In this tutorial I will show how I made this Golden Fairy Crown.
Things you will need:
-hat that fits whoever is going to wear the crown. If it has a rim cut it off.
-long wire
-aluminum foil
-glue gun
-golden spray paint or acrylic paint
-bias tape
For the paper mache:
-newspaper
-flour
-water
Take the hat and cut off the rim if it has one. You should be left with only a cap looking hat.
For the horns I used a cone shaped object and wrapped the wire around it. Make the wire horns as long as you want them to be. I made mine different lengths.
Lay a piece of aluminum foil on the table, big enough to wrap the wire cone into it. I recommend to do at least 2 layers, that way they are a little more sturdy. Don't press the aluminum foil too hard to the wire, since you don't want the wire of the cone to show through too much.
Now, glue all the horns onto the hat with a glue gun. I placed mine further to the front of the head.
I left a little wire sticking out at the bottom of each horn and glued that to the hat.
Either way works, this way it gave me a little bit more control over directing the horns.
Don't worry too much about the shapes of the horns and the direction they are bending at this point, since we will fix this in the next step with the paper mache.
Paper Mache recipe
Flour
Water
In a bowl, mix flour with some water with a fork or whisk until lumps disappear.
The mix should be a little more runny than a paste.
I do this as I go. If the mix is too runny the paper mache will not stick as well.
You can use any paper mache recipe, I just use this because it works very well and I always have those ingredients at home.
Tear newspaper into pieces. Do not cut the pieces with a scissor. The ends need to be torn, this way they bond better.
As you go dip piece by piece of newspaper into the mix and wipe off any excess of mix off with your fingers.
Start at the tips of the horns and do at least 3 layers. Work your way down to the head.
When you get to the head piece you can start directing the horns into the directions you want them to bend to and fix them to the head piece.
Let dry over night and cut off any excess newspaper overlapping the edge of the hat.
Now it is time to either spray paint the crown or paint it with a paint brush using acrylics.
I wore this crown on Halloween and was glad to have used acrylics, since it was pouring rain that evening.
