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having them create their own
costumes. My favorite way to
make art is using recycled mate-
rials or reusing things for new
purposes. We created these Royal
Crowns, a craft that you can do at
home with your children, using
felt made from recycled water
bottles (find it at most stores).
So, after lots of love and use, you
can just recycle your creations
again.
Brooke Leiberman of Farmington Hills
is a mom and wife, educator and art-
ist who enjoys sharing her skills and
inspiring others to make art. She runs
the Ravitz Art Center at Tamarack
Camps and teaches art at Dolsen
Elementary/ SLEHS in South Lyon.
MATERIALS NEEDED:
• Felt
• Decorative jewels, small
felt cut-out shapes, beads,
ribbon, etc.
• Permanent markers
• Aleene’
s Felt and Foam
Tacky Glue
DIRECTIONS:
For the Esther’
s tiara: Fold a
felt square in half with the short
sides together. Then fold in half
again. Measure 4 inches tall
and mark across. The folded
felt should measure 3 inches
across. Make the point peak at
the middle of the fold. Draw your
points and cut. I cut two of these
and glued them together for an
all-felt crown to be glued to fit a
child’
s head. For a tie-on crown,
use one pointed piece of felt and
add enough ribbon on the flat
side of the tiara to be able to tie
the crown around your child’
s
head with a nice bow in back.
Glue on or draw decorations.
For a king crown with one
tall point: Use two felt squares.
Start by folding the felt with the
short sides together. On the fold,
measure 5 inches. On the open
end, measure 3 inches. Decorate
and glue it together the length
of your child’
s head so that it fits
snug (felt can stretch slightly).
King’
s crown
Esther’
s tiara
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