With the Queen’s Jubilee upon us everywhere we turn, we thought we would do a simple crown craft.
I must admit, we could have done much more from scratch; like make our own crown frames but Tristan wasn’t feeling very well and Kallista and another wee girl we childmind aren’t yet old enough to be so skilled in the scissor department so we cheated and used purchased crowns. They each chose a colour and design to their liking.
Then they chose the jewels which they wanted to decorate their crowns with. This was a good way to learn and to reinforce colour names and shapes as well as counting the number of gems they had. I put a some double-sided tape on the backs of the jewels and they attached them to the crowns in a pattern they chose.
They all really liked these crowns, as you can see!
Ps: be careful with the small pieces with the younger children as they think it’s great fun to pull the jewels off as fast as they get them on the crown. Although this is good for fine motor development, it could also be a choking hazzard.
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katie says
I LOVE this post. what a cute idea. we are in the states, but my husband grew up in England. We were there for the royal wedding but didnt make the trip for the Jubilee but did watch on tv! i am a homeschool blogger too and we love traveling and learning about new places. new reader here!
crystalmcclean says
They were fun to make, and very easy. I am glad I went the route to have pre-purchased crowns this time instead of making our own as this way it was easier for the very young ones to join in. Tristan enjoyed it so much he made another at a Jubilee street party we attended.