Crown Keychains

I was in need of an idea to go along with a lesson I was doing and this is what I came up with.  Very easy and you could do it for a gift, birthday favors, or even wedding favors, if you wanted.

First you take Shrinky Dinks.  I found mine at Michael's in the scrapbooking isle.  I got the Frosted Ruff n' Ready-not sure what that means, but that is what was recommended on line when I did some research.  I drew a simple crown.  You can trace any clipart or any other crown you like.  Read the directions on the shrinky Dinks, because you have to trace on one side, and then if you want color, you color on the other side.

After coloring, make sure you punch a hole in it before you bake it.  Follow directions to bake it and it should shrink a third the size.  This particular one in the picture I didn't color.

I attached it to the keychain, added beads and little sticky jewels(also found in scrapbook isle) to give a little bling. I used a jumpring to hang the crown on so it would jingle a little bit and not be so tight. This one I colored a light pink.  FYI: The color gets brighter after baking.  These were quick and very simple. Simple enough to do at a little girls birthday party :)

Cost
Shrinky Dinks- 5.99 for 10 sheets
Beads-Used ones I had at home, but they sell them for 1-2 dollars at Wal-mart
Key Chains- 2.99 for 20
Bling-2.99 for 150

I made 37 little crowns, and I still have 7 sheets of Shrinky Dinks left, and a few blings!

Princess/Queen Crown and Wand

My children this year are going to be characters from the board game Candyland.  My oldest is a girl and she is going to be Queen Frostine.

For her dress I used an old bridesmaids dress and cut it shorter and added some white fluff.  Nothing to extreme, but I ended up making her wand and crown, so I thought I would share how to make an easy crown and wand, for any kind of princess.

I lost my camera so the pictures of the steps are also lost, so I am going to do my best to explain without them. 

For the crown, I took a plastic headband that I had and formed out of wire the shape of the crown.  I glued the crown form to the headband.  I cut strips of the same white fluffy fabric I used on the dress, and wrapped the fabric around the wire and headband.  Every so often I would secure the fabric with a little thread.  After I wrapped the fabric, I wrapped some beads I had leftover from another project.

For the wand I also formed the design out of wire, and wrapped it the same way as I did the crown, but for the handle I used a dowel so it would be a little more sturdy. My Queen Frostine loved how it turned out!

This would even be fun to make for birthday or Christmas gift for any girl who loves to play dress up!