Make jewelry and crowns from wildflowers!

What little girls doesn't dream of being a fairy princess?  Make her dreams come true on your next camping trip.  For boys - they can make necklaces or more masculine crowns.

There are lots of different ways to make wildflower jewelry and crown.  But most of them are variation of two basic methods - all natural materials - strictly flowers and other found material or wire crowns with wildflowers woven in.

For the all natural method:

What you need:

• Wildflowers - daisies and clovers seem to work very well but any wildflower or combination of wildflowers with long bendable stems will work
• Your imagination

How to:

• Hold a flower each hand and carefully tie the end of the stem of one of the flowers to the other  - no special knots required.
• Slip the knot up to the blossom of the flower you are tying to - then tighten so that the blossom keeps the flower from slipping.
• Continue knotting together flowers until they are the appropriate length for a crown or necklace and then tie the ends together to wear.

Other ideas:

• You could make wildflower garland to decorate camp or a backyard birthday party
• You could make wildflower streamers to hang from a May Day pole
• Twist around outdoor lights to light up your RV campsite
• Make a wreath
• Tie them around bowls and planters to make your campfire meal more festive

Fairy Princess Crown of Wildflowers:

What you need:

• Sparkly wire from the craft store 
• Shimmering ribbons
• Wildflowers - daisies and clovers seem to work very well but any wildflower or combination of wildflowers with long bendable stems will work
• Your imagination

How to:

• Measure your child's head and cut 3 lengths of the sparkly wire 3-4 inches longer than the head measurement
• Braid the wire together adding ribbon
• Attach wildflowers throughout
• Attach streaming ribbons
• And if you made natural wildflower chains you can attach them to dangle from the crown as well