You guys loved the birthday cake chandelier. Hooray! Well, continuing on the Lars birthday celebration, here's another for you, a birthday candle crown. Your birthday is no longer complete without it, right? Ashley nailed it again with this fun crown that your special birthday friend will love. 
photography by Trisha Zempcrafting by Ashley Isenhour
styling by Brittany Jepsen
Materials:scissors, cardstock, 1/6 yard of fabric, gold thread for embellishment, safety pin, glue gun, paper straws, tissue paper, paint (optional), crepe paper or fabric strip
Step 1: Cut a strip of posterboard 1.5" wide and long enough to fit a little loosely around the guest of honor's head (the candles will take up some space and make the crown fit more snugly). Glue ends together.
Step 2: Cut 3 1" strips of fabric and 3 strands of gold thread at the same length. Hot glue the end of a gold thread to one end of each of the fabric strips. Secure the ends of the strips together with a safety pin and pin into your carpet / old upholstered chair / the pajama bottoms you're wearing. Braid strands together. Braid enough to go around your crown twice.
Step 3: Hot glue fabric braids around posterboard base. Tuck end to the inside of the base and secure with hot glue.
Step 4: Cut paper straws in half to make candles. You can paint them or leave them as they are. Cut 1" squares of tissue paper. Pinch each square in the middle and twist. Squirt a bit of hot glue in the end of each straw and stick the twisted end of your tissue in there. (This great idea is from Icing Design).
Step 5: Hot glue the base of each candle along the inside of your posterboard base. Try to space candles as evenly as possible.
Step 6: Cut a fabric or crepe paper strip and glue over the candles along the inside of the crown. This just makes the crown more comfortable to wear.
