DIY- Krishna's crown/Kireetam for kids on janmashtami - Step by step Pictorial/Tutorial

Krishna Janmashtami also known as Krishnashtami, is a Hindu festival, commemorating the birth of Lord Krishna. On this day, Kids are usually dressed to resemble little Krishna’s & little radhas. There are hundreds of websites and physical stores which cater wide variety of dresses to kids especially for Krishnashtami and fancy dress competitions.

I’m not a person who spends money for accessories which are useful for just few hours and keep it aside later. They may or may not be useful for next year, since kids grow up very fast. I would like to create everything on my own with things I have on my hand.

Today I am going to share how I made a crown for my little Krishna.

Things Required:

1. Any thick card paper – I used a desk calendar sheet of past month.
2.  Pencil/Pen to draw the shape on paper
3. Beads/Stickers to decorate
4. Scissors to cut
5. Gift wrapping paper – Preferably in Gold color
6.  Glue stick
7.  Peacock feather – This brings festive look to the crown J
8. Single punch – To make holes on either side of crown
9. Thick Rubber band (Or even gold strings , if kid is old enough to stay calm while you tie it)
10.  Little Imagination and creativityJ

Step by step pictures to follow:

1.  Draw the outline shape of crown on the paper with pencil and cut it using scissors.
   
2.  Now cut the gold/ decorating paper in the same shape and stick it with the help of glue stick.
   
3. I used color stickers I had to decorate in pattern as shown. You can be creative and use anything which looks beautiful.
   
4. Now punch holes on either ends of the crown. Cut the rubber band and tie it to holes on both the ends of the crown. You can even tie lace/ Strings (as seen for rakhi) to fit the head of kid.
5. Tape/ glue the peacock feather to the crown from backside.
   
6. Your beautiful crown is ready! Don it on your little Krishna and celebrate J

Alternatives:

You can even create a crown if you don’t have all the above said items like beads/stickers and even peacock feather.

If you are good at painting, just take a handmade paper or cardboard paper and paint it with gold color for crown.

You can even cut a paper in to tear drop shape and color it with shades of blue/green to resemble peacocks feather. You just have to stick it to the painted crown upside down on top.