Easy Cardboard Crown Craft

This cardboard crown craft could not be easier. Our 5 year old girl’s decorated their crowns independently and the best part is, once you’ve finished making the crown you can wear it!

If you’re looking for an easy crown to make for the jubilee, or an easy craft for your child’s princess party then let us show you how to make a recycled cardboard crown craft with the kids.

Supplies

All you need to make your own cardboard crown is a few basic craft supplies. You can recycle cardboard from left over packaging.

• Gold or silver washable children’s paint
• Bio Glitter
• Cardboard
• Scissors
• Cellotape / Clear Tape
• Paint palette, or paper plates to hold the paint

We used these washable ready mixed paints from Big Colour Co and the quality is great!

How to Make a Cardboard Crown Craft

First, you need to cut the crown shape from cardboard.

This craft is quite forgiving, you do not need to be extremely precise, and you can cut a rough crown pattern by hand.

Here is a guide below if you want a visual to use (download pdf at the bottom of the post if you would like to print)

We used a variety of different cardboard boxes, as the girls made a lot of crowns!

Including the cardboard boxes from Frozen pizza, empty cereal boxes and more. You can check the size of each box against your child’s head to see if it is a good fit.

From one box, you can make two crowns. Flatten the box and cut into two lengthways, so you are left with two long rectangles.

Each of the rectangles will make one crown. You can see the cut out crown shapes below, in progress.

Once you have cut out the crown, it’s time to paint.

Kids can paint their cardboard crowns free style however they would like, using the shiny gold and silver paints or bright coloured paints.

Sprinkle glitter onto the wet paint and it will stick. We also mixed glitter right into the paint on our paper plates (which we used as paint palettes)

You can choose to use bio glitter which is a more eco friendly option than regular glitter. These simple swaps are a very easy way to do better for the environment, and it is just as sparkly as regular glitter.

Bio-glitter is actually made from the fabric of eucalyptus trees! Rather than using plastic based glitter, this is clearly a better alternative.

Once the paint is dried (leave overnight to be sure), you are ready to tape up the crown and wear.

Fold into a circle shape and tape firmly, then it is ready to wear.

Check the size against your child’s head, if it is a bit big you may want to tape with some overlap.

Kids of all ages will enjoy making their own crown, decorating their crowns and playing Princess dress up with their own recycled creation!

Printable Instructions

If you would like to print out the instructions, use our create card below for an easy printing format.

Download Crown Template Guide

Download the PDF file below if you would like to print

More Royal Crafts

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• Dragon Cape Tutorial from The Knight Craft Book
• Easy Knights Costume (No Sew)
• Cardboard Dragon Shield Craft
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• Queen Silhouette Art Project

Printables and Ideas for the Jubilee or Royal Parties

• Royal Platinum Jubilee Activities for Kids (Free Printables)
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• Platinum Jubilee Party Food and Jubilee Party Planning Tips
• 22 Royal Party Games for Your Jubilee Party
• Free Printable Jubilee Party Decorations
• Corgi Cake Platinum Jubilee Cake Idea

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Royal Platinum Jubilee Activities for Kids (Free Printables)

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