DIY Leaf and Crystal Crown for Music Festivals

Apr 21, 2016 | DIY

With the Weekend 2 of Coachella coming up, you’re probably prepping your floral crowns and boho headdresses right now – or even trying to reuse what you had from the first weekend. By now perhaps your flowers have withered or maybe you want to go for an entirely different look the second time around. Why not try a handmade leaf and crystal crown and stand out from the crowd? Here’s how:

DIY Music Festival Leaf and Crystal Crown (for Coachella, Bonnaroo, etc.)

I received a beautiful bouquet from ProFlowers.com, reviewed here – and wanted to try something a little different with the included greenery.

You Need:

crystals (preferably drilled) – mine are C-grade Quartz Crystal Points  /  thin brass jewelry wire (20ga+)  /  wire cutting pliers  /  gold-tone headband with decorative piece (mine is from Target)  /  green leaf stalks and/or flowers

How To:

1. Thread one of the crystals onto a long piece of cut wire, and place onto the flat design element of your headband. Start wrapping one end of the wire around the headband wire, leaving a couple inches at the tail end.

2. Secure the crystal by continuing to wrap.

3. Add another crystal on, and wrap the wire around the headband base again to secure. Keep adding crystals on in this manner, in a row.

4. When you are satisfied with the number of crystals secured to your headband, wrap the wire around the headband base a few times to secure, leaving a couple inches at the tail end.

5. Now is when those couple inches of wire come in handy. Place a green leaf stalk near the crystals, and wrap the wire end around the stem to secure. Wrap any sharp ends underneath so they don’t stick out.

6. If needed, add another piece of wire to wrap the stalk to the headband. Cut the stalk about 2″ shorter than the end of the headband, and secure with wrapping the wire around it.

7. Once your greenery is secure, you can add flowers to fill in gaps if you like.

Pretty easy!

And pretty!

In order to preserve your crown until you’re ready to wear, keep in a cool, dark place (like your fridge!) Enjoy-and feel like a woodland queen for your next festival or Summer gathering.

Happy DIY’ing!

xo
Carly

P.S. The weight of the crystals and stems is pretty hefty, which is why you need a strong base. There are other flower crown tutorials out there using dead-soft jewelry wire or elastic, but I wouldn’t recommend either because they would bend or get weighed down. Using a finished store-bought metal headband (made of tempered hardened metal) will provide a strong enough base – and it is ideal if you can find a headband that is 2 wires with a space between them (like this one). I couldn’t find one like that, so went with a headband that had some wire detailing in an area that would work well to wire some crystals on to. (Plus, you can remove the wire and floral elements and just wear the headband once your greenery dies!)

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