How to Make a Felt Birthday Crown

There’s something magical about a child’s birthday. Little boys and girls love being the star of the show, opening presents and blowing out the candles on their very own cake. This year, make your child feel like a royalty with a felt birthday crown.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Wool or acrylic felt squares in coordinating colors
• Large piece of wool or acrylic felt in a coordinating color
• 3-inch piece of elastic, ½ inch wide
• 2 by 5 inch piece of coordinating fabric
• Thread
• Sewing machine
• Pins
• Needle
• Measuring tape
• Tissue paper
• Marking pen
• Decorations, such as plastic jewels, buttons, felt shapes, feather trim or ribbon

1. Measure the circumference of your child’s head. Subtract 3 inches from this measurement to get the length of your crown.

2. Draw a crown template on the tissue paper. The crown should have at least three points, but feel free to get creative with the number, size and shape of the points. Cut out the template. Make a duplicate copy on another sheet of tissue paper.

3. Divide one of the crown templates into even sections. Pin each section to a felt square and cut it out, adding a ¼ inch to each side for a seam allowance. You can use different colors for each section or alternate between two colors.

4. Pin each section together then stitch the pieces together with a ¼ inch seam allowance. Trim the excess felt from the seams.

5. Glue or sew decorations onto the crown. This is where you can really get creative. You can sew on ribbon or feather trim, glue plastic jewels near each point or sew felt shapes onto the body of the crown.

6. Pin the uncut template onto the large piece of felt, and then cut the fabric out along the template. This will be the crown lining.

7. Fold the 2-by-5-inch piece of coordinating fabric in half lengthwise (right sides together) then pin. Stitch along the raw edge to form a 1-by-5-inch tube with open ends. Turn the tube right side out then insert the elastic inside the tube. Stitch the ends of the tube closed, making sure to catch the elastic in both seams, which will cause the fabric tube to gather.

8. Pin the felt crown front to the lining with the wrong sides together. Pin the gathered fabric tube to each end of the crown between the two layers of felt, near the bottom edge. Top stitch the crown layers together about 1/8 inch from the edge of the felt.

9. Add any finishing touches or decorations.