It’s birthday time!!!! Ok, it’s not actually birthday time until Friday but like I said yesterday, I’m celebrating all week! And I’m talking about a few of my favorite P’s: piñatas, peonies and party hats! Today’s DIY accomplishes the latter two, in fact. BAM! I imagine when you see “Flower Crowns” you think of something entirely different, but let me share my version with you. Tall and fancy, colorful painted stripes and a peony to top it all off. Perfection? Oh yes. The garden party has officially gone royal on you.
Let’s get our crown on!
Crown Template (Cut Out and Tape Sides “A” and “B” Together. FYI the template makes a crown 9.5″ tall, it’s a statement, folks!)
Watercolor Paper or Matte Poster Board (I used matte poster board.)
Watercolors
Various Paintbrushes
Water
Double Stick Tape
Hot Glue Gun
Hole Punch (Optional)
Ribbon
Fresh Flowers (I used my favorite, peonies!)
Print and put together your crown template using the A + B guides as marked. Use it to cut out your crown from your watercolor paper or poster board. Get out your paint, brushes and water and start painting stripes of all different widths down the crown. I suggest playing around with your colors on a scrap piece of paper first to see what you like best.
After all your stripes are painted, let them dry completely.
Once dry, place double stick tape on the flap that extends past the crown and form it into it’s crown shape. Pick your perfect flower (or flowers!) and trim the stem very close to the bloom. Hot glue the flower to the crown and let set. Punch a hole in each side of the crown and tie ribbon through each, or simply tape ribbon to the inside of the crown.
Present the crown to it’s lucky recipient…
…and watch ’em rock that crown all night long!
All Photos by Studio DIY
It’s all about birthdays this week, but if that isn’t enough… here’s some more party hats, piñatas and birthday surprises for you. And for a hefty dose of fresh flower DIYs check out the whole Garden Party series!
icing designs says
so pretty kelly!! ♥ the crowns!!!
Brittni says
Love your version of a flower crown Kelly. Makes me smile.
Kelsey says
So cute! Hooray for summer birthdays 🙂
Joelle says
So cute! I can’t figure out how you got it to stay on your head though 😉
Kelly says
Thanks Joelle! I taped ribbon to both sides of the crown and tied in on my head that way (hiding the ribbon under my hair)!
Kelly
Nicole Underwood says
Crowns + Peonies = pretty much my two favorite things in life!! These are so fun! Totally making some this summer with the kiddos 🙂
Terrie says
What a fun crown! Love the flower addition. Great pictures!
Confeti en los bolsillos says
Me encanta esta idea!! Es muy original y divertida y genial para un cumpleaños, una despedida de soltera…
Me la apunto
Confeti en los bolsillos
Brooke says
Happy birthday! I love the watercolors. It’s definitely going to be a great birthday 😉
Kerry says
Awesome!! My mom is having a birthday party for herself this summer & I want to do somethings to surprise her. This would be great 🙂
Despedidas Soltera Sevilla says
I shared this in my spahish blog, it was so helpful ..sry for my english
Aquí tenéis algunas buenas ideas para coronas de fiestas de despedidas de soltera. Nosotros en nuestra agencia de Sevilla ya las estámos utilizando para dar un toque original y divertido a nuestras despedidas.
Carlos says
Muy originales y bonitos, gracias.
Manu says
Muy buenas ideas. Gracias por la aportacion
Diseño Web says
thanks very good
Clínica Gallardo Dental Los Palacios says
I like it very much, thank you for sharing such useful information.