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# Crafty Tomodachi Life Players Are Making DIY Styluses
- URL: https://aftermath.site/crafty-tomodachi-life-players-are-making-diy-styluses/
- Published: 2026-05-01T14:00:13.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-04T18:45:01.000Z
- Description: Nintendo 3DS styluses don't work on the Nintendo Switch 2.
- Author: Nicole Carpenter
- Tags: Video Games, nintendo, tomodachi life

The Nintendo Switch 2 has a touchscreen, but it doesn't come with a stylus. That's a problem if you're looking to customize stuff in *Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream*. The game lets you draw on basically anything. You can make food, signs, different faces, and clothes—and if you're going to make [a big titty beauty in *Tomodachi Life*](https://www.tiktok.com/@felinequeenie/video/7629754850917584142?ref=aftermath.site), it's *very* annoying to use your fingers to draw precise cleavage around your pink bikini top, or to make anything else. That's why *Tomodachi Life* players are getting crafty and [making DIY styluses out of Q-tips and foil](https://www.tiktok.com/@felinequeenie/video/7629754850917584142?ref=aftermath.site).

Here's what I've learned from TikTok:

1. Grab a Q-tip.
2. Grab some foil.
3. Wrap the Q-tip in the foil, leaving the cotton tip out.
4. Lick the Q-tip head to create a *tiny* bit of moisture. (This is key, or else it won't register. Something about conductive surfaces.)

If you are fancy, [you can pop that Q-tip into an emptied out pen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RKJmmOA4k8&ref=aftermath.site), though you still have to wrap it in foil, though. You're going to need to keep licking the top of the Q-tip (or run it very quickly under water, but be careful not to soak it) for a hot second to keep it a little moist.

> [@felinequeenie](https://www.tiktok.com/@felinequeenie?refer=embed&ref=aftermath.site "@felinequeenie") 
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> [♬ MII MAKER (TOMODACHI LIFE) - Kunai](https://www.tiktok.com/music/MII-MAKER-TOMODACHI-LIFE-7586803816781514769?refer=embed&ref=aftermath.site "♬ MII MAKER (TOMODACHI LIFE) - Kunai") 

There are other methods, too. You can use a small piece of a chip bag taped to the eraser of a pencil. [According to *Tomodachi Life* player OhhMyKawaii](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RKJmmOA4k8&ref=aftermath.site), your hand has to be touching the chip bag or else it won't work, again because of the conductive surface. The Q-tip is essentially a soft bit that theoretically won't scratch your screen, and the foil or chip bag is used to conduct electricity. The moisture helps create connection between the cotton and the foil, [according to a DIY stylus maker](https://www.instructables.com/DIY-Capacitive-Stylus/?ref=aftermath.site).

You might be thinking, why can't I use the stylus from my Nintendo 3DS? I don't know! [Reddit user CreekTerrarium ](https://www.reddit.com/r/tomodachilife/comments/1su9sn5/the%5Fstylus%5Fproblem%5Fwhat%5Fworks%5Fwhat%5Fdoesnt%5Fand/?ref=aftermath.site)explains that the Nintendo 3DS has a resistive touchscreen instead of a capacitive one. A resistive touchscreen works when it detects pressure between the screen and the plastic stylus. The Nintendo Switch 2 has a capacitive touchscreen, like a lot of new technology. It requires an electric charge to detect a stylus. Styluses that work for capacitive touchscreens [must be rubber or some other material](https://www.reddit.com/r/tomodachilife/comments/1su9sn5/the%5Fstylus%5Fproblem%5Fwhat%5Fworks%5Fwhat%5Fdoesnt%5Fand/?ref=aftermath.site) (or your finger) to create electricity. CreekTerrarium warned away from Apple Pencils.

You could always buy a stylus, too, but who doesn't love a little craft?