An apparatus and method for dispensing non-adhesive tape to an article. The apparatus comprises a spool having the non-adhesive tape wound therearound and having a spool bore therethrough. The spool bore is adapted to rotatably receive a support member therein. The apparatus further includes a casing having an interior cavity sized to resistively and rotatably receive the spool therein and a dispenser portion located in the casing for dispensing the non-adhesive tape therethrough. The apparatus may further comprise a finger hub rotatably receivable within the spool bore. The method comprises securing a free end of the non-adhesive tape to the article through a dispenser portion of the casing and rotating the casing around the article with the dispenser portion maintained in radial alignment with the article so as to draw the non-adhesive tape though the dispensing portion and thereby to rotate the spool within the casing.