Younger children love these pens too, but it requires hot glue to make them. They’re nice gifts for babysitters or older siblings to give to younger ones.

Materials:

Regular pen with no handle or fancy bits to it (it needs to be a basic pen so you can wrap the ribbon around it)

Ribbon in a favorite color or pattern (about 2 feet… though the wider the ribbon the less you’ll need)

Feathers to get a really poofy pen (preferably an old feather boa; just snip off a couple of inch long pieces of it.) You can find these at craft stores, costume stores and sometimes even the dollar store. They’re also fairly common at garage sales (old halloween costumes). A brand new one from the craft store costs about $8 and will give enough pieces for about 15 pens.

You can also use a few plain feathers… just keep adding them until you’re happy with the look (about 5 or 6 feathers is nice)

Hot glue gun

Scissors

A friend (an adult could do it solo)

Directions:

This project is best done with a friend — one does the glue and the other does the wrapping.

Put a dab of hot glue at the end of the pen and attach your ribbon at an angle.

Wrap the ribbon around the pen once.

Put another dab of hot glue on the pen and wrap again.

Continue dabbing and wrapping until the pen is covered in ribbon

Snip off the ribbon.

Put a bit of extra glue and use a popsicle stick or the back of another pen to secure the ribbon really well.

Put a dab of glue at the end of the pen and attach a feather or a feather boa piece.

Flip the pen over and attach another feather boa pin (or another feather).

If using feathers, continue to rotate the pen and glue feathers on until the end is covered on fluffy (4 to 6 feathers)

Watch The Video

Let’s Make a Feather Quill Pen

Making A Quill Pen