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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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