Happy New Year Crown!

Happy 2012 to everyone!!!  Hope you had a FUN New Year's celebration!!! Wishing you the best in 2012! Here is a simple crown that you can make with your children to celebrate the new year!

We've made crowns before in a previous post of you want to check out how we made them here.  First, I took a 12 x 18 piece of construction paper and drew a zig zag design. If you fold the paper in half you'll have two pieces to connect together.

Here are the two pieces. Just staple together and you'll have a longer piece of paper to create crowns to fit around your head.  You could use a 24 x 36 piece of paper to already have a piece of paper that is long enough.  We cut out the numbers for the year in black paper and glued them in the center part of the crown.  We used glitter glue to decorate,  but you could use whatever you like:  pom poms, sequins, pipe cleaners.....go crazy!

For a finishing touch we added tissue paper tassels to the the points of the crown!  To make those: first, gather about six 4 x 8 pieces of tissue paper stacked on top of each other.

Then, cut into the tissue paper layers to create fringe and don't cut at the top!!

Twist the uncut part at the top and wither glue or staple them to the tops of the points of the crown! Let the glitter glue dry and you are ready to celebrate!

Happy 2012!!!
Looking forward to sharing more creative ideas with you...

Crowns, Crowns, and more Crowns!!!

C has become obsessed with creating crowns lately! This is just a sampling!  All kids love making hats and wearable art!!!  As an Elementary Art Teacher,  I saw first hand that many of the "wearable art projects" were some of my students favorites!  There is something MAGICAL about being able to wear something you made rather than just put it in your book bag to go home! 

To create the crowns,  we first created a big zig zaggy line across the paper to create 2 pieces from a 9x12 piece of construction paper.  You could also put two pieces together or fold the paper in half to create more equal sized crown pieces.

For my head I needed 3 crown pieces,  but for most children you would just need 2 pieces to make it long enough.  If you used a 12x18 paper you might just need one piece depending on the size of the child's head.

After you have the crown pieces cut out,  you can either staple or glue the pieces together to form a crown.  C preferred stapling, of course!  Kids love tools.....especially staplers.  We love our Swingline Red Stapler! (like the one from the movie Office Space!!!)

After stapling,  you can design your crown any way you like. C used crumpled tissue paper here. Some suggestions are: markers, crayons, buttons,  pom poms, and glitter!

One HAPPY Queen!

(she told me that she was the Queen,  not a princess!)

What wearable art have you made with your children?

Other Wearable art we have made:

Cat In The Hat...Hats

(Dr. Seuss inspired)

Tiny Crowns for a Tiny Princess

(with paper tubes)

Tiny Crowns For A Little Princess!

I've been working on some projects using paper tubes...since I have collected so many! I came across these Great little crowns on the blog: lilla a and thought they were  so simple and so sweet.  Also, on this blog, there is a great tutorial for them too.  All the ideas on this blog have a certain simplicity that I just love!!! So my daughter and I decided to try these!  I think they turned out so beautiful. Ours are taller, but that makes them unique!!!  So grab some paper towel or toilet tissue tubes and shorten them up a bit and cut a zig-zag edge on one side and then you are ready to paint them! The best part!  After they are dry,  add some stickers or spangles,  punch two holes and then add some elastic cord (in the beading or sewing section).  These would make great princess or king crowns for a party!

Our Crowns!

Little Princess!

Princess and possibly decorations?

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