How to Create a Unicorn Horn Flower Crown

Since who should need to decide in between a flower crown and a unicorn horn? Kaia truly wished to use 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 "unnoticeable" flexible band. I wanted a horn that would go on easily and comfortably, one that was lightweight, was not fragile, and would stay in place well on her head while she cantered around the house wildly, rearing and jumping. 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. I didn't expect to be happy with the first thing I twiddled with, so I'm stuck without any photos. I made a paper model in order to do this tutorial. Not the most beautiful pictures, but ideally they at least make the procedure simple to see.

You will need:.

Craft Felt in Numerous Colours.
Packing.
Sewing Thread and Needle.
Bonus 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 the fact that it is, certainly, sparkly, the sparkle felt is quite a bit stiffer. Leave the bottom open.

Make it a great, big knot, you don't want it to pull through the felt as soon as there is stress on it. Run the thread out near the tip of the horn from within. Things the horn as firmly as you can, I used polyfill stuffing.

Start wrapping the thread down the horn in a spiral, securely enough to leave a great indent. Tie your thread off within, 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, cover stitches around the edges of your felt, stitching the circle to the bottom of the horn, and tie it off. Attempt this to conceal your knot inside, or at least far from the edge.

Sew the elastic 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 pull up at the front and back. Make sure that the seam holding the flexible together gets sewn to the horn, this method it will end up on top of the headband, instead of as an unpleasant lump versus your child's head.

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

Hot glue the material leaves down either side of the headband, overlapping a little and alternating instructions. Cut a range of flowers out of the coloured felt. (Idea: Your husband might get slightly irritable if you attempt to do this in bed, stay with reading a book.) I truthfully believe layering has the most significant impact on how good they come out looking. I used hot glue to fix the layers together. I have article actually no concept how well hot glue works on wool felt, however it works remarkably on eco felt. I think the heat actually fuses the layers together to a degree. For the large yellow flower, I just cut a bunch of strips of felt, moved here folded them in half, then tacked them entirely 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 certain to overlap the base of the horn a bit and cover up the flexible band. You are the proud new owner of a unicorn horn flower crown!

I had a really hard time keeping her still long enough to take any photos ...

Her rainbow unicorn tail is now complete, total, and I have a full blown unicorn galloping around the house all home. According to Kaia, however, she already has 2 ears and didn't want any more.

Because you understand 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 way it will end up on top of the headband, instead of as an unpleasant swelling against your kid's head.

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