• Cut a piece off of your pipe cleaner to use as arms - about 2 inches
• Cut a piece of colorful thread - about three ft. to use as hair
• Wrap the thread around your fingers - or an oblong object to make a long loop of floss
• With your long piece of pipe cleaner, center it around the thread loop.
• Twist the pipe cleaner around the thread to secure it
• Pull the pipe cleaner with the thread through the wooden bead.
• Cut the center of the loop to let the hair flow down.
• Wrap the smaller piece of pipe cleaner just under the wooden bead and twist to secure it to make the arms

Tail

• Turn the cupcake wrapper upside down
• Push the long pipe cleaner through the center of the cupcake wrapper
• Pull it down through the wrapper to make legs, leaving some above the wrapper for the mermaid's body
• Matching up the scallops, fold the cupcake wrapper in half and shape it into a tail
• Using glue, secure the pipe cleaner to the tip of the Cupcake Wrapper, where the body meets the tail.

Face

• Use the Sharpies to draw eyes, a smile, and little rosy cheeks on the bead to make the mermaid's face