What's Up Wednesday >> Flower Crown Tutorial

I think flower crowns are so beautiful so I wanted to create one for myself! These are perfect for music festivals, tropical vacations, or just a beautiful Saturday afternoon.

What You Need

-Lots of fake flowers

-Hot glue gun

-Floral wire

-Wire cutters

-Floral tape

-Scissors
-Ribbon (optional)
(All materials can be purchased at your local craft store like Michaels, Jo-Anns, etc.)

Directions

1. Wrap the floral wire three times around the crown of your head. Start by centering the middle of the wire at the back of your head, then bring it to the front and twist, and wrap it around the back again, then twist and bring to the front again. Finally, secure the loose ends of the wires by wrapping it around the other two wires.

2. Next we want to make several clusters of flowers. To make one cluster, gather 3-4 small flowers and secure the stems with floral tape. 

For extra hold, place a drop of glue at the end of the piece of tape. Be careful when working with a glue gun! (Tip: Have the glue gun resting on a piece of cardboard because the glue can drip and get all over the place)

3. Snip off the ends of the stems that are sticking out past the taped ends and secure the bottom of the stems by placing a drop of glue there. 

4. You'll need about 10-12 clusters depending on how big your head is and depending on the size of the flowers. I'll be adding large blooms as well to my flower crown and those do not need to be in clusters. Lay out your flowers to make sure you have enough to cover the circumference of the crown.

5. Next you'll need to secure each cluster to the wire crown by again wrapping it with floral tape and securing it with a drop of glue at the end of the piece of tape.

6. It should start to look like this. I'm alternating between a large bloom and a cluster for more dimension.

7. There might be some sparse areas of the crown which you can fill in with the leaves from the stems of your fake flowers, just add a drop of glue.

8. You can cover the entire crown with flowers or you can leave about 3 inches uncovered like I did. Wrap the remaining exposed wire with floral tape and secure with glue.

9. Next, use the extra leaves to cover the back of the crown like so.

10. Then using a long piece of ribbon, tie it into a bow and secure it to the back of the crown with hot glue, and you're all done!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and have fun making your own flower crowns! I would love to see pictures!