Guide to Make a Unicorn Horn Flower Crown

Due to the fact that who should have to choose between a flower crown and a unicorn horn? Kaia truly wished to wear 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 "undetectable" flexible band. I wanted a horn that would go on easily and easily, one that was light-weight, was not fragile, and would stay in place well on her head while she cantered around the home extremely, rearing and jumping. Because you know that is exactly what is going to take place when you position 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 pleased with the very first thing I twiddled with, so I'm stuck with no images. I made a paper model in order to do this tutorial. Not the prettiest photos, however ideally they a minimum of 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.
Material Leaves (Or Make Felt Leaves).

I used sparkly white craft understandinged of her horn. Aside from that it is, clearly, sparkly, the sparkle felt is a fair bit stiffer. Eliminate a slim triangle and fold it in half lengthwise, right sides together. Stitch 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 reasonably balanced, okay? Thanks.).

Cut off excess material, 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, big knot, you don't desire it to pull through the felt as soon as there is stress on it. Run the thread out near the pointer of the horn from inside. (Not at the suggestion.) Pull it all the way through, so that knot is the only part left within. Stuff the horn as tightly as you can, I used polyfill stuffing. Trim the bottom to even it out if required.

Start covering the thread down the horn in a spiral, firmly enough to leave a great indent. This will offer your horn a great spiraled shape, and keep the thread from moving and slipping around on the horn. (This was the part I was most uncertain about. I fretted that the material would lot, or that the thread would not be strong enough to pull firmly, or that it would not remain in location. None of those worries emerged, it worked extremely well.) Tie your thread off inside, near the bottom of the horn. Place your horn on another piece of matching felt, trace the bottom circle, and cut it out.

Beginning from here the within, cover stitches around the edges of your felt, sewing the circle to the bottom of the horn, and tie it off. Attempt to conceal your knot inside, or at least far from the edge.

Stitch the flexible to the bottom of the horn. Take care to sew 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 joint holding the elastic together gets stitched 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.

Your unicorn horn is complete! Like magic, the paper horn all of a sudden transforms into a genuine one! Oh, wait ... * ehem * Anyway, when on the headband, I added a little hot glue under the edges of the horn to assist keep it from wobbling any. I think this would be corrected using a larger elastic band than exactly what I happened to have on hand, however.

Hot glue the fabric leaves down either side of the headband, overlapping a little and alternating direction. Cut a range of flowers from the coloured felt. (Idea: Your other half may get slightly irritable if you try to do this in bed, adhere to reading a book.) I truthfully think layering has the most significant effect on how good they come out looking. I utilized hot glue to fix the layers together. I have actually no idea how well hot glue deals with wool felt, but it works surprisingly on eco felt. I believe the heat really fuses the layers together to a degree. For the big yellow flower, I simply cut a lot of strips of felt, folded them in half, then added 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 rubber band. You are the happy brand-new owner of a unicorn horn flower crown!

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

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

Since you know that is exactly what is going to happen when you position 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 flexible together gets sewn to the horn, this method it will end up on top of the headband, instead of as an uncomfortable swelling against your child'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!