Pom Pom Serial Killers
This is my entry for the Dabbled.org Anti-Valentine Craft Contest. I actually read about the contest on another craft blog, and decided that it was something I should try to do. I came up with this idea the next day. It’s a bit morbid, but I was glad to make something fun and creative. Plus, several of my friends now want me to make little Pom Pom Serial Killers for them too. I’ll just have to make some super cute bunnies or something after I’m done with the serial killers.
Click Here to see the full photo of both of the Pom Pom Serial Killers together with their captions.
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Belle Gunness – Pom Pom Serial Killer
This is my little lady. Her name is Belle Gunness (1859 – ?). She would place personal ads in regional newspapers, and when men would come to meet her, she would charm them and then kill them and bury them on her farm. Sounds like a heck of a first date, right?
To make Belle, I used two large poms poms for her body…one white and one black. One white pom pom for her head, and another grayish brown pom pom for her hair. You can’t see it well in these photos, but there is another, smaller pom pom in the same color on the back of her head, which is her bun. Then, I cut up another pom pom in the same color, and glued the loose pom pom stuff around her head to make it look more like a disheveled bun. Her moth is cut out of black foam, and she has googly eyes. Her boa is a chenille pipe cleaner. I used a sharpie on her body to make it look like fur. Since the ink doesn’t get all the way down in the fibers, it leaves a really nice little texture. Her hands are cut from white foam, and her shoes are cut from black foam. Her knife is cut from a stiff piece of gray felt. Her broach is also cut from black foam and gray felt.
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Frederick Bailey Deeming – Pom Pom Serial Killer
Here is the little man. His name is Frederick Bailey Deeming (1853 – 1892). Some people thought he might be Jack the Ripper, but he was actually out of the country at that time. He killed his wives (yep, he was also a polygamist) and buried them under the floor boards. How romantic, huh?
To make Frederick, I used two black pom poms for his body, and one white pom pom for his head. His hat is cut from black and red foam, as well as his side burns, mustache, shoes and pocket with handkerchief. The roses in his hand are small red pom poms on gray felt stems. His knife is also made of gray felt. I used the sharpie (in the same way I used it on Belle) for his hair.
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Tags: Belle Gunness Pom Pom Person, Black Heart Anti Valentines Day Craft Contest, Frederick Bailey Deeming Pom Pom Person, Pom Pom Serial Killers, Serial Killer Pom Pom people
Karen Brown - moderately crafty, crass, funny, finicky, stubborn, somewhat domestic, long-winded, Southern work-at-home mother of two.
These are awesome! I love the tiny little mustache you made. The googly eyes rock, too.
(Here’s a more thoughtful comment and the one I submitted to Dabbled about your project.)
I’ve always been serial-killer-obsessed, so these little guys totally tickled my fancy. The models were thoughtfully chosen, well researched, and faithfully reproduced in pom pom form. Favorite details include the pipe cleaner boa, tiny felt mustache, and infinitesimal pocket handkerchief. Amazing!
These are too rad but the BTK she made for me is even better
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