How to make a crown by hand - easy workshops and photo ideas for boys and girls

Many admire the atmosphere of the royal eras, when the most important attribute of the rulers of those times was a golden crown, which had many gems and placers of precious stones.

Historically, the crown was a symbol of power, wealth and luxury. Nowadays, the crown is an indispensable part of carnival and stage costumes, without which you cannot do at school, corporate and themed events, where you can feel the atmosphere of the holiday.

A crown can often come in handy for the Halloween holiday, when everyone reincarnates into an interesting character or personality, using all sorts of improvised materials to convey their image in as much detail as possible.

Easy master class of a royal crown from cardboard

Cardboard is the most frequently used element when creating costumes and decorations for all kinds of events and performances.

To create a crown, it is better to give preference to cardboard with a shiny or shiny surface, so as not to spend money on glitter or glitter.

There is a wide selection of glittery kind of cardboard in stores: silver, gold, colored with glitter. You can choose a suitable color that will be in harmony with the main costume.

An important criterion is that the cardboard should be thick enough to be firmly on the head and attached to the additional accessories.

First of all, you will need a template. They are available in plenty in the article below, but you can try to create such a template from your idea, which will fit a particular costume.

The template that you choose can be adjusted to the right size, width and length in a graphic editor and printed on a printer. If you have sketching skills, you can manually redraw the template from the monitor.

The size of the template is chosen based on the circumference of the child's head. For an average child of 10-12 years old, the length of the crown between the outermost points is 20 cm. The highest point at the top of the crown can reach about 10 cm:

1. The cut-out template is placed on the back of the prepared sheet of cardboard and traced around the edges with a hard, simple pencil. The resulting pattern should be carefully cut out along the contour. The main part of the crown is ready.
2. Next, it is necessary to provide how the crown will be attached to the head: with the usual hairpins, a headband or an elastic band. Depending on the type of fastening you need a certain way to master the base of the crown. The best way to fix the crown is an elastic band. By fixing it at the edges of the base of the crown, you can firmly and conveniently fix the elastic band on the chin.
3. The final part of the master class is to decorate the resulting product. On the crowns of kings and queens, as a rule, you can see a large number of precious kings. You will need beautiful beads, beads and other decorative stones, which are in the casket, for decorating. You need to arrange them beautifully on the outside of the crown. Be sure to highlight the most beautiful pebbles on top of the crown, which are visible in the first place.

Crown for a boy origami technique

The crown, which will be made in this master class, something like the crown of the main character from the book "The Little Prince". It looks simple, concise and perfectly complement the image of a prince for any boy on a festive matinee, in addition it is very easy to do.

To make such a crown you need only 2 sheets of A4 paper:

1. Focusing on the photos of the master class, to begin with we bend the sheet so as to form a triangle. The whole sheet after this action will look like a rectangular trapezoid.
2. 2.Untouched vertical rectangle is bent to the previously formed triangle and trimmed, as it is no longer needed. The remaining triangle to expand into a square. Then it is folded in half and cut in half again.
3. Cut off parts also need to cut in half, forming 4 equal parts of the square. With the second sheet of exactly the same steps. As a result we have 8 pieces, which need to work individually.
4. Squares are added to the triangles, exactly bent, so that when unbending was visible a clear fold line. The line of folds first one piece of paper, then the other so that the bottom was a triangle.
5. The resulting bottom triangle is bent with 2 -yu bent above the sides, then further bent again to form a thin trapezoid. The resulting part is bent along the middle line of the fold so that it was concave, and the base as it formed an arc. These steps are done with all parts.

Then the resulting components of the crown are connected to each other, forming a strong rim of the crown. To keep them even tighter, you need to fix them at once with glue.

Foamirana crown

Foamiran is a durable material, or eco-leather in other words. This material is convenient when making crafts, and also shines beautifully in the light.

A crown made of foamiran is perfect for girls and will harmoniously complement the delicate dresses for a children's matinee or themed photo shoots. The principle of foaming is similar to cardboard:

1. To begin with, a stencil is prepared from a loose paper, the contour of which is then transferred to the main material.
2. The resulting cut-out of foamir is attached to a simple headband for easy attachment to the head. The surface of this material itself sparkles, but if you want to make the shine quite dazzling, you can add glitter and sequins with gems.

The resulting glittering crown will make any girl a princess and certainly will not leave her holiday costume without the attention of her peers.

Mini crown made of felt

A mini crown can also be a highlight of a fairy-tale image. Felt is not a very stable material, but by firmly stapling it in a certain order on a hairpin, the mini-crown will be very stable on the head.

It is better to choose a felt fabric with sequins:

1. After outlining the crown stencil on the felt, the resulting figure must be cut out. On the edges of the base of the crown, special holes and notches are made, designed for its easy fixation.
2. The crown is joined together to form a ring, and its base is attached vertically to the felt circle cut out with hot glue.
3. The felt construction is attached to a wide and sturdy hairpin. The resulting product can be supplemented with beautiful ribbons and bows by gluing them to the felt material with hot glue.

A crown of wire and beads

To make such a crown, you will need a headband as the base of the whole structure, some long sticks of wire, which are easy to bend, and a lot of all kinds of beads, which you cannot do without when decorating the crown:

• To begin with, many beads or large beads are put on the sticks of wire in turn. It is necessary to alternate them in such a combination that it is then possible to bend and bow the wire without hindrance.
• To create the outline of the crown, it is necessary to choose a reference. Let it be a classic little 3-pointed crown.
• It is not necessary to place it on the surface of the whole rim, a small crown on the side of the rim will look very nice and sophisticated. From the wire, on which a lot of beads are put, form a 3-end crown.
• This leaves an empty space inside, which can be twisted with the same wire on which the beads are strung.

Leaf crown for the fall holiday

A crown of fallen autumn leaves is a very interesting idea that is not only very creative, but also easy to create. Such a crown is suitable for scenes in children's matinees on autumn themes. It is also indispensable for themed autumn photo shoots in a square, park, autumn forest and other picturesque places.

To create it you need a long strong wire, which is easy to bend. To begin from the wire it is necessary to form a rim with holes and curls, in which it is possible to place leaves.

Its size must fully correspond to the circumference of the child's head and in no case should not squeeze it, so it does not feel uncomfortable, but it is also important that the rim does not fall off the head and sits snugly on it.

In the curls made and the holes when weaving the headband leaves are inserted and fixed with glue. Wire can be perfectly any width. Autumn crown ready.

Crown of satin ribbons

Beautiful satin ribbons are an indispensable attribute of a delicate spring image for a children's matinee and any other holiday.

It is made on the same principle as the autumn crown of leaves, but you should already make a choice in favor of a more refined and beautifully shining wire. It must be elegantly woven, just leaving curls and places to fix the decor. If the wearing of the crown is planned only for one holiday, you can use fresh flowers.

If the crown is planned to be used for a long time, you can use artificial flowers when decorating.

Photo ideas of homemade crowns for girls and boys