This week I am posting some ideas to make birthdays even more special. First up, a Birthday Crown! These crowns are everywhere! This one is very simple and can be embellished any way you like!
Iron interfacing to the back of the piece of felt you want for the outside color. I only had a lightweight interfacing----it works, but I might try a medium weight next time.
Trace crown onto the outside piece of felt with a disappearing fabric marker. This is the stitching line ---do not cut out.
Place the two pieces of felt together and stitch all the way around the crown outline-------making sure to slip in a piece of 1" wide elastic at the back. You could easily make a casing for the elastic if you want it to have a more finished look. My piece of elastic ended up being 10" long and I placed 1" in the seam on each side. Measure a child's head to get the measurement you need. Also stitch around the number.
Cut out the crown close to the stitching line, being careful not to clip the elastic.
The number on the front is a reverse applique. Make a small slit in the top layer (be careful to only cut through the top layer) and then trim close to the stitching all the way around the inside of the number.
Ta Da!
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perfect i have a child with a birthday at the end of this week! thank you!
That is too cute!
shut up! that’s the cutest and easiest crown i’ve seen and i have a princess turning 4 in a few weeks that i’m totally making one for! awesome!
I’m making a felt crown, right now! I started it last night, it’s based on Amanda Soule’s crown in The Creative Family.
Thank you, Thank you! My daughter is turning 5 and I wanted to give her something special and handmade for her to celebrate with! Love your site and all of the great ideas and tutorials you put up for kids!
Dang, this is adorable!
This is so cute! Thanks for the great idea; my niece’s birthday is next month!
I love this idea! I’m going to make them for my nursery kids!
Very cute idea – love it.
I’ve been giving dress-up clothes for birthday presents lately and these crowns will be a great addition! Thanks for sharing!
I love it. I think I will make one without the number and have it as the family birthday crown. Very cool
That birthday crown is too cute! We made the mardi gras masks and king cake from your earlier posts and had so much fun! Thanks.
You totally read my mind, how did you know my son has his 1st birthday party on Saturday and I neglected to get him a special hat, plus I have a bunch of leftover felt that I didn’t have a project for yet! Thank you so much!!
Fun crown! My youngest ones would love it! Just posted a fun birthday countdown calendar on my blog yesterday, they would be so fun together!
What an AWESOME idea! My daughter would love one of these as a princess crown. She would want to wear it every day, not just on her birthday
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Super cute! I think it might be easy enough for even me to make!
That hat is adorable but your model is the cutest! Thanks for the how-to, I’ll be linking.
I needed a crown birthday hat last weekend (it the only request from the BDay boy)! This would have been perfect! I will most certainly be making some of these. Possibly even today! Love it!
Rebecca
rootsandwingsco.blogspot.com
AWESOME And Just in Time!!! Thanks so much, this is great, I hope our model looks just as cute!!!
wonderful. thanks.
the perfect headdress for my daughter’s birthday.
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doro.
How darling!!! I don’t know which to do???
Shannon
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SO cute!!! Thank you for this great idea.
Anja
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You can also use the pattern on Foam, it worked GREAT for my 1yr old’s 1st Birthday
Anyone have any ideas if you have 4 kiddos and they all want to wear the crown but are all different ages?? I was just thinking about making one or two and they can share it but I don’t know/can’t think of what to put on the front?
Thanks