Want to learn how to make a beautiful flower crown for your next special event or photoshoot? Follow along with this inexpensive and easy step-by-step guide to making your own flower crown for little girls (or adults)! Who knew making a flower crown was so easy?

There is something so fancy about a crown of flowers. For little girls, it’s a dream to have a crown like a princess, but with flowers! There’s nothing better.

Whether you’re making a flower crown for special occasions, like a wedding, or something else – these easy steps will work for you. It is such a fun craft!

Where could you use a flower crown:

Wedding – perfect for a bride, bridesmaids, or flower girls
Bachelorette party –
Craft night – would be so much fun to make these together
Galentine’s Day party
Birthday party – just a good idea for the birthday girl
Baby shower
Bridal shower – a great way to honor mama-to-be
Music festival
Photo shoot

I’ve been wanting to get updated family pictures taken. The last ones were from a little less than 2 years ago when miss Evie girl was in my belly and I was still able to suck in a bit, so I didn’t look pregnant. #momlife

Life keeps getting in the way and it just hasn’t happened yet. But, I figured I could put my super-amateur-slightly-better-than-an-iPhone photography skills to work and get pictures of the sweetest girl.

You guys, I can’t deal with how stinkin’ cute she is. And her little temper tantrums. And big, bright, beautiful eyes.

A little girl is wearing a DIY flower crown made with three faux pink hydrangea flowers. Image text reads "DIY flower crown" in large black text.

Ok, back to the flower crown.

I don’t have a good reason for making a flower crown for her for pictures except that it’s pretty, she’s pretty, and the girl has some crazy hair.

So I figured that the gorgeous flower crown would help hold the crazy hair down. She looks like Einstein every morning when she wakes up.

A picture of a disgruntled little girl immediately after waking up from a nap, her hair tousled and messy, next to a picture of Einstein.

I mean, I see similarities.

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DIY Flower Crown: Step-by-step Tutorial

DIY Flower Crown Supplies

Peony/Rose Spray *not the exact one I used but very similar
6in Gold Macrame Hoop (This is dependent on the size of their head. I think a 7in hoop might have worked a little better for her.)I got mine at Joann which was nice because I could try it on her head in the store. You should definitely go to the craft store too and make sure it fits with the circumference of your head!
24 Gauge Floral Wire
Wire cutters or floral scissors

Supplies needed to make a DIY flower crown. One stem of silk flowers, wire, and a gold crafting hoop are all you need to make a flower crown.

Step 1: Remove the flowers from the stems.

I started by picking the fake flowers and leaves off at the ends of the stems and arranging them how I thought I wanted them around the hoop, but not attaching them.

Three faux flowers were the perfect amount for an asymmetrical look to the flower crown. You could also make the flowers go all the way around the crown if you prefer.

I am using a metal hoop for macrame or craft projects, but you could use anything with a circular shape.

Three peony flower heads sit arranged on a gold macramé hoop. Arranging the flowers how you want them to look is the first step to making a flower crown.

Step 2: Attach the leaves of the floral crown first.

Then, I used the floral wire to attach the leaves first. You just kinda wrap it around the base of the leaf stem. Make sure the end of the wire isn’t sticking out because you don’t want them poking!

Sprigs of faux green leaves are wrapped around a gold macramé hoop with floral wire.

Step 3: Next, attach the flowers.

Once the leaves were on, I used a new section of floral wire to attach 3 flowers. I wrapped one end around the little mini stem at the bottom of the flower and then wrapped the remaining excess wire around the hoop.

I tried to position the flowers so that they covered any exposed floral wire.

Note: if I was to make the flower crown again, I probably would have gone with green floral tape (aka floral stem wrap) instead of floral wire and also used a hot glue gun for some extra security.

Step three in making a floral crown is attaching the peony flower heads with wire. Wrap floral wire around the base of the flower head and attach it to the macramé hoop.

And, that’s it!!

A woman's hand holds the finished floral crown in front of a denim fabric chair. The floral crown has three pink peony flowers and green leaves attached to a gold hoop.

Didn’t it turn out gorgeous??

Feel free to mix it up and use fresh flowers, instead of the faux ones I used. You could also add in some smaller flowers, like spray roses too! Using a combination of florals would be fun too for a different feel!

Even using autumn leaves with rich fall colors would be a fun way to do this. There are so many different ways to take this to the next level and make this flower crown DIY your own.

The Final Results: A Floral Crown Photoshoot

I can’t even with this face. She is beautiful.

A little girl in an olive green dress smiles at the camera. She's wearing a pink peony floral crown and is standing in front of a field of tall grass and yellow wild flowers.

A little girl in an olive green dress looks over her shoulder. She's wearing a DIY flower crown made with pink peony flowers and leaves, and is standing in front of a wild flower field with yellow flowers.

A little girl in a green dress sits on some rocks in front of a field of tall grass and yellow wild flowers. She's wearing a pink peony flower crown on her head and smiling at the camera.

She was seriously perfect. I didn’t think she would keep it on her head but anytime it fell off she would pick it up and put it back on.

A little girl wearing an olive green dress stands in front of a field of tall grass and yellow wild flowers. She's playing with the flowers in front of her. On her head, she's wearing a DIY flower crown made with pink peony flowers and leaves.

A little girl in an olive green dress smiles with her tongue out while dancing in a grassy field with wild flowers. She's wearing a DIY flower crown on her head, made with pink peony flowers and leaves.

A little girl stands in front of a field of tall grass and yellow wild flowers. She's wearing an olive green dress and a flower crown made with faux pink peony flowers and leaves.

A little girl stands in front of a field of tall grass and yellow wild flowers. She's wearing a green dress and a pink peony flower crown, looking out onto the flower field.

In case you were wondering, the boys were there, too. Trying to jump in front of the camera.

A little boy's face is close to the camera, smiling a sly grin. In the background, a little girl and an adult are out of focus in the field.

A young boy stands in a grassy field with woods behind him. He's wearing shirts and a stripped blue top and smiling and waving at the camera.

We hiked to the top of the hill and you can see the tip of the Steel Building downtown (the tallest building in downtown Pittsburgh). It was such a wonderful evening. Even TJ tried not to complain about the heat. *tried*

A little girl sits on some rocks in front of a field of grass and yellow wild flowers. She's wearing a green dress and a DIY flower crown made from pink peony flowers. She had a slightly worried expression on her face, like she's about to cry.

A little girl wearing an olive green dress plays with tall blades of grass and flower petals in a grassy field. She's wearing a flower crown made with pink peony flowers and leaves on her head.

Have a wonderful day!!

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DIY Flower Crown

This easy tutorial teaches you how to make a pretty pink peony flower crown! This super easy project is perfect for fun photoshoots with kids (or yourself!)

Active Time 30 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Difficulty Easy

Materials

Instructions

Remove the flowers from the stems and arrange them around the hoop however you'd like them to look.
Attach the leaves of the floral crown first. Just wrap the wire around the leaf stems, then wrap the wire around the hoop.
Next, attach the flowers. Wrap one end around the flower stem at the bottom of the flower and then wrap the remaining floral wire around the hoop.

DIY Flower Crown and Evie Photoshoot