Guide to Make a Unicorn Horn Flower Crown

Since who should need to choose in between a flower crown and a unicorn horn? Kaia truly desired to use both for her Birthday, and this is exactly what I wound up with.

I didn't want a modeling clay horn held on with an "invisible" elastic band. I wanted a horn that would go on easily and easily, one that was light-weight, was not vulnerable, and would remain in location well on her head while she cantered around the house wildly, rearing and jumping. Because you know that is 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, start figuring things out. I didn't expect to be happy with the first thing I twiddled with, so I'm stuck without any pictures. I made a paper model in order to do this tutorial. Not the most beautiful photos, but hopefully they at least make the process easy to see.

You will require:.

Craft Felt in Different Colours.
Stuffing.
Sewing Thread and Needle.
Additional 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 reality that it is, undoubtedly, sparkly, the sparkle felt is rather a bit stiffer. Cut out a skinny triangle and fold it in half lengthwise, best sides together. Finish the open long side, marked with sharpy in the following images. Leave the bottom open. (That triangle was expected to be fairly symmetrical. The genuine thing was, I swear. Pretend that it is fairly symmetrical, okay? Thanks.).

Trim off excess material, and turn right-side-out. Using extra strong quilting thread, cut a long piece, (enough to cover your spirals,) and knot off completion. Make it a great, big knot, you do not desire it to pull through the felt when there is tension on it. Run the thread out near the idea of the horn from inside. (Not at the tip.) Pull all of it the way through, so that knot is the only part left within. Things the horn as firmly as you can, I used polyfill stuffing. Cut the bottom to even it out if needed.

Begin wrapping the thread down the horn in a spiral, securely enough to leave a great indent. This will give your horn a great spiraled shape, and keep the thread from sliding and slipping around on the horn. (This was the part I was most not sure about. I worried that the material would lot, or that the thread would not be strong enough to pull firmly, or that it would not stay in location. None of those worries came to light, it worked effectively.) Connect your thread off within, near the bottom of the horn. Put your horn on another piece of matching felt, trace the bottom circle, and cut it out.

Beginning from the within, wrap stitches around the edges of your felt, stitching the circle to the bottom of the horn, and connect it off. Attempt to hide your knot inside, or a minimum of away from the edge.

I attached it to a great, broad, cloth-covered headband that we found at a dollar shop. To do so, determine a piece of elastic around the center of the headband to obtain your length, then make it a bit smaller sized so that it will stretch comfortably into place. Stitch the elastic ends together to form a loop. Sew the elastic to the bottom of the horn. Make sure to sew the flexible all the way to the edges of the horn, or the base will bring up at the front and back. Make sure that the seam 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 versus your child's head.

Your unicorn horn is complete! Oh, wait ... * ehem * Anyway, as soon as on the headband, I added a little hot glue under the edges of the horn to assist keep it from wobbling any.

Hot glue the fabric leaves more tips here down either side of the headband, overlapping a little and rotating instructions. Cut a variety of flowers from the coloured felt. (Tip: Your partner may get a little irritable if you attempt to do this in bed, stay with checking out a book.) I honestly think layering has the most significant influence on how nice 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 think the heat actually merges the layers together to a level. For the large yellow flower, I just cut a bunch of strips of felt, folded them in half, then added them entirely by their ends with a little thread.

Hot glue the flowers all over the headband, then hot glue the plastic gems to the. Make sure to overlap the base of the horn a bit and cover the flexible band. You are the proud brand-new owner of a unicorn horn flower crown!

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

Her rainbow unicorn tail is now complete, total, and I have a have actually blown complete galloping around the house all day. According to Kaia, however, she currently has 2 ears and didn't desire any more.

Because you understand that is exactly what is going to happen when you put a unicorn horn on a 4 year old. When I made look these up the horn, I was believing I would experiment a bit, start figuring things out. Make sure that the seam holding the flexible together gets stitched to the horn, this way it will end up on top of the check this blog headband, instead of as an unpleasant swelling versus your kid's head.

Make sure to overlap the base of the horn a bit and cover up the elastic band. You are the proud brand-new owner of a unicorn horn flower crown!