Here is a simple and easy tutorial on how to make ribbon wands that your kids are sure to love! These are perfect for a princess party or a fun project to make with your kids. These ribbon wands will bring hours of fun any day of the week!
Easy DIY Ribbon Wands
If you’re looking for a simple, affordable, FUN spring craft that your kids will love- this one is for you! I recently made one of these ribbon wands for each of my 4 kids. They literally spent over an hour running around in our backyard playing with them! I love when something so simple is so much fun!
My oldest daughter loved pretending to be Elsa from Frozen and she used the ribbons as make believe snow and ice coming from her hands- she thought it was pretty amazing!
Ribbon wands are super simple to make, and after watching how much fun my kids had with them, I knew this craft was a winner! Here’s a video that walks you through exactly how to make these ribbon wands. As you can see, it’s super simple to do and can be done in about 5 minutes or less.
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How to Make Ribbon Wands
Materials You’ll Need To Make Ribbon Wands:
- Wooden dowels (you can buy a pack of 10 or 12 at Walmart for around $2!)
- Various colorful ribbon (I prefer to use satin ribbon)
- Scissors
- Hot glue
- Matches or a lighter, optional
DIY Ribbon Wands Directions:
- Cut the ribbon to your desired lengths.
- Optional: Burn the edges of the ribbon to keep them from fraying.
- Tie one ribbon at a time to the end of the dowel. Secure it from sliding or coming undone with some hot glue, and let it dry completely.
- Once dry, hand one ribbon wand to each kid and let them run around outside on a pretty spring day!
They are seriously going to have so much fun with their new wands!
I love making simple crafts that my kids can have fun with.
The colors are seriously so fun, and the kids loved them! Even the boys!
How to Make Ribbon Wands
Equipment
- scissors
- Hot glue gun
- Matches or a lighter, optional
Ingredients
- 12 Wood dowels
- Rolls Satin ribbon any color
Instructions
- Cut the ribbon to your desired lengths.
- Optional: Burn the edges of the ribbon to keep them from fraying.
- Tie one ribbon at a time to the end of the dowel. Secure it from sliding or coming undone with some hot glue, and let it dry completely.
- Once dry, hand one ribbon wand to each kid and let them run around outside on a pretty spring day!
Video
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When my kids were little we made a single long strip of narrow cloth that I hemmed on the sides and end. They were about 8 feet long. An older child would love them. They were inspired by some Chinese dancers that we had seen.
I love that idea!
That ribbon wand is awesome. I love it
Thanks! 🙂
I would heat seal the ribbon with a lighter to keep them from unraveling.
What a cute and easy idea!! Little girls would love this! Thanks for sharing.
Nancy
Oh this is amazing! I am grown up and seriously tempted to make myself one.
I saw these on your Facebook page yesterday and promptly made 4 (I had short wooden dowels in the perfect length already thanks to the dollar store). My girls LOVE them and even gave one to a new friend they met yesterday evening! I’m going to have to make more! I think they’d be perfect for goody bags at the fairy themed birthday party my oldest wants to have this summer! 🙂
What a neat idea! Gonna make one for myself… Embrace that little child that lives within 🙂
This is such a cute idea, I bet my daughter would have LOVED this when she was smaller!