DIY Fun & Colorful Symbolic New Year Crown | New Year Picture Props + Links To FREE Resources!

Last Year, I made some new year hats using paper visor templates for us to wear in welcoming 2018. This year, I decided to make some new year hats again and chose crowns. I like trying out different things so every new year would be different from the previous one we had. I painted our crowns in colors that has a symbolic meaning for us the way we hope or want to be and go through our life in 2019. I chose crown to signify us reigning (like a queen) and taking power of our life in 2019. 

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Make your new year celebration colorful by creating some fun new year crowns for your family. I started making our crowns about 2-3 weeks before new year, I did it step by step on a free time until all are DONE. I made mine mostly handmade but here I'll share other alternative ways to make yours fast and easy!

CREATING YOUR CROWN + LINK TO FREE PRINTABLES & MORE!

I use a blank crown template, Click Here To Check Out FREE Printable Crown Templates. Choose any blank crown template you like, I chose this basic zigzag crown HERE for our crowns. I made 2 crowns (blue & green), my crown is blue which symbolizes freedom, self-expression, wisdom and joy and Lauren's crown is green which symbolizes growth, health and progress for the coming year.  CLICK HERE if you want to know more about color meanings or psychology, I used white vellum boards for our crowns and paint them using acrylic paint. 

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To skip painting, use pattern papers or colored heavy weight paper. I use paper twine as ties for our crown but it's better to use elastic string or elastic thread for it to make sure the crown stays properly on the head and won't slip off easily. I made our crowns a bit taller to be able to add something such as the "2019" number to it.

HOW TO CREATE A TALL CROWN PATTERN

1. Print the crown template first on a bond paper, Click Here To Check Out FREE Printable Crown Templates. Choose and print one you like then cut the template to use as a tracing guide on a pattern or colored heavy weight paper.

2. These crown templates are short, to be able to add something on it such as numbers, "happy new year" word or anything you wish, make an extension according to your desired length at the end of the pattern when tracing it on your paper to make the crown a bit taller.

FREE Printable Digital Papers Set 1

If you can't find pattern papers in stores near you, check out these FREE printable digital papers by clicking on the links below. Print pattern papers of choice on a white heavy weight paper such as (cardstock, specialty board, vellum board or any paper of similar texture). 

FREE DIGITAL PAPERS SET 1 LINKS
The links are arranged in the order that they appear in the collage image above from (top left-right) then (bottom left-right).

* "FREE Printable Polka Dot Pattern Paper" by Chicfetti

* "FREE Tri Color Chevron Stripes Digital Paper" by Free Pretty Things For You

* "FREE Bold Polka Dots & Bold Stripes Digital Paper" by The Cottage Market

* "FREE Printable Herringbone Pattern Paper" by Chicfetti

FREE Printable Digital Papers Set 2

Choose from any of these colorful digital papers for use either as paper for your crowns or to spice up the letterings and number embellishments on your crown!

FREE DIGITAL PAPERS SET 2 LINKS
The links are arranged in the order that they appear in the collage image above from (top - left ; down - left) then (right side).

* "FREE Diagonal Stripe Digital Scrapbooking Paper" by Free Pretty Things For You

* "FREE Printable Chevron Pattern Paper" by Chicfetti

* "FREE Printable Horizontal Stripe Pattern" by Chicfetti

DECORATING YOUR CROWN + LINK TO FREE PRINTABLES

Add words or the new year number on your crowns, Click Here To Check Out FREE Printable Letters And Numbers. 

HOW TO PRINT NUMBERS AND LETTERS TO DECORATE CROWN

1. Download printable letters and numbers from link above. Extract chosen letters or numbers from zip file to desired folder on your computer. 

2. Locate extracted numbers or letters and right-click on it next select "print". In the printer dialog box, change the paper size to the paper you will be printing it to (example: Letter - 8 1/2 x 11 in or Legal - 8 1/2 x 14 in)

3. Uncheck the "fit to picture frame" box below and on the right side, click on the thumbnail of the desired size of the letter or number you want that fits best with the size of your crown (example: wallet size, or contact sheet) 

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4. Multiply a single letter or number in one page of your paper for use in decorating more than 2 crowns by typing the desired number of copies into the "copies of each picture" box. 

5. Insert a pattern paper or construction paper in any chosen color or pattern into the printer and click on "print". 

6. Cut letters and numbers with scissors or handheld cutter.

STEPS TO CREATE A NEW YEAR CROWN

STEP #1: Print crown template on a bond paper, cut and use template as tracing guide on a pattern paper or colored heavy weight paper. Add an extra extension to the pattern to make a taller crown. 

STEP #2: Cut crown pattern and construct crown together  by taping ends with scotch tape.

STEP #3: Decorate crown with your choice of new year words or year number. Try mixing the plain and pattern papers alternately together for your crown or numbers and letters to balance and spice them up even more.

STEP #4: Add extra fringe embellishments of choice all around the tip or below the tip of your crowns using construction papers.

STEP #5: Punch a hole on the side and tie an elastic string or elastic thread to your new year crowns.

Create your own symbolic new year crowns in colors that mean what and how you want or hope yourself and life to be in the coming year and make your new year a more fun and creative one. Snap some photos wearing your creative crown hats with some party horns or blowers to go with it.

MATERIALS FOR THIS DIY

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* printer ; * white heavy weight paper ( such as card stock, specialty board, vellum board or any paper of similar texture) * assorted colored heavy weight paper ; * pattern papers (check out the shared links above) ; * assorted construction papers ; * regular scissors ; * craft scissors ; * utility knife ; * scotch tape ; * solid glue stick ; * elastic thread * party blower noisemakers as extra props (optional)

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POST UPDATED: December 2021