Eco Craft Book Flower Crown Project

In this video, authors Laura Minter and Tia Williams share a project with you from the book... the Egg Box Flower Crown! This beautiful crown is made entirely out of materials you will find in your recycling bin. With a lick of paint they can be transformed into a crown fit for a king or queen!

You will need

  • 5 or 6 small empty egg boxes
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • PVA glue
  • Paint
  • 12 bottle lids
  • Strip of corrugated card  
1

Cut each egg compartment out of the egg boxes, then cut down each side to create four flaps. Press the flaps flat.

2

Draw petal shapes onto each side of the egg compartments, then cut out to create a flower. Repeat so you have 16–20 flowers

3

Add a dab of glue to the middle of one flower and stick another inside it, making sure the petals are spread out and not overlapping. Leave to dry

4

Paint the flowers. Once dry, glue a bottle lid in the middle of each one

5

Cut a strip of corrugated card 2" (5cm) wide that is long enough to fit around your head with a bit of overlap.

6

Paint it green if you like. Glue the ends together to make a ring and leave to dry.

   

7

Draw simple leaf shapes in a variety of sizes onto the egg-box lids. Cut them out and paint them green.

8

Assemble your crown by gluing the flowers onto the cardboard and filling in any gaps with the leaves.

Top tips

You could even mix this project up a bit and try gluing a few egg-box flowers onto an old wide plastic headband. OR you could also string them together to create a garland, OR even hang them from an embroidery hoop to create a beautiful wall hanging!

The Eco Craft Book by Laura Minter & Tia Williams, the ever amazing Little Button Diaries, is available in UK now. Follow this link to see more of the book or get a copy to try more great eco-friendly projects like this.

Check out our book review here!