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Bright and Springy Flower Crowns

Catherine Romano blogs about crafty projects for kids and parents


We recently returned from California and I was so inspired by the lush, green grass, pretty wild flowers and bright sunny days (with a few rainy breaks) — I suppose I didn’t realize how much I missed the signs of spring.

Now, back in Toronto, I wanted my new Make It! post to include flowers so I made a trip to the dollar store, asked my son to pick out his favourite flowers and created these fun floral crowns. Take a look:

Materials:

  • Wire Cutters
  • Fabric flowers
  • Flexible silver wire
  • Floral wire to attach the flowers to the wire crown
  • Green tape (painters tape, masking tape, or floral tape to protect the head from any pointy, wire ends)

Process: