Pompom problems. Help!

[Solasum]

We tried to make Easter Egg shaped pom-poms, but something has gone wrong.

Please can someone interpret the instructions for me, as I don’t get it.

this shows for a round one but maybe it will help for an egg shaped one

Have you cut 2 egg shapes out of cardboard to wrap the wool round? Once its wrapped you snip round the outside edge and then use wool between the 2 bits of card to secure the middle of the pompom before removing the card. Then trim pompom to shape it

The kit comes with two cardboard egg shapes without a centre with a foam centre bit today which a ribbon attaches.

In the picture it looks as if you make a foam egg ‘sandwich’ then wrap the wool around all three. But this doesn’t make an egg shaped Pom Pom, and the way I did it you end up with the foam egg shape and ribbon and then separately a Pom Pom.

Maybe cut the centre out of the cardboard bits because the picture shows holes in the centre of all the pieces

Are the using the foam to act like the securing bit of wool maybe? So make a sandwich with the 3 pieces but cut the inner bit out of the cardboard pieces. Wrap wool, snip round the outer edges, remove cardboard pieces and fan the pompom shape round the remaining foam piece in the middle?

I think what you'd have to do is wrap and cut as a normal pompon then insert the foam shape in the middle, tie around so that the wool is being tied against the foam shape - then remove the cardboard? Does that make sense? You need a shape in the centre otherwise as soon as you tie around the cut bits, they will squash together into a circle

@dementedpixie. The cardboard bits already have holes in. What you describe is what I tried to do, except the problem is that once you have snipped round the edges the wool isn’t attached in any way to the foam egg?

@WoollyFoolly maybe it is my thing that is the problem? I just tied around the middle between the eggs like I think it showed in the instructions (can you see the photo I uploaded), but maybe that isn’t right?

My tying*

I cant make sense of those instructions tbh. Maybe try the video one but using the egg shapes

Looks like the foam stays after you've taken the cardboard ovals out. Are you tying the strand that holds it all together tightly enough? It does look like the foam oval is made to be seen around the middle