Flower Crown

Sweet-smelling, real flower crowns are beautiful when used to adorn the head of a bride and her wedding party, to celebrate May Day or simply to welcome the advent of spring. Little girls love flower crowns too, and with a little help, your little fairy princess can create her own lovely hair accessory.

Flower crowns can be made in less than 30 minutes with a few simple supplies.
•Choose any flower you like, such as jasmine, stephanotis, baby's breath, daisies, bluebells, carnations or orchids. Wildflowers work beautifully in real flower crowns, or take advantage of bright yellow dandelions that appear every spring. The number of flowers depends on the size of the crown and the types of flowers, but most crowns require approximately 2 to 3 dozen individual flowers or small bunches of miniature flowers.
•Cut the flowers with scissors, leaving 4 to 5 inches of stem on each flower.
•Cut a piece of floral or craft wire long enough to wrap around the crown of your head twice. Make a hoop shape that fits comfortably on your head and secure the ends with a small piece of floral tape.
•Place the stem of a flower on the hoop and secure it with floral tape. Leave about 2 inches of floral tape so you can tie a knot when you finish the crown.
•Overlap the next flower over the stem of the first flower and continue to secure the stems to the wire with floral tape. Add flowers until the entire hoop is covered and you can't see the floral tape. Tie the ends of the floral tape.
•Trim any long stems that protrude from the flower crown.
Or, next to the bride the flower girl is the most remembered person in the bridal party when it comes to what she was wearing. A simple crown made of wire, ribbon and flowers can make your flower girl look like a little princess who'll be the talk of the wedding.
The steps to make flower crown are:
•Measure the flower girl's head with the wire.
•Trim the wire to fit but leave some extra length at each end.
•Twist the ends of the wire together with the pliers.
•Wrap the wire with floral tape.
•Wrap the wire with the 1/4-inch ribbon and hot glue the ends.
•Attach small bunches of flowers or ivy to leaves with hot glue. Continue until the headpiece is covered.
•Attach more ribbon to the back of the crown. Tie the ribbon in the middle around the wire and trim to the desired length.
•Glue single jewels to any empty spaces or glue strings of jewels to the crown in a loop.

When you talk about flower crown, the most common use of these hair accessories is Hawaiian. All traditional Hawaiian leis, floral crown headdresses, wristbands and anklets are typically based on the native tropical blooms including hibiscus, orchid and bougainvillea flowers all beautifully coloured. These colours are carried through an entire range of co-ordinated floral costume accessories. These same blooms are also now more commonly available in decorative swags and as table centres making great luau buffet table and bar decorations.