Crowns are a very popular Jewish symbol, and for the Jewish holiday of Purim the crown might represent the crown of the beloved Queen Esther, the heroine of the Purim story, or maybe the kids want to get dressed up as royalty in general? In any case, learning how to make a festive cardboard crown is certainly useful, and wonderful when you might want to craft with a group of kids. I am doing this craft with a group of 3rd grade boys, and so I’m sharing with you the first phase of the craft. And truthfully, while I prepared the cardboard base ahead of time, I didn’t give any specific instructions, other than the aluminum foil balls, so it was wonderful to see what the boys came up with! Okay, let’s do it!
Supplies For Cardboard Crown Craft
• recycled corrugated cardboard
• colored paper, including optional quilling strips
• aluminum foil and toothpicks
• hot glue and a glue stick
• how to draw fish tutorial (optional, of course) as fish are connected to Purim and the Jewish month of Adar
How To Make A Cardboard Crown
- With a ruler, draw a house shape that is roughly 10cm wide and 13cm tall, such that six such house shapes form a crown base that is 60cm long x 13cm tall.
- Trace six connecting houses onto a piece of cardboard with a pencil, using the original house shape as a stencil, and cut out. Make as many of these crowns as you can!
- Score vertical lines on the cardboard between each house, in order to fold the cardboard to form a hexigon crown shape.
- Give kids the crowns and basic supplies, and let them get creative decorating the crowns. Teach them how to draw fish using the link I’ve provided in the supplies list above, as putting fish on a crown is surely lots of fun and unexpected!
- Glue the finished crowns to a base to make a crown shaped box, or attach a closure of some kind if the child wants to wear the crown, or simply glue the crown closed with a tab on the inside and enjoy.
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