paper crowns {tutorial}

A party hat is always a festive touch for a child’s birthday party. For Audrey’s fancy/crown/girly party, I made these paper crowns for the guests to wear. They were so simple to make and very cute on the little ones.

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Here’s what you’ll need:

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:: crown template {download below} printed on metallic gold paper
:: scissors
:: thin elastic {found by the yard in the fabric store}
:: hot glue gun
:: glue dots, glitter, silk flower to embellish

STEP ONE: cut crown from template

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STEP TWO: if you’d like to embellish with glitter dots, randomly place glue dots on the front of the crown

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STEP THREE: sprinkle fine glitter over dots

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STEP FOUR: shake off excess glitter

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STEP FIVE: cut elastic to size {approximately 13 inches} and hot glue to back of crown

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STEP SIX: add a silk flower with hot glue {if desired}

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Just a few simple steps and you get a darling paper crown.

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Fun for birthday girls … diy-party-crown-with-flower

… and brothers, alike.

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Please feel free to download the crown template below.

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If you make these for a party, be sure to send me photos!

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a fancy party {audrey turns three}

Our little darling turned three last week and we threw her a fancy party.

{the invites as seen here}

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The theme was a mix of fancy/glitter/crowns/gold/silver/girly/ruffles/polkadots.
How’s that for a concise theme?

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The table was set with a ruffled tablecloth {made painstakingly by me}, place setting paper placemats {from here}, silver vessels filled with inexpensive carnations, and a homemade cake on my favorite beaded silver cake plate. It turned out fancy and pretty without being over-the-top.

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We served tea sandwiches, fruit, sparkly lemonade and the cutest sugar cookies in the shape of a crown for dessert.

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The birthday girl had the best time at her little party. I think she felt pretty special.

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and we loved celebrating our sweet Audrey.

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Want to see what happened after the guests left?

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Atlas felt left out and decided to help himself to the cake. Bad puppy.

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Coming up this week … a few tutorials for projects seen at the party.

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