My sweet little lady who loves all things pink and girlie turned 3, so we celebrated with a little Pinkalicious-inspired birthday party. Lots of cupcakes and lots of pink (which also means lots of pink cupcakes).
I used the “Cupcakes” invitation from Mindy Windy and made these little adorable (and rather simple) Pinkalicious ribbon wands as the favor. Here are the steps to the wand:
Need: dowels, glitter cardstock, ribbon and a glue gun.
1. Cut out the stars (I wanted to use a shape punch, but couldn’t find one at my local Michaels, so I just downloaded a star from the web, traced and cut by hand). I used a front and a back star, so 2 stars per wand.
2. Cut the ribbons. I used 3 types of ribbon per wand, and used the length of the dowel as a measurement. You’ll be tying the ribbon, so make them double length.
3. Glue the dowels to the inside of one of the stars (glitter side shows face out, natch).
4. Tie the ribbon loosely onto the dowel, get it positioned where you want it (right at the base of the star) and then squeeze some hot glue down into the knot and then tighten.
5. Time to glue on the other side to the star. Trace the star that already has the dowel glued to it in glue and put a dollop over the dowel in the center too. (You’ve got to work quickly!) Line up the star, sandwich the dowel and seal all the way around. You can trim up the stars if necessary after this step if your placement isn’t perfect in the gluing. 
*I found it worked best for me to complete each step for all the wands at once rather than making them one at a time.
