When dandelions and other flowers, but dandelions especially, grow abundantly where you live making flower chains or flower crowns is a skill you must learn! Princesses and fair maidens need these to complete their outfits. Or even to add a special touch to a tea party.
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Step 1: Gather your flowers. We are using dandelions here but any thicker stemmed flower will do like hyacinths, daisies, marigolds, and even tulips. Make sure you have at least 3 inches of stem. Those little ones {that Hershey picked} won’t work.
Step 2: Carefully use your fingernail to split the stem in the middle. Don’t make the split go all the way down! We just want a hole in the middle of the stem.
Step 3: Stick the stem of a different flower through the hole you created in the stem.
Step 4: Split the stem of the new flower you just poked through and poke another flower into that hole.
Step 5: Continue adding flowers to your “chain” until it is long enough to go around your daughter’s {or your!} head.
Step 6: To connect to the first flower, split the stem of the last flower
then carefully poke the head of the first flower into the hole. For larger flowers like marigolds or tulips you will stick the stem of the last flower into the hole of the first flower {so there are two flowers poking into that hole}.
Viola! A flower crown {or flower chain} to wear for the day. Sadly, these only last a day, but they sure are fun!
They aren’t just for little girls to wear! {Here I am with Hershey when she was 6 months old}
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So fun! Maybe I’ll have to let our dandelions grow longer and try it out.
this is just adorable!!!! I will definitely do this with our girls 🙂
Oh!! I remember making these with little daisies when I was young and pretending me and my friends were fairy princesses 🙂 The perfect girly, summery activity!
There’s a park near our house that’s always full of dandelions. We’ll have to visit there this weekend and just play!
So many memories! Thanks! ~Shari R.
those are so pretty! I love hershey’s one! beautiful
we do them with clover! lots of it grows around here!
http://thisgirllovestotalk.blogspot.com.au/search?q=daisy+chains
http://thisgirllovestotalk.blogspot.com.au/search?q=clover
and we make bracelts and rings too! – I had it listed as a holiday activity to do when I needed free ideas to use up time!
When I was married I did one with ivy. I absolutly loved it and felt like a fairy princess.
I think this is a skill every girl should know! 🙂
I’ll have to do this with my girls…they’ve been bring me dandelions for weeks now!
I always wanted to know how to make these!!!
Yay! Thank you, Cocoa. 🙂 Can’t wait to try this with my sweet little daughter.
I’d love it if you shared this with the Fun Family Crafts audience. FFC is similar to Craftgawker but it only features kid friendly tutorials.
Looking forward to seeing what fun crafts you submit!
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