Create your own carnival crowns

Carnival is one of the most fun celebrations of the year, and there’s no better way to enjoy it than with colorful and creative costumes! We have a simple and entertaining activity for you to do with the little ones: making themed crowns for their carnival outfits. With accessible materials and lots of imagination, you can create animal, floral, or tribal-inspired crowns. Let’s get started!

Fun animal crowns

These crowns are perfect for completing an animal costume!

Materials needed:

• Corrugated cardboard
• Pipe cleaners: Bumpy and Twist
• Moving eyes
• Pom-poms
• Strips of colored paper
• Self-adhesive felt heart shapes
• Scissors
• White glue

Step by step:

1. Cut a strip of corrugated cardboard to fit the child's head and secure it into a crown shape.
2. Decorate with moving eyes and pom-poms to create fun animal faces.
3. Use pipe cleaners and paper strips to make antennas or fur.
4. Done! Add your personal touch to make it even more unique and colorful.

Flower crowns

If you're looking for a delicate and spring-like style, these flower-decorated crowns are the perfect choice.

Materials needed:

• Crown kit
• Self-adhesive EVA foam flowers
• Self-adhesive felt flowers

Steps by steps:

1. Use the crown from the birthday kit as your base.
2. Decorate it with flowers—layer them for a more striking design!
3. Your crown is ready to shine! Plus, it’s adjustable to different sizes.

Tribal crowns

For a costume inspired by tribal cultures, these crowns with feathers and metallic stickers are a fantastic option.

Materials needed:

• Crown kit
• Colored EVA foam
• Feathers
• Colorful geometric stickers

Step by step:

1. Use the crown from the kit as your base.
2. Decorate the lower part with a geometric border using the metallic stickers.
3. Cut triangular shapes from the colored EVA foam to create peaks.
4. Stick the round shapes from the crown kit onto the peaks.
5. Finally, add feathers to the top for a tribal touch. Ready for an adventurous carnival!

With these crowns, kids can complete their costumes and let their imaginations run wild! At APLI, we believe creativity is key to childhood development, and these crafts are a great way to encourage family fun. Check out our Instagram for a video tutorial on how to make them. Don’t forget to share your creations with us!