Maya is obsessed with “princesses”.  Every dress is a “princess dress”, and her obsession with Elsa and Anna is (like most toddler girls) a bit out of control 🙂  I had brief thoughts of making her an Elsa costume, but then reality slapped me in the face.  Esther, on the other hand, IS making Ava one, and I cannot wait to see it!!  I went the easy route with Maya’s costume and found a cute orange and black tutu looking outfit at Goodwill for $4.  It’s supposed to be a witch, but I called it a Pumpkin Princess outfit, and Maya’s in love haha.

But…every princess needs a crown, no?  The DIY lace crown I made before was super easy, but I wanted to try something a little more complex and fun.  I had the idea of using a toilet paper roll for the crown, putting glitter on it, and somehow having tulle shoot out.  Honestly, I wasn’t sure how I was going to do it until I started making it ha!

As luck would have it, Mother had a post that very morning on Toilet Paper Roll Crafts.  I had originally just cut my crown straight across, but their gold crown with the points was so much cuter!  Saved just in the nick of time!

What you’ll Need

• Toilet paper roll
• Sharp scissors
• Glitter
• Marker that is either the same shade or complimentary to your glitter
• Glue
• Small Hole Punch
• Elastic
• Tulle (a yard should be plenty, although if you want a longer train use more)
• Large Cookie sheet lined with tin foil for easy clean up
• Toddler (added bonus :))

Instructions

• Cut your toilet paper roll in half
• Cut jagged design in one half
• Cut the other half into a fourth and then cut up one side so it slides inside itself to be smaller and will fit inside the jagged crown piece.
• Color the Crown piece with your marker.  That way when the glue dries, you will see that color vs the brown toilet paper roll.
• Punch holes in opposite sides at the bottom of the crown.
• Lightly coat the crown with glue (I put a little too much on and it started dripping :{
• Have your toddler help with lightly pouring the glitter on.  I used both black tiny ball glitter and gold dust glitter.
• Set that aside to dry.  If you lightly coat it with glue, it should be fine standing up right.
• Next, cut your tulle into 6 inch squares.  I had probably 8-10. Stack all the tulle with the corners at varying vs being all lined up.  I think it would look cool if you did longer pieces and they were flowing down the back too!
• Place your cut 1/4 piece of the roll in the middle of the tulle stack and fold up, securing with a rubber band.  Secure the excess with more rubber bands so it’s easier to feed through the crown.
• When your crown is dry, feed the tulled inner crown up through the middle and place some glue around the bottom to secure.
• Cut the rubber bands and fluff the tulle.
• Tie the elastic through the punched holes, and your done!Have fun!!