourselves with new faces and eagerly catching up with familiar ones, we all sat back to hear about what we’d be getting up to – pom-pom making!
On the run up to Christmas, Hobbycraft have their Christmas products out on display along with some pretty decorations, and so they enrolled us Hull Bloggers as official pom-pom makers. After being told our creations would hang proudly in their Christmas display, we were shown the three different pom-pom types we’d be tackling and soon got to work.
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Firstly, we learned how to make tissue paper pom-poms. Made with nothing but sheets of tissue paper and some wire, the end result was a large, delicate tissue paper sphere that would definitely draw attention. Secondly, we were introduced to tulle pom-poms. Using a length of tulle along with a needle and thread gave us some light and dainty decorations that would look fab on top of a Christmas gift too. Finally, we all reminisced on our childhood crafting sessions as we were reminded how to make a standard woollen pom-pom, though with an easier twist!
My favourites to make, without a doubt, were the old school woollen pom-poms. You, as did I, will probably remember making pom-poms with two cardboard rings and lots of fiddly threading of wool through the centre. Well, Hobbycraft have made the whole process a lot easier thanks to their Clover Pom-Pom Makers, which come in a number of sizes for a range of pom-poms. The wool is simply wrapped around and around a pair of hinged arches and then cut and tied as normal, creating a cute a fluffy pom-pom in a matter of minutes!
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It was incredibly nostalgic to sit and make pom-poms with no worries other than what colour to choose next, and it was surprisingly therapeutic. Long day at work? Stressful day at uni? Get your jimmies on and make a few pom-poms. Honestly!
As we all stuck our noses in and got to work, the Hobbycraft staff made sure to provide us with plenty of hot and cold drinks, as well as some yummy snacks to keep our energy levels high. (Pom-pom making is quite a workout, don’tcha know? 😉) I was particularly fond of the Monster Mallows!
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After an afternoon of fun, giggles and a table full of freshly made pom-poms, we soon found that our crafting time was over. To say time flew by was an understatement – I could have happily made pom-poms all day long! As we said our goodbyes, each and everyone of us were presented with a cute goodie bag and were told we had 10% discount on anything in store. Then we were let loose with this information in mind. Did I do some shopping, you ask? Of course!
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After browsing shelves, filling my basket and lightening the load in my purses (oops!), I left the store with new scrapbooks, notepads, stickers and pens, plus a huge smile on my face.
A huge thank you goes to the wonderful staff at Hobbycraft Hull who organised the event for us, giving us a fantastic crafternoon (yes, I made up a word for a crafting afternoon) and reignited my craft-loving flame!
Do you like to craft? What’s your favourite thing to make? 😊
What an awesome sounding event and I have to admit I do love pompoms so that would be right up my street to make. x
Wow! This is what heaven looks like — filled with fun crafts! It looks like you had a ton of fun!! 😀
I love pom poms, I had them as my wedding decorations. Great event to go to x
What a great night! I will have to see if my local hobbycraft does some blogger nights as I love crafting!
Me and my Daughter could spend hours in Hobbycraft, we love the shop. What an amazing event to go to x
I like Hobbycraft you can find so much stuff in there, love the pom pom colour combo x
I enjoy crochet, and funnily enough I make these pompoms all the time for hats.
Fab pics – this brings back memories of using an old cereal box to do this when I was young – samantha rickelton
HOBBYCRAFT IS LIKE MY FAVOURITE SHOP OF ALL TIME!
I love it! It can be quite overwhelming in there though I find! Haha.
This sounds like an amazing event, I love making pom poms! ^_^
Oh what a nice time! We’ve made pom-poms before too! I like the pretty ones you made and the pom-pom makers must have made things so easy.
What a lovely post! I’m wanting to be more creative, but haven’t got the confidence in that kinda thing. Thanks for sharing, it looks like you had a fab time 🙂 x
I love Hobbycraft, it’s one of my favourite stores. The pom poms look great x
I probably havent heard of Hobbycraft because I am rubbish at craft and mostly I stay out of its way lol but this sounds like a lovely blogger event
Aw this looks like lots of fun and the pom poms look great! I’m not very crafty but I wish I was xxx
This looks like a fun crafting event for bloggers.
What a cute activity – love a bit of Hobbycraft!
How fun is this! We were in Hobby Craft the other day actually and really impressed by all the crafts they have.
What a fun event! I’d love to spend a crafternoon making something like this! x
It looks like a fun event. I love making pom poms 🙂
Wow! These looks fantastic! I love pom poms! They look so Christmassy!! I might try these with my Buttercups
Well done, they look great. Looks like a really fun event to have been invited to x
Sounds like a great event! We have little machines from HobbyCraft that help us do ours xx
What a super event to attend! We love Hobbycraft too although our nearest one is an overnight ferry journey away!
Hobbycraft is one of my favourite stores! So many fab products xx
Looks like a very fun event! Hobby craft is a brilliant shop 🙂
My little ones love to do arts and crafts so they would have loved this.
My kids love craft. I find it relaxing. Fab post.
When I started reading your post, I thought, “Oh wow, had no idea Hobbycraft did events” then I saw the one you attended was the first one ever 🙂 It looks like fun. I wish there was an event in my local Hobbyraft, it’s a few minutes’ walk from home
Those pom poms are so cute, I never made one before but would love to!
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Oh looks like you had a great time, it does look like a really cool event!
This event looks like so much fun, I used to love making those pom poms when I was younger! xo
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This looks like a fantastic event! It so good to mingle with local bloggers.
I used to love pompom making, may try to make some this Christmas.