This is a nice easy thing to make and can be customised any way you want!
Start by drawing a template. You want it go approximately half way around the childs head - I wanted a higher peak in the middle and a lower peak either side (this is on the fold)
Decide how you want your crown to look. For mine, I did pink felt and then a smaller white felt (by simply moving the template down slightly) and then cut out a pink C to stitch on.
Here you can see it starting to take shape
Firstly hand stitch on the letter (or other embellishments - another idea could be the number the child is turning) onto the top piece of felt.
Pin all the way around
Next you want to make the stretchy strap for the back of the head. Simply cut two pieces of fabric and sew long sides together, turn inside out into a tube. For my tube (to fit a four year old) I used 19cm of elastic and you want approximately 1.5 inch wide fabric pieces with a 1/4" seam.
Next thread 3/4" wide elastic through the tube, when one end is flush with one edge of the fabric, sew with a 1/4" seam. Next continue pushing it to the other end, and again secure along the edge with a 1/4" seam.
Next, centre the tube between the edges of the crown (where it wraps around the head) and pin in place
Sew the whole way around the crown, making sure you secure your layers (if you have them)
Once finished, I hand sewed some wee pearls onto the peaks
Until next time
Melissa
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