Guide to Make a Unicorn Horn Flower Crown

Due to the fact that who should need to decide between a flower crown and a unicorn horn? Kaia really wished to use both for her Birthday, and this is exactly what I wound up with.

When she initially informed me she wished to be a unicorn for her Birthday celebration, I began poking around the Web, aiming to figure something out. I was truly disappointed with what I found. I didn't desire her to be overloaded by a huge, hot, large costume for her indoor celebration. When she desired to play, I desired something she might don on her own. I didn't want a modeling clay horn held on with an "undetectable" elastic band. These simply do not seem useful to me for a young child. I wanted a horn that would go on quickly and conveniently, one that was lightweight, was not vulnerable, and would remain in place well on her head while she cantered around your house wildly, rearing and jumping. When you place a unicorn horn on a 4 year old, due to the fact that you know that is exactly what is going to take place. (Omygosh, she's almost 4!) I think I really attained all these standards I set myself, and I am truly delighted with how the whole thing came together, (therefore is she!).

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

You will need:.

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

I used sparkly white craft felt for her horn. Aside from the truth that it is, obviously, sparkly, the shimmer felt is rather a bit stiffer. Leave the bottom open.

Trim off excess fabric, and turn right-side-out. Utilizing extra strong quilting thread, cut a long piece, (enough to wrap your spirals,) and knot off completion. Make it an excellent, big knot, you don't desire it to pull through the felt once there is tension on it. Run the thread out near the idea of the horn from within. (Not at the suggestion.) Pull all of it the way through, so that knot is the only part left within. Stuff the horn as tightly as you can, I utilized polyfill stuffing. If necessary, cut the bottom to even it out.

Begin covering the thread down the horn in a spiral, tightly enough to leave a great indent. This will offer your horn a nice spiraled shape, and keep the thread from slipping and moving around on the horn. (This was the part I was most not sure about. I worried that the material would lot, or that the thread would not be strong enough to pull tightly, or that it would not remain in place. None of those fears emerged, it worked effectively.) 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, cover stitches around the edges of your felt, sewing the circle to the bottom of the horn, and tie it off. Attempt to hide your knot inside, or at least far from the edge.

Stitch the flexible to the bottom of the horn. Take care to stitch the elastic all the way to the edges of the horn, or the base will pull up at the front and back. 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, rather of as an uneasy swelling against your child's head.

Your unicorn horn is total! Oh, wait Find Out More ... * ehem * Anyhow, once on the headband, I added a little hot glue under the edges of the horn to help 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 surprisingly on eco felt. For the big yellow flower, I simply 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 up the elastic band. You are the proud brand-new owner of a unicorn horn flower crown!

I had a really tough time keeping her still enough time to take any images ...

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

Due to the fact that you understand that is exactly what is going to take place when you put 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. Make sure that the seam holding the elastic together gets sewn to the horn, this way it will end up on top of the headband, instead of as an uneasy swelling versus your kid's head.

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