I made this dress-up crown as part of a birthday gift for a very sweet three-year-old girl. I’m also going to make her one of these capes to go with it. With Halloween coming up, I thought a quick how-to for the crown might be useful. It’s reversible too. This fits both of my young kids, but you might want to measure to be sure.
The dotted fabric is Sunspots from the Love collection by Amy Butler. And the hot pink is an Echino solid from Etsuko Furuya.
Supplies:
- Fabric (approximately 7″x26″ or a quarter yard of each fabric)
- Heavyweight fusible interfacing (7″x26″)
- Velcro (3″ length of 1″ wide velcro)
- Thread
- Wooden beads (optional–for older children)
Step 1: Cut fabric and interfacing according to template (be sure to add the extra 2″ which will form the tab). Iron the interfacing onto one piece of your fabric. If you are using very lightweight fabrics, you might want to use interfacing on both fabric pieces.
Step 2: Using a zig-zag stitch, sew one side of 3″ velcro to the right tab of the front of one crown piece. Leave about 1/2″ from all edges for the seam allowance. Repeat with the other piece of velcro, also sewing the velcro onto the right tab of the front of the fabric.
Step 3: With right sides together, sew around the sides and peaks of the crown.
Step 4: Turn right sides out and press the peaks of the crown as you pull the fabric to make neat corners. Press under the bottom seam by 1/4″ and sew in place. I used a decorative stitch.
Step 5 (optional): Sew beads onto tips of the crown, pulling your knots through to the inside.
nice! a dress up craft for boys and girls! i have such a hard time finding cute things to sew for my boys. maybe i’ll have a girl one day…. 🙂
Perfect – I just printed out my template to make one for my “princess” for Halloween!
LOVE IT! I think my 3 yo princess will adore it!
You read my mind! I was going to make capes and crowns for my nieces in the next month for their birthdays. I had already printed your cape tutorial. And, now, I have a crown tutorial to go with it. Genius!! Thank you. 🙂
me too. you read my mind. i need one of these for princess peach this Saturday, and one for a dear niece for Christmas. thank you thank you!
I love this! My sister wants a superman cape, now I’m going to make her one! I love that you put it in a pdf. So easy to print and keep it in my files. 🙂
From a big fan of your blog.
This is so much simpler than the one I worked on before. I like this one! My son wants a gold one and I have some gold floral damask scraps that he okayed me to use to make it! I’ve got it cut out already.
Mine is done!
Now all of my children want one, too!
That is so cute! Thanks so much, I’ll be linking.
I love that dot fabric. What a cute crown. There are a lot of crowns floating around but I really love this one!
I plan to make this for my 3 year old’s b-day too! Thanks!
Such great instructions. I made my son a crown for his first birthday, and it turned out perfectly!
I just made this last night for my son for his third birthday. I changed the pattern some and made it soft with a batting filling and extended the velcro tab to make the size adjustable.
I just found this great crown. I am in the process of making it for my daughter’s 5th birthday. Thanks for such a great tutorial.
I made this crown for my niece’s first birthday, sewed on some felt “gems.” It turned out beautifully. Thanks!
Had so much fun making this for my grand daughters first birthday. Thanks!
Hi! I loved making this crown for my little girl! Finally blogged about it today, at http://misformilk.blogspot.com/2011/05/crown-for-my-princess.html Thank you!!!
hi ellen
i was wondering if i could please make these crowns for our school craft stall at the annual fair?
looking forward to hearing from you, thanks so much for all the great stuff you share with us!
x candice x
Made this last night as a birthday crown for my 4 yr old granddaughter. Made it of felt in 4 colors. I know she will love it.
do you make special requests and sell them?
I made them and LOVE them. Perfect for my daughter’s birthday. I made one for her and all her little friends as a “favor” at the party. Even her little brother loves his.
I am starting on my challenge quilt. My quilting club handed out daisy fabric to make a quilt or wall hang. There is a prize for the winner
Just had a request for 19 crowns for my grand daughter’s preschool class. So pleased I found your site!