How to Make a Wooden Ribbon Holder

Organize all your spools of ribbon in one convenient place.

You can use ribbon for a number of different projects around your home -- from decorating your Christmas tree, to decorating gift packages, to using it as a hair accessory. Unfortunately, ribbon can also easily unravel, tangle and make a mess. To keep all your ribbon in one place -- and most importantly, organized -- make a wooden ribbon holder. With ribbon handles on both sides of the holder, you can hang the ribbon organizer anywhere you'd like.

Things You'll Need

• 1/4-inch wooden dowels,16 inches long
• Measuring tape
• Pencil
• Drill bit size #36
• Drill
• 2 grosgrain ribbons, 25 inches long
• Spools of ribbon

Instructions

1. Lay your 1/4-inch wooden dowel onto a flat surface.

2. Measure 1 inch from each end with your measuring tape; place a pencil mark at the 1-inch marks.

3. Insert a #36 size drill bit onto your hand drill. Drill a hole through the dowel at each pencil mark. Using a larger drill bit will not properly hold the ribbon handles, and can snap the dowels as well.

4. Fold both ribbons in half. Tie the folded end of each ribbon into a knot. Slip the unknotted end of one of the ribbons through one of the holes.

5. Slide all of your spools onto the dowels.

6. Slip the unknotted end of the second ribbon through the other hole. Tie the ends of each of the ribbons into a bow.

7. Hang the ribbon holder wherever you typically keep your ribbons.

Tips & Warnings

• You can use a drill bit smaller than #36, but do not use a bit smaller than #52. Bits smaller that #52 (1/16-inch) will make it difficult to pull the ribbon through the holes.

References

• The Fun Times Guide, Stamping and Scrapbooking: DIY Ribbon Organizers You Can Make Yourself (...Plus One You Can Buy)