If you are looking for how to make a princess crown out of paper, then look no further.
This paper princess crown is a safe and creative paper craft for kids . No cutting involved here so barely any supervision needed.
Make this DIY paper crown as craft activities for kids at parties or fun school crafts.
It is an especially fun and cool crafts for kids when they get to the decoration stage. Giving them paper crowns to decorate will make them love the project as they have decorated it themselves.
Materials needed to Paper Crown
How To Make a Princess Crown
Take a square paper and lay it flat on a surface
Fold as accurately as possible in half
As shown below, fold the left and right hand sides to me meet in the middle
Fold the tip at the bottom to touch the base of the triangle
Repeat the above step
Repeat one more time. It should look like a yatch.
Create 7 more of these.
Apply some glue to the right side of one and glue to the left side of another piece.
Make sure the sides showing the folds are all one the same side.
Glue all eight pieces together.
Glue the sides of the chain together and form a crown.
Punch out 8 circles using the craft punch.
Stick gems on them and place spikes of the crown.
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We are heading to Oz Comic-Con tomorrow. We had a fun time last year when Emma dressed as Raven from Teen Titans, and after many, many weeks of deliberation, she finally settled on Princess Bubblegum from Adventure Time. Princess Bubblegum (PB for short) is made of bubblegum (hence the pink), and is the ruler of the candy kingdom. Not just a pretty face, Emma likes her because she is a scientist and inventor “She’s really smart mum!”. Ok, I’ve been told.
If you are looking for the Princess Bubblegum Crown instructions scroll down, but first let me tell you about how I put the costume together.
I agreed to make a Princess Bubblegum costume with the thought that I could just buy a pink dress from the op-shop and add a lilac collar and sash, but there were no pink dresses to be found so I had to make one from scratch.
I used a couple of vintage patterns, one for the bodice and another for the puffy sleeves. Neither had a peter pan collar so I drafted that myself. It wasn’t perfect but will a little cajoling, it’s passable.
Fabric shopping was a challenge, Miss Emma is very exacting and the only fabric that matched the colour perfectly was a polyester knit at $20 a meter so I bought just 1.3m in hopes that it would suffice. Luckily it was wide and fairly reversible, so I did some creative cutting and only had a few scraps to spare.
So after much cutting, fiddly zip inserting, sewing and hand stitching, we have one very fancy Princess Bubblegum dress that meets her royal highness’s approval.
What do you think? Did I do a good job? I’m pretty pleased at how it turned out, even though it looks simple it was quite a lot of work, 8-9 hours for the dress alone. The crown was much easier (thank goodness).
If you aren’t a good sewist here are some ready made dresses that would work great for this costume.
Emma was really chuffed and we thought it would be fun to do a photoshoot before Comic-con. Rather than a wig we opted for pink hair spray, I think it looks much cuter and there will be no ‘itchy wig’ complaints tomorrow.
More DIY costume ideas:
How to Make a Princess Bubblegum Crown
You will need:
- paper crown template (I’ll show you how to make one below with A3 paper and pencil)
- Stiff yellow felt – 1 or 2 large sheets (A3 size, the stiffest you can find)
- Blue plastic gem (round)
- 20cm firm elastic
- Scissors
- Craft glue
- Sewing needle and yellow thread (or sewing machine)
- Pegs
How to:
Make Template
1. Fold A3 sheet of paper in half and sketch the shape of the crown on the fold. Use the gem as a guide, the proportions of crown will depend on the wearer.
2. Cut out the template and test on your model. I shortened the height and narrowed the width of the band.
Making the Crown
3. Trace your template onto the felt twice. I adjusted the height so I could just fit 2 on a sheet, if your crown is taller use a second sheet.
4. Cut out the crown shapes from felt.
5. Go ahead and glue on your gem, then leave to dry.
6. Pin on elastic onto the back of one side of the headband, and measure on head to determine the elastic length.
7. Hand or machine sew elastic to secure, and trim any excess elastic.
8. If your felt is stiff enough the crown is ready to wear, but for a sturdier crown I’ve added another layer of felt.
9. Add plenty of glue to second felt piece.
10. Insert and glue to inside of crown matching up the edges.
11. Clip with pegs and allow glue to dry.
That was pretty easy to make and the result looks great!
Are you or your kids Adventure Time fans?
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Based off the Super Smash Brothers Brawl Peach.
A crown made for a Princess Peach costume but can be tailored to any Princess! If you want a crown that will last you for more than a couple of wears as well as look like the real deal then you have come to the right tute!
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You Will Need
Cut a zig-zag shape out of your foam. I made 4 full points and 1 half point (for overlapping). I made mine approximately 8cms tall.
Cut out a long strip of foam and glue it along the bottom of your zig-zags, this will help reinforce the crown so it doesn’t go out of shape.
Paint an undercoat of gold on both sides and let it dry.
Paint a thin layer of PVA glue onto one side of the crown, let semi dry for 5 minutes (just so its tacky). Gently lay a sheet of Gold leaf onto the crown and press lightly with a soft brush. Cover whole crown and let dry for a couple of hours (if you can, overnight).
Once dry use your sponge brush (or cotton wool balls) to buff and smooth the gold leaf and remove any excess. Any cracks wont be too apparent because of the gold paint underneath!
Repeat on other side.
Next the gems! These can be bought at most Art and Craft stores or online! Princess Peach has two different crowns, Her normal one has round gems (red and blue) but I wanted to make the Brawl version which has more Oval gems (pinkey/red and blue). Choose your gems to suit your costume.
I found some really cool jewellery findings for my gems but they were silver so bought some artist quality gold spray paint to change their colour. I then super glued the gems into the findings.
*This step is optional but i wanted mine to look like the original so went that extra mile.*
I printed out the crown and using Transfer paper traced the design onto some thick card. I then cut the stencil out with a tiny craft knife.
Once again this step is *optional*, you can just paint the design on freehand but you get a cleaner finish using an airbrush.
Mix up some dark gold paint (gold + tiny drop of black/brown), I used a ‘flow medium’ to thin out my paint because it helps keep the colour but you can also use water, it just means the water will make it a bit more transparent.
Secure your stencil onto your crown using tape or a weight and airbrush the design on.
After its dry, use some tacky craft glue/glue gun anything strong! and glue your gems in place.
When the gems are dry glue your crown together (putting the half zig-zag at the back) secure with a bulldog clip/paperclip until dry.
I attached ribbon to the crowns base so i could clip it onto my hair, but you could easily attach elastic if you prefer.
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For the Nintendo Princess in all of us
I made this crown for my Halloween costume ( I know, I know, Halloween was several months ago. but Halloween is everyday for me =P ). The dress was a white dress that I dyed pink. The hot pink fabric was added on with a sewing machine, and the turquoise pendant was made with a plastic jewel and gold FIMO clay.
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You Will Need
Take your empty container and draw a four point crown on it. Cut out your crow from the container using scissors or a craft knife.
Use a white base coat to help cover up the logo and paint your crown gold. I did about 4 layers on mine.
Taking the gold clay make a two long strands, or four smaller strands of equal size. (These are for the band around the crown.) Place the crown/container onto your baking pan to help shape the strands. Remove your container/crown before you bake 😉
To make the placings for the jewels, make four equal balls with the gold clay. Take your jewels and push them into the balls to make the placing. Bake all your placings and strands according to the directions on the back of the clay packaging. (Remove the jewels before baking!)
Glue all your pieces together to finish the crown =)
I glued combs (I think that’s what they are called) to the inside of the crown to help it stay in my wig. This is optional.
1 Print out the template.
Print out the any of these Frozen Princess Crown templates on A4 or Letter size cardstock. Choose the plain template if you want to color or paint your own crown.
For more crown template options, print out any of these:
2 Color the template.
Color or paint the crown, including the two long bands. Gold or light blue are great colors for a Princess Elsa crown while pink or lavender are perfect for a Princess Anna crown.
3 Add some sparkle.
Once the paint dries, add sparkle with some glitter glue. Apply dots or lines along the edges of the crown or create patterns and designs on the entire crown.
You can also apply it to entire sections such as the gem at the center of the crown.
Use a paint brush to spread glitter glue on larger sections or onto the entire surface of the crown.
4 Cut out the template.
Once the glitter glue dries, cut out the template pieces.
5 Add some more accents.
You can further decorate your crown with rhinestones, plastic gems, sequins, stickers, ribbons, lace, and other accents.
6 Glue the template pieces together.
Glue one straight band behind the crown template’s left edge. Glue the other band behind the crown’s right edge.
7 Glue the template pieces together.
Glue one straight band behind the crown template’s left edge. Glue the other band behind the crown’s right edge.
8 Wear the crown.
Finally, try on your pretty princess crown. The gold crown looks just like Princess Elsa’s, don’t you think?
A sparkly blue crown will look really nice with a blue Princess Elsa gown!
STEPS
Craft Foam Crown
1 Print out the plain template.
Print out the plain or black & white Frozen Princess Crown template.
For more crown template options, print out any of these:
2 Cut out the template.
Cut out the main crown piece.
3 Make a crown outline on craft foam.
Place the crown template on a sheet of craft foam. The template can be held in place with paper clips or masking tape. Use a pencil to trace the outline of the crown onto the craft foam.
4 Cut out the crown.
Cut out the craft foam crown.
5 Decorate the crown.
Glue a large plastic gem at the center of the crown. Trim the excess foam around the gem. You can further decorate the rest of the crown with a variety of materials such as sequins, rhinestones, foam or fabric shapes, small buttons, stickers, ribbons, lace, washi tape, and other accents.
6 Add straps.
In order to wear the crown, you need to attach a strap or a pair of straps to hold the crown in place around your head.
a.) Ribbons – cut 2 strips of fabric ribbon, each at least 12″ long. Punch a hole each on the right and left edges of the crown. Tie one end of a ribbon around each hole. Tie the loose ends of the ribbons together towards the back as you wear the crown.
b.) Elastic band – cut a strip to about about 10 to 12 inches. Insert the ends of the elastic band through the pair of holes on the crown, knotting each end from the inner side of the crown.
For a more durable crown, you can stitch the ribbons or elastic bands onto the foam crown.