Weddingbee Blog

It was a mad crafting weekend at the Fro Yo house. I gathered dowels, ribbons, scissors and glue guns and I was off and running. Mr. Fro Yo even got in on the fun and helped me cut some ribbon, though he refused to attach them to the dowels.

I’m a little worried that my ribbon wands look like a kindergartner’s craft project, but to be honest I don’t even care that much. I’m proud of how they turned out and I think they’ll look super cute as our guests are waving them for the send off. And best of all, this project cost me a whopping $5. OK, so I’ve only made about 1/3 of what I need to make, so the price will increase to about $15 for the entire project, but that’s not bad at all, and much less than I would have spent had I outsourced this little project of mine.

So, are you ready to see them?

Would you wave them for the send off?

For those of you interested in how I did this, it was super simple.

I cut ribbon to the length I thought they should be. There was no measuring; I just eyeballed it (like Rachael Ray would say).

Then, I tied the ribbon around the end of the dowel, but before tying it all the way on, I squeezed a little glue right underneath where they would lay.

I tried it without the glue first, and the ribbon slipped right off. I envisioned our guests waving the wands madly as we ran through, and ribbons falling off the ends of it, which would not make for very good pictures.

Then, I did a double knot and placed them in their container to dry. That’s it!

Are you making ribbon wands? What’s your advice for the next set I make?