How to Make a Ribbon Dancing Stick

Hi all! I am so excited to be sharing this fabulous tutorial that shows you how to make a ribbon dancing stick at the Ribbon Retreat! My name is Heather and I blog at Creative Preschool Resources. I like to share lots of printables, crafts and activities for kids, as well as a few indulgences for myself. I’d love for you to come by and follow along!

You and the little ones in your life will love these Ribbon Dancing sticks. Boys, girls, it doesn’t matter, they all love to groove! Once you gather your supplies it should take you 5-10 minutes to complete this fabulous project.

How to Make a Ribbon Dancing Stick
Here’s what you’ll need:

• Wooden dowel – I used 1/4 in dowel from The Ribbon Retreat for one and 1/2 in dowel from Home Depot for the other. Both work great!
• Drill gun ( don’t be afraid )
• Hot glue gun OR sewing machine
• ANY beautiful ribbon from The Ribbon Retreat – I prefer at least 1 1/2 inch width
• Eyelet set ( I purchased from Michael’s)
• Twine

Let’s get started. First drill into your dowel using the drill gun. Go slow and steady and you’ll have no problem. I used a SUPER small drill bit for the smaller dowel and a larger drill bit for the larger dowel. As long as your twine fits through, it’s big enough.

1/4 inch dowel

1/2 inch dowel

Cut your ribbon to desired length, I cut mine to about 5 feet long, and heat seal the ends. Then you have 2 options at this point. You can fold over and sew the ends OR you can fold over and hot glue the ends. Both will work, this is just personal preference. Below, I simply hot glued.

Grab your eyelet pack and READ THE DIRECTIONS. I bought this set at Michael’s.

Here are all of the tools that came in the set.

I started by punching a tiny hole in the doubled ribbon.

I followed the instructions and added an eyelet to the ribbon.

Then I simply used the twine to attach my ribbon to the stick. You could use wire or a metal ring, but I liked the added color from the twine {and the twine really held up}. You could always JAZZ it up by allowing your little one to paint their own wood stick.

Can you see your little one {or better yet, YOURSELF} dancing around the room with one of the fabulous ribbon sticks? My little guy LOVES them and so do my preschool students.

Yeah, the grass is just starting to really get green here in Colorado, but it’s still patchy. I just love Spring and seeing all of the plants come back to life!

I hope you’ll come visit me at Creative Preschool Resources today!

Thank you, Heather, for showing us how to make a ribbon stick!

Heather has such a wonderful blog! If you have kids, you need to check it out. I am always looking for new ideas and activities for my little ones and Creative Preschool Resources is wonderful!

Be sure to check out The Ribbon Retreat’s HUGE ribbon selection for this project by clicking on the link.

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Have a great day! 🙂