Wildflower Crown Tutorial

Little girls love these wildflower crowns! I learned to make them my first year at girls camp. They are fun and easy to make.
Step 1-Pick a nice wad of wildflowers before you get started. Choose ones that have a blossom on top of the stem rather than the ones that have blossoms all the way down the stem. Keep the stems long. About 6-8 inches or longer. If they are too thick and long, your braid will be too bulky, so if a stem is thick, make sure it is only about 6 inches. As you start braiding, you will figure out how what works best.

Step 2-Start with three flowers and start to braid them. Take the one on the right and put it's stem over the one in the middle. Then take the one on the left and put it over the one in the middle.

Step 3-Now each time you braid a stem over the middle, add an extra flower--Just like french braiding. If you are using several different kinds of flowers, or if one of your strands gets too short, you may need to add two flowers at a time. Be creative and make adjustments as necessary.

A view of what the back looks like.

Keep braiding, until it gets really long.
Step 4-When it is long enough to go around your little girl's head,continue braiding without adding any extra flowers. Then you might need to trim up the ends a little.
Step 5-Match the end to the beginning and overlap them.
Step 6-Secure with dental floss or long strips of grass. I usually secure it in two spots.