Guide to Make a Unicorn Horn Flower Crown

Due to the fact that who should have to choose between a flower crown and a unicorn horn? Kaia truly wanted to use both for her Birthday, and this is what I ended up with.

When she initially told me she wished to be a unicorn for her Birthday party, I began poking around the Web, trying to figure something out. I was truly dissatisfied with what I discovered. I didn't want her to be overloaded by a big, hot, large costume for her indoor celebration. I desired something she could wear on her own when she wished to play. I didn't want a modeling clay horn hung on with an "invisible" flexible band. These simply don't appear practical to me for a kid. I desired a horn that would go on easily and conveniently, one that was lightweight, was not delicate, and would remain in place well on her head while she cantered around your home wildly, rearing and leaping. Due to the fact that you know that is exactly what is going to happen when you put a unicorn horn on a 4 years of age. (Omygosh, she's almost 4!) I think I really achieved all of these requirements I set myself, and I am really pleased with how the entire thing came together, (and so is she!).

When I made the horn, I was thinking I would experiment a bit, begin figuring things out. Not the most beautiful pictures, but ideally they at least make the process easy to see.

You will require:.

Craft Felt in Various Colours.
Packing.
Sewing Thread and Needle.
Bonus Strong Quilting Thread.
Small 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 the reality that it is, obviously, sparkly, the sparkle felt is rather a bit stiffer. Leave the bottom open.

Cut off excess fabric, and turn right-side-out. Using additional strong quilting thread, cut a long piece, (enough to wrap your spirals,) and knot off the end. Make it a great, huge knot, you don't want it to pull through the felt as soon as there is tension on it. Run the thread out near the suggestion of the horn from within. (Not at the pointer.) Pull it all the way through, so that knot is the only part left within. Things the horn as tightly as you can, I utilized polyfill stuffing. If essential, trim the bottom to even it out.

Begin covering the thread down the horn in a spiral, securely enough to leave a good indent. This will provide your horn a good spiraled shape, and keep the thread from sliding and slipping around on the horn. (This was the part I was most uncertain about. I stressed that the fabric would lot, or that the thread would not be strong enough to pull tightly, or that it would not remain in location. None of those worries came to light, it worked extremely well.) Connect your thread off within, near the bottom of the horn. Place your horn on another piece of matching felt, trace the bottom circle, and cut it out.

Beginning with Website the within, cover stitches around the edges of your felt, sewing the circle to the bottom of the horn, and tie it off. Aim to conceal your knot inside, or a minimum of away from the edge.

I attached it to a good, large, cloth-covered headband that we found at a dollar store. To do so, measure 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 location. Stitch the elastic ends together to form a loop. Stitch the elastic to the bottom of the horn. Make sure to stitch the flexible all the way to the edges of the horn, or the base will pull up at the front and back. Likewise make certain that the joint holding the elastic together gets stitched to the horn, this method it will end up on top of the headband, rather of as an uneasy lump versus your kid's head.

Your unicorn horn is total! Oh, wait ... * ehem * Anyhow, as soon as on the headband, I included a little hot glue under the edges of the horn to assist keep it from wobbling any.

Cut a variety of flowers out of the coloured felt. I've no idea how well hot glue works on wool felt, but it works remarkably on eco felt. For the large yellow flower, I just cut a bunch 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. Ensure to overlap the base of the horn a bit and cover the elastic band. You are the proud new owner of a unicorn horn flower crown!

I had an extremely difficult time keeping her still enough time to take any photos ...

Her rainbow unicorn tail is now complete, too, and I have a full blown unicorn galloping around your house all day. Find that tutorial here. By the way, it would be really easy to stick a couple ears in there amid the flowers. Inning accordance with Kaia, however, she currently has 2 ears and didn't desire anymore. (Do not take a look at me ... she uses a lot of other animal ears, my reasoning does not typically have much result on her, nevertheless.).

Since you know that is what is going to occur when you place a unicorn horn on a 4 year old. When I made the horn, I was thinking I would experiment a bit, start figuring things out. Make sure that the joint holding the flexible together gets stitched to the horn, this method it will end up on top of the headband, instead of as an uncomfortable lump against your child's head.

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