Steps to Create a Unicorn Horn Flower Crown

Because who should need to decide between a flower crown and a unicorn horn? Kaia truly wanted to wear both for her Birthday, and this is exactly what I ended up with.

I didn't want a modeling clay horn held on with an "invisible" flexible band. I desired a horn that would go on easily and conveniently, one that was light-weight, was not delicate, and would remain in place well on her head while she cantered around the house extremely, rearing and jumping. Since you understand that is what is going to occur when you position a unicorn horn on a 4 year old.

When I made the horn, I was believing I would experiment a bit, begin figuring things out. Not the prettiest photos, however ideally they at least make the procedure easy to see.

You will require:.

Craft Felt in Various Colours.
Stuffing.
Sewing Thread and Needle.
Additional Strong Quilting Thread.
Little Length of Elastic.
Headband.
Hot glue.
Scissors.
Plastic Gems.
Material Leaves (Or Make Felt Leaves).

I used sparkly white craft felt for her horn. Aside from that it is, certainly, sparkly, the shimmer felt is rather a bit stiffer. Cut out a skinny triangle and fold it in half lengthwise, best sides together. Finish the open long side, marked with sharpy in the following images. Leave the bottom open. (That triangle was supposed to be fairly symmetrical. The real thing was, I swear. Pretend that it is fairly balanced, fine? Thanks.).

Cut off excess material, and turn right-side-out. Utilizing additional strong quilting thread, cut a long piece, (enough to cover your spirals,) and knot off the end. Make it a good, big knot, you don't want it to pull through the felt when there is tension on it. Run the thread out near the idea of the horn from within. (Not at the idea.) Pull all of it the method through, so that knot is the only part left within. Stuff the horn as firmly as you can, I used polyfill stuffing. Trim the bottom to even it out if necessary.

Start covering the thread down the horn in a spiral, firmly enough to leave a great indent. This will offer your horn a great spiraled shape, and keep the thread from slipping and sliding around on the horn. (This was the part I was most not sure about. I fretted that the fabric would bunch, or that the thread would not be strong enough to pull tightly, or that it would not stay in location. None of those worries emerged, it worked really well.) Connect your thread off inside, near the bottom of the horn. Put your horn on another piece of matching felt, trace the bottom circle, and cut it out.

Beginning with the inside, wrap stitches around the edges of your felt, sewing the circle to the bottom of the horn, and connect it off. Aim to hide your knot inside, or at least away from the edge.

I connected it to a great, large, cloth-covered headband that we found at a dollar store. To do so, determine a piece of flexible around the center of the headband to obtain your length, then make it a bit smaller so that it will stretch snugly into place. Stitch the flexible ends together to form a loop. Sew the flexible to the bottom of the horn. Take care to sew the flexible all the method to the edges of the horn, or the base will bring up at the front and back. Make sure that the seam holding the elastic together gets sewn to the horn, this method it will end up on top of the headband, rather of as an uneasy swelling versus your kid's head.

Your unicorn horn is complete! Oh, wait ... * ehem * Anyhow, when on the headband, I added Visit Website a little hot glue under the edges of the horn to assist keep it from wobbling any.

Cut a range of flowers out of the coloured felt. I have actually no concept how well hot glue works on wool felt, but it works exceptionally on eco felt. For the large yellow flower, I merely cut a lot of strips of felt, folded them in half, then tacked them all together by their ends with a little thread.

Hot glue the flowers all over the headband, then hot glue the plastic gems to the centers. Make sure to overlap the base of the horn a bit and conceal the rubber band. You are the happy brand-new owner of a unicorn horn flower this company crown!

I had a very tough time keeping her still long enough to take any photos ...

Her rainbow unicorn tail is now complete, too, and I have a have actually blown unicorn galloping around the house all home. According to Kaia, however, she currently has two ears and didn't want any more.

Due to the fact that you know that is exactly what is going to happen when you put a unicorn horn on a 4 year old. When I made the horn, I was believing I would experiment a bit, start figuring things out. Make sure that the joint holding the flexible together gets sewn to the horn, this method it will end up on top of the headband, rather of as an uncomfortable swelling versus your child's head.

Make sure to overlap the base of the horn a bit and cover up the flexible band. You are the happy new owner of a unicorn horn flower crown!