Tropical Head Wreath
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I am so excited to share our new tropical flower crown. It was actually one of my birthday gifts this year! We have been loving the tropical trend, so we’ve been designing a bunch of new projects that can fit into the theme.
My birthday was a couple of weeks ago, and when I arrived at the studio in the morning, the team presented me with a tropical birthday card designed by Lindsay and this floral head wreath made by Krista. Now, with some help from PaperPapers, we are showing you how to make one of these beautiful crowns for yourself!
Queen of Paradise
We crafted our tropical flower crown to be more of a headband, but you could close the floral wire to be a loop —like we did for our woolly sunflower wreath. Whatever you decide, this crown would be so fun to wear on your birthday or for another special event. We would love to see the flower crowns that you are working on, so please share your photos with us by tagging us in your Instagram photos!
Happy crafting, friends!
Tools
- Low-Temp Hot Glue Gun
- Cutting Machine (optional)
- Curling Tool
- Craft Scissors
- Skewer or Chopstick
- Wire Cutters
Materials
- Text Weight Papers — Fairway, Lime Satin, Jellybean Green, Emerald, Pink, Pink Lemonade, Gold, Cryogen White
- Vine Wire – Brown
How to Make a Tropical Flower Crown
- Gather the craft tools and materials listed above. Then, cut the paper according to the template. Use the PDF if you are cutting by hand or the SVG if you are using a cutting machine.
- Glue tab to attach the paper petals together to make the flowers.
- Curl the petals outward using the edge of a Cricut scraper tool or the edge of scissors.
- Curl the stamen pieces using a skewer or chopstick. Roll and glue together.
- Glue the stamen in the center of the flowers. Curl the stamen outward slightly.
- Fold the leaves in half and curl outward.
- Form the base of the head wreath with paper-covered wire by doubling over itself and twisting together.
- Trim with wire cutters and wrap wire ends under. If the paper frays, you can use a bit of hot glue to secure.
- Starting in the middle of the head wreath, begin clustering and gluing the biggest leaves.
- Layer more paper flowers and leaves, working outward from the middle onto the sides.
- Continue layering more flowers and leaves until covered.
You can also follow our photo tutorial below as you craft!
Tips
Find all the papers that we used to bring this DIY flower crown to life here, or browse through PaperPapers to pick out your own color palette. Our general technique for making a flower crown is to start by placing the green botanicals in the center, then build out from there. In other words, all the additional leaves should be placed pointing away from the center. You can do lots of customizing with this project, so get creative!
More Inspiration
If you like this tropical flower crown, find some of the other floral head wreath tutorials on the site, like our peony head wreath or rose head wreath. Or, explore our metallic paper flowers and crepe paper flowers if you want some inspiration to design your own DIY crown!
Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest for daily glimpses of DIY inspiration. Or join us and our community of creatives by visiting our membership page. See you there! ~ Lia & team
Download the tropical flower crown templates here!
For the materials list & written instructions, download from our link below.
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Jackeline
June 1, 2020 at 8:12am
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June 1, 2020 at 11:55am
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Leave a CommentDoes this have an SVG file?
Yes, there’s a link in the post to Paper Paper’s site that is hosting the downloads: https://www.paperpapers.com/news/tropical-flower-head-wreath/
hi, your download link for the template isn’t working 🙁
In step 1, there is a text link to the template over at Paper Papers.
Is text weight paper origami paper ? And is it double-sided ?
It’s a bit thicker than origami paper, closer to printer paper but still a bit heavier. It is double-sided.
This is just gorgeous!
Thank you!!
Nice crown and a nice DIY if it is gifted to any girl that moment for her become the happiest moment
Thanks for sharing and for the directions .
Hello, do you know where I can get the floral wire from? I’ve been searching everywhere for it, but I can’t seem to find the exact thing. Thank you!
This is what we use: https://www.amazon.com/Feet-Vine-Wrapped-Rustic-Craft/dp/B00893F0AU/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_201_bs_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=FJCBF7T1YHYD19825MNT
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