Sprinkle a little fairydust...

...with a beautiful DIY wand!

Bella and Makenna had fun making fairy wands last weekend.  With a wee bit of supervision and help from me, they were able to complete this project mostly by themselves.  This would be a great activity for a birthday party!

Ingredients:

• Assortment of  A Muse ribbon (sheer and polka dot will give the tightest curls)
• 3" wide tulle ribbon
• 7 to 10 - 1/4" wood dowels (12" long) - we carry these in our store if you are not able to find them locally... give us a call.
• wooden clothespins
• baking sheet
• 1/4" scor-tape
• glitter
• hot glue gun

Directions:

Hold ribbon end in place on wooden dowel with a clothespin.  Wrap ribbon around the dowel until you reach the end.  Hold ribbon in place with another clothespin. {If you run out of clothespins, as we did, an adult can pin the ribbons in place with straight pins.)

 

Place dowels on baking sheet. When you have 7 to 10 dowels with ribbon for each wand, you are ready to bake your ribbons! Have an adult place the baking sheet in the oven on the middle rack. Bake for 20 minutes at 250F.  Remove from oven and let stand for 10 minutes to cool.

Unroll ribbon from wooden dowl.  They should be very curly!

Align ribbon strands to cut them into shorter pieces (approx. 4" of curled ribbon - you should get THREE pieces from each strand).

Cut tulle into 6" strips. Cut 1- 12" strip of A Muse ribbon. 

Combine curly ribbon and tulle.  Use the 12" strip of ribbon to tie up the curls and tulle, pull tight.

{note: we forgot to put in the tulle in this photo and didn't get a photo with the tulle - sorry! So, remember to add the tulle!!}

Wand:

Wrap scor-tape around a wooden dowel in an upwards spiral.  Remove liner tape.  Hold dowel on an angle and pour glitter over exposed adhesive. Be sure to place a piece of paper under your work to catch the excess glitter.

Assembly:

An adult should do this part.  Heat glue gun.  Apply liberal amount of glue to one end of wand.  Place the ribbon bouquet into the hot glue.  {We used the knotted side so the longer ribbons would hang down the wand}.

Voila!

 

You could also make fun hair clips and ties with curly ribbon or use it on a card. 

SUPER fun, right?

Comments

[Jo Ann]

those are so cool!

[Kim]

What a great trick!

Kim @ http://frostmeblog.blogspot.com
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[Lori Barnett]

Great job girls!! Maybe they would look cute on the top of a pencil too :) Linda...did you make one for yourself ;)

[Elena]

Super fun, for sure! I'm going to try these this summer.

[Ann]

Linda, this is gorgeous! What little girl wouldn't want a fairy wand like this?!

[Krystie Lee]

These are super adorable!!! I'm SO making these for gift toppers!

[Kim Brewer]

Beyond cute and simple! I am a girl scout leader of 11 2nd and 3rd graders and they will LOVE THIS! Thank you for sharing!
Kim

[Tina]

How cool, or should I say Hot is this!! LOL thanks so much for sharing!!
Tina

[margot]

Years and years ago I tacked these ribbons onto a turtleneck using a washable glue for my daughter. We used bright colored ribbons on a white turtleneck and they radiated out from the neckline. It was adorable!

[Collette]

Wonderful ! Thank for the 'tutorial'