This crown was part of a dancing costume for me. Because my crown was quite large I had to use alligator clips to attach the headband to my hair to so that it didn’t fall off. This was a little tricky because the headband I bought was wrapped with black fabric but I still managed. I punctured the crown all the way through in slits big enough for the headband to then be fed through. Personally I wouldn’t have worn the crown straight on my head anyway so it worked for me. I didn’t want to have to cut through too much of the foam so I chose the gaps but this did mean that the crown sat a little off centre of the headband. To attach the crown to a headband, I took a craft knife and cut through the foam at the bottom of the crown in the gaps between the sides on either side. You can’t tell that they are slightly different sizes. The pack I got from Spotlight only had two of every size so I used the biggest two on either side of the heart at the top and then two medium size ones of either side of the side strips and the next closest in size on the other two opposite side strips. Once the paint is dry hot glue hot your red heart gem stones wherever you want them. I then painted black strips down the side and the heart on top red of course but feel free to paint however you see fit. Yellow foam might have been easier to cover with gold paint though. It was in my colour scheme anyway so I didn’t worry about it too much. Although I didn’t mind the effect that the red peaking out had. I needed a few coats to fully cover the red foam underneath. Then snip off the pointy bit of the hearts so that it sits better and glue that on top of the smallest circle. Glue all your smaller circles one on top of each other on the top of your crown. Then press it down in the middle to get the desired shape and glue the strips to the side of the circle to get that heart shaped bend in the side strips. Take your largest circles and glue it in the middle on the top. Then the other two opposites over the top of the first two. Join the two opposite side strips together at the top with hot glue. I had planned to print out a heart shape from the internet to trace but my print died recently and I haven’t gotten myself a new one yet so again freehand hearts. Lastly cut out the heart shape you want on top of the crown, one large one then two slightly smaller ones to glue on either side to create a bevel effect. I then couldn’t really find anything to trace around for the circles as they got smaller so free handed them so they are a little bit wonky. I used the bottom of a salt shaker to trace around my first larger circles. Then cut out various sizes of smaller circles to create a tiered effect. Glue them on the each side of the four larger strips.Ĭut out two foam circles for the base for the base of the heart that goes on top of your crown and glue them together. Cut off the excess foam at the topĬut out 8 even thinner strips to create some more dimensions on the crown. Once they are dry add the second strip on the inside of the crown as shown below. I was after a more grungy looking crown so I didn’t mind the bobbled bits of glue I left everywhere but if you want something more polished go along as you glue and clean up the bits that are sticking out with a spare strip of foam.Īdd 3 more strips of foam around the outside of the ring to match the first one at opposite sides of the base. Take another strip and use it to hide the seam by gluing it to the outside of the ring. Then glue the ends together to make a circle. Glue two of the strips together making sure there are no air bubbles. If you want the same size as mine I used the full width of the a4 sheet of foam as the length x 2.5cm. My crown was possibly bigger than necessary and bigger than I first intended but it worked well with my costume because I was suppose to be imposing and scary. Depending on how big you want the finished product to be, you can change the dimensions of the strips. Two for the base and two for each side bit.
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