I made this hat for Isabelle to wear to a pirate and princess birthday party we were invited to. Of course, the first thing I thought to do was make all three of my kiddos costumes. Elijah shortly sported a Captain Hook felt mustache, eye patch and hat before ditching the wimpy homemade stuff for the real stuff. I don’t blame him, the hat came out pretty wonky. Here’s proof. Eliana wanted to be a pirate but I made her a paper princess crown in anticipation of her being jealous of Isabelle’s crown.
![DIY Felt Crown](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/19.png)
Actually, on the way to the party Eliana explained that big brother (pronounced like peanut butter) was Captain Hook and she was a “princess queen”. No joke, I didn’t even know that was possible. Then, later when I referred to her as the princess she exclaimed, “NO, baby Boop’s the princess!” That was embarrassing for me as a mom, not even knowing which one of my daughters is a princess. Sigh.
Well, in case you are here wanting to know how to make a princess crown and not hear about my toddler’s view on life, fear no more. I was inspired by this pin that leads to a dead link. So I thought I’d wing it, which actually didn’t turn out so bad. Not perfect, but not bad.
![DIY Felt Crown](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13-2.png)
Here’s what you’ll need:
Felt (I used one sheet, but you may need more if you’d like a bigger crown)
Elastic thread
Hot glue
Crown template
Scissors (That’s pretty self-explanatory, right?)
First, using the template, cut the felt out to the crown shape.
![1-felt cut out](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1-felt-cut-out.png)
Bring the two ends together, line up, glue and let dry.
![2-glue](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2-glue.png)
Measure the elastic around your child’s (or your own) head and attach it to the crown using more hot glue. I really have no big trick as to how to do this. As you can see, mine came out a little wonky and didn’t sit flush on her head. This could have been that the elastic was too tight to keep the crown propped up or that I just didn’t align it right. I did remove and re-glue the elastic once but gave up after the second time.
![DIY Felt Crown](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/6.png)
And that’s it, not difficult at all. I have the say the most time consuming part of this whole process was getting this template ready for you guys. That’s okay though, it wasn’t even difficult. I’m a sucker for templates so this tutorial would have felt incomplete without one.
![DIY Felt Crown](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/15.png)
Isabelle could really care less about her newly acquired royal position. Maybe she’s just trying to not let it get to her head.