Pipe Cleaner Birthday Crowns For The Whole Crowd!

One of my sweet sons turned six just before Rosh HaShana, and we were out of town (I know I didn't tell you, my Mom told me not too!) so for his birthday I had to get just a bit more creative than usual! I asked my sister in law if she had some pipe cleaners, though I'm not sure why, and then it occurred to me to make a birthday crown as well as crowns for the young guests! The results were so cute, I just had to share them with you!

I had to work with the colors and quantities that I was given, so I made slightly different crowns for girl and boy guests.

And even the matryoshka dolls got matching crowns! At home these wooden nesting dolls have been a party staple recently, so it was really nice that I had just picked up a set that had been waiting for me at my mother's house!

You'll Need:

• pipe cleaners
• imagination

For The Crown You'll Need:

• 7 blue pipe cleaners
• 6 red pipe cleaners

Crown How-To:

1. Bend blue pipe cleaner in half and twist at top to make a loop. Make four like this.
2. Join two (or three, depending on head size) pipe cleaners together lengthwise by twisting ends together
3. Attach blue triangles to blue band
4. Make four red triangles just like the blue one, but size them so they'll fit inside blue triangles
5. Place red triangles inside blue ones and wrap ends round base to cover the area inside the triangle
6. Add extra segments of red pipe cleaner to cover entire front portion of band (see photo)
7. To close at back of head, simply twist pipe cleaners together!