With the New Year holidays approaching, the question arises of how to prepare your child for festive evenings and matinees, namely, to purchase a beautiful masquerade costume of a princess or prince, and most importantly, a crown or tiara, and maybe a hat. Such an integral attribute as a crown can be easily made with your own hands, using such a beautiful kanzashi technique. But, you will know that your product is original and unique.
An accessible master class with detailed photos will give you the opportunity to make a craft for your princess from a small amount of material, and you will also create such beauty in just one evening.
Practical advice for needlewomen
Do you need a kanzashi crown for the New Year? A master class from experienced needlewomen will help you create an original and, most importantly, exclusive attribute without much effort.
First, think about the design of the crown, its size, and choose a suitable mount. Don’t forget to look into the sewing accessories store and buy all sorts of decorations, for example, shiny stones, rhinestones, beads, beads.
Before we look at the master class and tell you step by step how New Year's kanzashi crowns are made, let's study the following rules:
- Traditionally, satin ribbons and brocade are used in the kanzashi technique;
- to connect the edges, you can use a hot glue gun or a regular wax candle;
- the base for the crown can be made from a regular hairband;
- if you want a real crown, make the base out of plastic;
- all gaps and the distance between the kanzashi petals can be covered with a ribbon of the appropriate color scheme, lace or paper;
- to make the crown more beautiful, it is better to combine several harmonious colors of the satin ribbon;
- we always use small accessories, beads or seed beads;
- You can make the core of the petals from beads, but you will need fishing line or wire.
Attention! If you use natural fabrics for creativity, carefully singe their edges with a candle. Some types of fabrics may not melt, but burn. This is very dangerous for your health. It is better to choose an alternative method for processing the edge of the tape.
New Year's gift for your princess
Every girl feels like a princess in childhood. To create an original look, you will need an accessory - a kanzashi crown headband. The master class will help you make such a gift for your daughter at home. The width of the rim can be any. It’s better to take a white headband, otherwise it needs to be decorated with ribbon.
Required materials and tools:
- hair hoop;
- satin ribbons 50 mm wide;
- brocade 40 mm wide;
- scissors;
- lighter;
- glue gun;
- measuring tape or ruler;
- tweezers;
- rhinestones or beads.
Step-by-step description of the creative process:
- Cut out the required number of squares from satin ribbon. The side of each square is 5 cm.
- We do the same with the brocade ribbon. Only the side of the square is 4 cm.
- Now fold each square diagonally twice.
- We connect two parts side by side: one is made of satin ribbon, the other is made of brocade.
- We fix the edges with tweezers.
- Now we need to carefully wrap the edges of the triangle inward to make a petal like this.
- Align the edge and cut off the excess part of the tape.
- Secure the lower part of the petals with thread or a glue gun.
- We cover the plastic rim with tape.
- You can use your imagination and make the base two-color. Try an original weave.
- Select the center of the rim at the top and glue two petals.
- Glue two more petals on top. We fix them with a glue gun at the side cuts to the previous petals.
- By analogy, we continue to decorate the rim with petals, imitating a crown.
- At the top, the crown or diadem has its highest point. Conventionally speaking, the shape of the tiara resembles a triangle.
- After we have decorated the entire rim, we decorate the centers of the petals with beads or rhinestones.
Tip: if you think that the design is not very reliable, the petals can be connected on the reverse side with thick cardboard, transparent plastic or fabric.
Master class on how to make a crown from satin ribbons with your own hands
To make all the details clearer, let’s look at making a crown and diadem using an example. For a traditional option, try creating the headdress of the Russian Tsars.
To implement you will need:
- Gold brocade;
- Red satin ribbon;
- Some golden-red brocade;
- Gold braid;
- Silver stripe with beads and sequins;
- Sequins and beads for the central pattern;
- Scarlet fabric for the inside;
- Plastic strip for a rigid frame.
Attention! A plastic strip can be cut from a plastic bottle.
Completing of the work:
- Cut brocade and satin into rectangles;
- Make a sufficient number of petals from the blanks;
- Sew the inner base from the fabric, it should look like the top of the cap;
- Insert a plastic strip around the edge of the inner base. Decorate it with braid;
- Attach the pre-taped top elements to the base;
- Using glue, fix the petals and the silver stripe on the top;
- From scarlet fabric, sew a diamond-shaped blank for the crown;
- Insert a piece of plastic inside the crown for rigidity;
- Decorate the crown with petals;
- To imitate jewelry, lay out the central pattern of the dome from sequins and beads.
To create a more delicate and sophisticated look, an amazing tiara is best suited.
To implement you will need:
- Blue satin ribbon;
- Silver brocade;
- Headband for base;
- Felt for the frame;
- Silver lace;
- Large white beads and small transparent rhinestones;
- PVA glue.
The working process:
- Cut out a triangular blank from felt for the base of the product and glue it to the rim;
- Cover the bottom of the workpiece with silver lace;
- Make petals according to the example below;
- Glue the petals onto the felt base starting from the top row;
- Form a flower at the center of the product;
- Decorate the tiara with beads and rhinestones.
Feel like a queen
What about a New Year's party at work? An adult also wants fun and a little magic. Your outfit and evening look will be complemented by an original crown made of kanzashi ribbons. The master class will help you make an extraordinary accessory that will be appreciated by others. You can use a regular hairband as a basis. This royal accessory can be easily removed at any time. And you won’t ruin your hair.
Required materials and tools:
- satin ribbons of various colors;
- beads or rhinestones;
- headband for hair of any width;
- brocade ribbon;
- scissors;
- candle;
- glue gun or thread with a needle;
- ruler.
Step-by-step description of the creative process:
- We will make such a beautiful crown.
- Photo 9
- You can choose any colors of ribbons, but it is better to give preference to beige, golden or white.
- Cut out the required number of squares from a satin ribbon 50 mm wide.
- We also cut out squares from a brocade ribbon, the width of which is 40 mm.
- We will also need a satin ribbon 25 mm wide. We also cut out the required number of squares from it. We will get triple petals.
- Let's prepare the headband right away. We wrap it completely with brocade.
- In this case, it is better not to use satin, as it slips.
- We take one square of wide satin ribbon and brocade.
- We fold the double triangles and fix them together using a glue gun.
- Carefully trim the uneven edges.
- We also make a double triangle from a smaller satin square and place it in the center of the petal. This is the element we get.
- By analogy, we need to make a couple dozen more of these petals to decorate the crown.
- Now we take brocade, we need to make triple branches from it.
- Fold the square diagonally twice.
- Then grab the triangle in a straight line with tweezers.
- We cut off the corner that protrudes on the left.
- We singe the edges of the brocade with a special soldering iron or lighter.
- Let's make several of these sticks.
- Then, using a glue gun, we connect the individual parts into these triple branches.
- It is better to place a twig consisting of five parts in the middle.
- Now we completely cover the base of the rim with petals.
- This is what we got.
- Find the center of the crown and glue a twig between the petals.
- Next, we alternate the elements: glue a twig and a petal in between.
- Using a glue gun, attach a translucent tape to the reverse side. For reliability, you can use thick cardboard.
Little hat
To do such a master class, you will need the following accessories:
- two-color ribbon;
- thick cardboard;
- decorative material;
- glue gun;
- scissors and a simple hoop.
First of all, we cut out blanks of the same size as shown in the photo from thick cardboard.
Glue ribbons, seventeen centimeters long, onto a rectangular cardboard cutout. Iron them with an iron and stick them on the other side of the cardboard element. There is no need to stretch them, as they should then fold.
On the other side, we attach ribbons, each nine centimeters long. In a checkerboard pattern, they need to be intertwined. Glue the remaining edges to the back of the cardboard element.
The brim for a mini hat is also made of cardboard, round in shape. Glue the rectangular cutout into a cylinder shape. Cover the circle with satin and attach it to a cylindrical figure. Kanzashi hat, decorated with beads. We also cover a simple headband with tape, after which we attach the hat to it.
The master class is over, our cute hat turned out just right. Step-by-step steps for creating a hat can be seen in the video.
