We built a Garden of Gethsemane last year for our major Easter activity, which we aim to repeat this year because my eldest charge has been requesting it for weeks, and this year our main craft is building our own paper plate crown of thorns. It is critical, in my opinion, to educate youngsters the genuine meaning of Easter, whether they are Christians or not. My motivation for doing so is to assist youngsters comprehend many cultures and religions so that we may better understand one another and accept people for who they are, regardless of their beliefs.
We had a fantastic conversation before we started constructing our crowns about why Jesus wore one and how the Roman soldiers mocked him by converting a symbol of monarchy into something demeaning and unpleasant.
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To make your own Crown of Thorns you will need:
1.Cut out the center of your paper plates and poke holes in the edge of the ring that remains. Make the holes bigger with your scissors.
2. Roll up pieces of tin foil and thread them through the perforations to make your thorns.
3. Apply paint to your crown and let it dry.
My little ones like learning about Jesus and Bible stories, and they were full of fantastic questions the entire time we were making this craft. They kept putting their crowns on each other during the procedure, asking if it felt prickly and if they would have preferred to wear a genuine one.
How do you make a crown on paper?
- Draw spikes lengthwise on your paper (as few or as many as you’d like on your crown)
- Cut a second piece of paper for the crown’s rear (you can make it longer or shorter to fit if needed)
How do you make a kids crown out of paper?
- You may get my free crown template by filling out the form at the bottom of this page.
- Construction paper (we selected yellow and orange because those are our kids’ favorite colorsmake sure you use construction paper instead of standard printer paper if you want the template to be the appropriate size!)
Note: If you look closely at the photos, you’ll see that I used standard school glue instead of extra-strong glue. That appeared to be alright at first, but because the backs of the gemstones are so smooth, they began to slide off very soon when our children began to play with the crowns. As a result, I strongly advise against using school glue, especially if you have young children at home who could choke on falling gemstones!
How do you make a homemade crown?
Make a crown fit for a king. Glue plastic gems, rhinestones, sequins, and shapes cut out of glitter paper or tinsel paper to make a bejeweled royal crown. Make glittering dots, lines, and patterns on your crown with glitter glue or metallic puffy paint.
How do you make a queen crown?
Making a crown out of a paper plate is simple and quick, and it doesn’t require a template or any difficult cutting out, making it ideal for toddlers and young children. To form the crown, fold the plate in half and cut in the centre, being careful not to cut the rim. Unfold the plate and make another cut to form a ‘X’ shape, then cut diagonally to make 8 triangles. After that, it’s the kids’ time to decorate the crown by folding the triangles upwards to make the crown.
Decorate the paper crown with paint, glitter, and sequins – or whatever you have on hand – and consider using’sticky paint’ so that the youngsters don’t have to wait for their crowns to dry before gluing on sequins and other embellishments.
Sticky glue is a terrific creative hack for younger or more eager kids, and it’s quite easy to make: simply pour some PVA glue into a dish or container, then add a few drops of paint. Older children who are prepared to wait can paint their crown first and then glue on the ornaments afterwards.