How to Make a Midsummer Flower Crown

Last week my mom and I were invited to help out with decorations for a midsummer themed party. Only this time we didn’t have to decorate a table or walls, we had to garnish people. Every women attending the festivities got to make her own flower crown and wear it afterwards. I loved the idea and it turned out looking amazing! The ladies really enjoyed creating something as a break from all the party small talk.

Making the flower crowns is very easy. Actually a lot of the women on the party thought they couldn’t do it, but once they started, they realized it wasn’t to difficult.

What you need:

• Stiff wire about 80 cm long (31 inches)

• Green, sticky band to wrap around the wire (so the flowers don’t slip off)

• Flowers (you can pretty much use any flower you like, smaller ones are easier (you might not want to put a full hydrangea on your head)

• Wire to attach the flowers

• 60 cm (24 inches) of ribbon

Instructions:

1. Wrap the sticky band around the wire and cover it all.

2. Attach 30 cm of the ribbon to the end of your wire.

3. Cut off flowers about 8cm long (3 inches) and put them together as a small “bouquet”. Then take the wire and attach the mini-bouquet to the stiff wire. (Flower heads facing towards the ribbon) Now just keep on adding new flowers and wrap the wire around until the entire stiff wire is full.

4. Attach the other half of the ribbon to the end of your crown. Now you can tie it to your head and position it as you like.

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