The Kentucky Derby may have been postponed, but that doesn’t mean you can’t create some pretty attire to enjoy in the meantime! The Cricut blog featured this gorgeous set of Kentucky Derby fascinators a few years ago — and it continues to be a favorite. Using larger-than-life paper flowers for a Kentucky Derby hat is a wonderful place to explore your creativity as you could pick any frosted paper flower patterns, enlarge, cluster, and attach.
May the horse be with you
For these three paper flower Kentucky Derby fascinators, I decided to use white paper and mix shades of bright pink and raspberry for the first two hats, then a mix of gold and copper foil card stocks for the third. Shaping pink tulle and white birdcage netting into the design added some derby style as all the components were secured onto the headbands with hot glue. If you already have a hat and would like to add some derby drama, this technique of making oversized paper flowers will decorate your hat in style.
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Tools
Materials
- 12″ x 12″ Cardstock – White (10 sheets), Various shades of pink (9 sheets), Copper Foil + Various shades of metallic (5 sheets)
- Plastic Headbands (3)
- 24-Gauge Floral Wire – White
- White Birdcage Netting
- Pink Tulle
- Bobby Pins
Instructions
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9 Comments
Thank you, thank you! I really appreciate you taking the time to do this!
You are so welcome! We are here for you. 🙂
And I should have said, I am trying to make the pink and coral version. Thanks.
Thank you for responding. Maybe if i knew how many total flowers I’m to get from this pattern that would help? I have identified at least two “larger petals” and one cutting that is clearly an interior bit, but I don’t know if each one make one flower or if I’m to layer up the four large cuts the pattern calls for to make one flower? there are some other bits that have large round centers and are to be printed in three different colors. I don’t know if they are centers or flower petals? I’m sorry to be difficult. I wish there was a video or step-by-step instructions somewhere.
I just added some images to the instructions page that you can look at. This shows which pieces go to each flower. I hope this helps. You have inspired me to put this on my YouTube video to do list. In the meantime, check out some of our newer flower videos. 😉 https://liagriffith.com/craft/videos/paper-flower-diy-videos/
I’ve never made one of your projects before. When you say glue the centers into the larger blooms, how do I know which ones you consider larger blooms versus centers? Is there a video tutorial on this project?
Welcome, Valorie! I love this project, and. . . it is from 2016. We have changed how we do our tutorials in our current posts with much more detail. For this step, I think the larger blooms mean the large outer petals. The smaller center will be glued in the center.
Just wondering if you could make these fascinators with crepe paper instead of paper?
Sure, but I would use a crepe paper pattern and just enlarge them. These patterns are not set up for crepe.