Holidays are great for arts and crafts! You can make this colorful Wrapped Pen Craft for your friends, teachers, or parents of your friends. It's easy-to-make and beautiful!

Materials

• ballpoint pen
• embroidery floss

• tape
• pony beads, shells, small feathers, etc. (optional)

Instructions

1.
At the tip of the pen, tape one end of the embroidery floss so that the end of the floss points towards the end of the pen.
2.
Tightly wrap the floss to create 1-inch of the first color. Cut and tape the first color while adding the second color to the tape, as you did at the beginning.
3.
Repeat this process until you have covered the pen completely with your color choices.
4.
Cut and tape the final color leaving about 4-inches of floss at the end. You may need to wrap and knot the final piece to hide the tape (this might take some practice).
5.
Tie on a few other colors of floss to the end piece. Braid and knot.

Tips

• If you chose to bead or decorate your strand, add the beads before the final knot.
• Leave enough floss to bead or braid at the end.