Guide to Make a Unicorn Horn Flower Crown

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

When she first informed me she wished to be a unicorn for her Birthday party, I began poking around the Web, attempting to figure something out. I was actually disappointed with exactly what I found. I didn't desire her to be overloaded by a huge, hot, bulky outfit for her indoor party. When she wanted to play, I desired something she could wear on her own. I didn't want a modeling clay horn hung on with an "invisible" flexible band. These simply don't seem practical to me for a young kid. I desired a horn that would go on quickly and comfortably, one that was light-weight, was not fragile, and would stay in location well on her head while she cantered around your house hugely, rearing and leaping. When you put a unicorn horn on a 4 year old, since you know that is what is going to occur. (Omygosh, she's nearly four!) I think I in fact achieved all these standards I set myself, and I am truly delighted with how the whole 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 images, but ideally they at least make the procedure easy to see.

You will require:.

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

I used sparkly white craft understandinged of her horn. Aside from the fact that it is, undoubtedly, sparkly, the sparkle felt is a fair bit stiffer. Cut out a slim triangle and fold it in half lengthwise, ideal sides together. Sew up the open long side, marked with sharpy in the following photos. Leave the bottom open. (That triangle was expected to be relatively in proportion. The genuine thing was, I swear. Pretend that it is relatively in proportion, fine? Thanks.).

Trim off excess fabric, and turn right-side-out. Utilizing 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 do not want it to pull through the felt when there is stress on it. Run the thread out near the tip of the horn from inside. (Not at the idea.) Pull all of it the method through, so that knot is the only part left inside. Stuff the horn as firmly as you can, I utilized polyfill stuffing. If needed, cut 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 give your horn a good spiraled shape, and keep the thread from slipping and moving around on the horn. (This was the part I was most unsure about. I fretted that the fabric would bunch, or that the thread would not be strong enough to pull firmly, or that it would not remain in location. None of those fears came to light, it worked extremely well.) Connect your thread off within, near the bottom of the horn. Position your horn on another piece of matching felt, trace the bottom circle, and cut it out.

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

Stitch the elastic to the bottom of the horn. Take care to stitch the flexible all the way to the edges of the horn, or the base will pull up at the front and back. Make sure that the seam find holding the elastic together gets stitched to the horn, this way it will end up on top of the headband, instead of as an unpleasant lump against your child's head.

Your unicorn horn is total! Oh, wait ... * ehem * Anyhow, when on the headband, I added 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 have actually no concept how well hot glue works on wool felt, however it works remarkably on eco felt. For the large yellow flower, I simply 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 certain to overlap the base of the horn a bit and cover the elastic band. You are the happy new owner of a unicorn horn flower crown!

I had an extremely tough time keeping her still long enough to take any images ...

Her rainbow unicorn tail is now total, this explanation too, and I have a full blown unicorn galloping around the home all the time. Find that tutorial here. By the method, it would be really simple to stick a couple ears in there amid the flowers. Inning accordance with Kaia, nevertheless, she already has 2 ears and didn't want any more. (Do not look at me ... she uses plenty of other animal ears, my reasoning does seldom have much effect on her, nevertheless.).

Because you understand that is what is going to take place when you put a unicorn horn on a 4 year old. When I made the horn, I was thinking I would experiment a bit, begin figuring things out. Make sure that the seam holding the flexible together gets sewn to the horn, this way it will end up on top of the headband, rather of as an uncomfortable 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 brand-new owner of a unicorn horn flower crown!