Jewels

Every little deserves to be a princess and every princess needs a tiara. Very few of us can afford those magnificent tiaras that you find placed on the heads of royalty. If you want to create a beautiful tiara for your little princess or help her create her own here’s how.

The first step in creating a tiara is choosing what kind you want to make. If you want to make a simple paper tiara or if you want to make a headband tiara.

Step 2- if you decide to make a paper tiara here’s what you will need…

• colorful cardboard or construction paper
• decorative scissors
• markers, crayons, colored pencils, paint
• glue or a hot glue gun
• glitter, beads, buttons, puff balls, anything you want to decorate with
• stapler or tape

If you decide to make a head band tiara you can buy a tiara making package at almost any store or get these items on your own

• plastic headband
• plastic or cardboard
• hot glue gun
• glitter
• jewels
• decorations

Once you have all of your materials ready to go you can start your project! If you are making a paper crown…

1. Cut your paper to the width you desire
2. Wrap the strip of paper around the head of the person that it is intended for. mark the spot where the crown will be viable.
3. Decorate the crown with paint, jewels, drawings, glitter, and any other things that you wish to make your crown or tiara personalized and pretty. You might want to cut out and glue letters spelling “princess” or your name.
4. once you have finished decorating allow the crown ample time to dry
5. once it is dry, find the mark that you made and tape or staple the crown in the appropriate location
6. Enjoy being the Princess or Prince of your house

If you are making a Headband Tiara…

1. If you choose to purchase a starter tiara that is blank but already has the shape you need skip to step 3
2. Take your cardboard or plastic and cut it into the shape of the front of a tiara. Make it curvy with a more pointed top.
3. paint or color your cut out the color of your choice
4. create a design on your cut out with hot clue and place glitter, jewels, and other items to make your tiara creative and beautiful
5. Hot glue the shape you cut out to the headband so it will stand up securely
6. allow your tiara time to dry
7. Enjoy being the princess!