Craft: How to Make Ribbon Flower Pens

Attach an artificial sunflower to your pen.

With a few simple craft supplies and only about 30 minutes, you can transform an ordinary pen into a creative "flower pen" with a ribbon stem. A ribbon flower pen makes a great gift for a co-worker or friend who is having a birthday party. It also makes a cute gift for a bridal shower or as a gift for guests at a little girl's tea party.

Things You'll Need

• Ball point pen with a cap (color of your choice)
• Decorative ribbon (1/2-inch width)
• Hot glue gun
• hot glue sticks
• Artificial flower (color and bloom of your choice)
• Scissors

Instructions

1. Plug in your glue gun to an outlet. Follow the glue gun package's instructions for heating the gun. You will want to make sure a glue stick is in the gun. You will heat your gun for about five minutes, but you should not leave the gun unattended.

2. Unroll about 12 inches of decorative ribbon. You will want to select a fabric ribbon that is about a 1/2 inch or less in width.

3. Squeeze a small dot of hot glue on one side of the ball point pen at the base (the non-ink end). Immediately press the end of the ribbon into the glue, and allow to dry.

4. Pull the ribbon tautly and wrap around the pen all the way up to just before the pen cap. You will overlap the ribbon. You may want to add a small amount of glue along the way if needed, but be careful with applying the glue, as it can leave marks on the ribbon that you cannot clean up afterward.

5. Secure the ribbon with a dot of glue just below the pen cap, and snip off any excess ribbon.

6. Pull off the artificial bloom from the stem, or snip it off with a pair of scissors. You want to make sure the underside of the bloom is flat. Also, consider blooms that have a wide base, such as a daisy or peony.

7. Squeeze a dot of glue on the pen base, and immediately place the bloom on top. Press, and allow to dry.

References

• Family Corner: Flower Pens

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish