If you’re looking for a fun way to make your holiday dinner party a bit more festive, a flower crown may be just what you need! We like to throw in an extra special touch for our annual Friendsgiving gathering, and since we did wearable eucalyptus wreaths last year, we thought that an all white flower crown would be clean and classy for this year’s event. Since there’s usually a lot of cooking going on the day-of for such a big event, doing faux flower crowns this year meant they could be done ahead of time and wouldn’t wilt a bit on the big day!
Supplies:
-several bunches of faux flowers in different sizes (you’ll need 7 flowers per crown)
–floral wire
–white floral tape
–wire cutters
-ribbon
-hot glue gun
Wrap the floral wire around the top of your head so you can see what size the crown should be. Wrap the wire around 2-3 times to give it a thicker base, trim the wire with wire cutters, and then wrap the wire with floral tape to keep the wires together.
Snip off your largest flower leaving a 2″ long stem. Place the stem onto your wire and use floral tape to wrap the stem securely to the wire base. Angle the head of the flower so that it faces outward towards the front.
Continue to add 3 smaller flowers and little pieces of greenery next to the larger flower on each side. Attach one at a time by wrapping the stem to the wire base (place the flower head side of each flower closest to the middle flower with the stems going out) and then angling the head of each flower forward.
Once all your flowers are added, use some white ribbon and a glue gun to cover the rest of the exposed wire base, and your flower crowns are complete!
I love all white greenery with little pops of green—looks so clean and fresh! And, bonus, the white won’t clash with anyone’s outfit as well. Doing faux flower crowns also means that your guests can take their crowns home with them, or you can save them for another future bash if you like. There’s something extra fun about getting to wear a pretty crown at a party. Hope you decide to make one for your next gathering! xo. Laura
Credits // Author: Laura Gummerman, Photography: Laura Gummerman and Amber Ulmer. Photos edited with A Beautiful Mess actions.
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I don’t know how I have YET to make a flower crown, but putting it on my list for Christmas with my nieces. 🙂
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Love the idea of flower crowns for friendsgiving! I wish flower crowns would never ever go out of style. They’re the best.
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Ahh this is so beautiful! I do like how you opted for white with just a hint of green, it does look a lot cleaner and fresher! Beautiful photos, I hope I can make this too someday. Flower crowns are so great for photoshoots. Life in Blue Skies
That looks so pretty! I love flower crowns, I’ll definitely try it out
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flower crowns are never out of style !! i love this one, such a beautiful DIY worth the try 🙂
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I love this! My best friend and I made flower crowns for a photoshoot we had together a few months ago and it was so fun to make! Definitely a fun idea for a Friendsgiving. 🙂
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Love the flower crowns. Beautiful. The would make cute little gifts for a some little girls of my friends.
That’s such a beautiful idea!
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Love the combination of white and green..
Soooo pretty!!
Cute! Love it!!
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This is like the cutest thing I have ever seen! I am 100% going to make this!
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Such pretty flower crowns! I can’t wait to try out this DIY x
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Nice flower and love your pics.
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Love this idea!!! So sweet! Miss Hanson
Love this idea, thank you. I am going to make them for the guests at a bridal shower. Where did you source the flowers from please?
Thanks Lucy.
I love this idea.
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I think they were mostly from Michaels 🙂
Laura