The lace princess crowns we made for Grace’s princess party continue to receive much wear around here. When the girls put on their leotards or princess gowns for their nightly performances, they now bring crowns and bobby pins to complete their look.
The little girls enjoyed helping when the crowns were made and we thought we’d share how we did it so that you and your little princesses can make some crowns, too. I got the original how-to on Jessica’s blog, Joyfolie, which you can check out, here.
We used a variety of vintage and newer crocheted lace pieces (we made a total of 10 crowns) cut to about 15″ long. Pour a good amount of fabric stiffener into a wide cup and place the lace pieces inside. Wearing gloves, work the fabric stiffener into the lace until they are completely saturated. Spread the lace pieces out onto washable mats or wax paper and allow to dry. While the lace is still very wet, flip the pieces every now and then and make sure that the liquid does not form “windows” in the lace holes. We left the lace to dry overnight and it became very stiff. Then we painted with acrylic paint in several colors of gold, silver, bronze, pearl, and pink. (Actually, for the silver, I used spray paint which was MUCH faster!)
After the paint was dry, we spread mod podge on the lace and sprinkled on glitter, obviously an optional step. This was definitely the girls’ favorite part! Shake the excess glitter off and leave the lace pieces flat to dry completely. Once they were fully dry, I gave them a couple coats of clear spray laquer to try to keep the glitter under control. Then, form the lace into a circle and hot glue the overlapped ends (match the pattern). Done!
And here’s the birthday girl in her crown!
I’ve created an updated post with LOTS of TIPS to make your crowns even better! Click here for more tips!
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Comments & Reviews
Vanessa says
Hello! I found this on pintrest and it is right up my alley. I am having a Royal Birthday Princess Party for my soon to be 5-year old. I love the crowns but I also LOVE the princess dress. Where did you get it from, or did you make it yourself? I have been looking for a dress like this and just cannot find it. :0(
girlinspired says
Hi Vanessa,
Thank you so much, I did make the dress. If you sew, I have a tutorial for the skirt portion of the dress, which is can be found here: https://thegirlinspired.com/2012/02/ready-to-bustle/ I hope your Royal Birthday Princess Party is a blast!!
Alisha | Hoot Invitations says
What a fabulous princess party project!! I will definitely be trying this one out!
girlinspired says
Thanks Alisha! It really is so much fun and such a pretty payoff!
Masau says
Well thank you very much for sharing your creative idea,well actually we are having a party tonight and who ever comes to the party without a crown will have to pay ! i manage to get mine done just because of you.THANK YOU
Kelli Bivona says
Adorable! This, or an adaptation of, would also be great as a headpiece for a flower girl…or any other excuse for girls to be able to wear tiaras as often as possible!
Brenda says
Great ideas for picture props.
Cindy deRosier says
I’m the Editorial Assistant for Fun Family Crafts and I wanted to let you know that we have featured your crown! You can see it here:
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If you have other kid friendly crafts, we’d love it if you would submit them. If you would like to display a featured button on your site, you can grab one from the right side bar of your post above. Thanks for a wonderful project idea!
J Brittney says
Thank you for posting this! I have been lusting after lace crowns on Etsy but couldn’t bring myself to pay for shipping! I have made 4 of this, 2 with spray paint! And I LOVE the spray paint crowns, however, they smell! How long did it take for the spray-paint smell to come out of your crowns?!? I am sending mine to a newborn and I’m not sure her mamma will appreciate the smell of paint. Thank you!
Whitley Ballet School says
This is great, our students love to wear princess crowns in class! Sharing on our blog, thank you for posting this tutorial 🙂
Maxwell Handmade says
I love this idea! I want one for myself.
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Anonymous says
thanks for sharing..
Liz says
I just found your blog and I LOVE IT! I was looking for the perfect princess dress for my baby for Halloween, yours was the only one out of many many others that I just have to try to make. I can’t wait to go through all your other posts.
vixen Made says
Just beautiful!! I saw these back when you first posted and I loooove them. I had to share them on my blog: http://www.vixenmade.com/2012/09/diy-lace-projects.html
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Anonymous says
my grandaughter is having a fairy princess birthday party, she loves crowns, never thought of this. Thank you.