How To Make A Zip Tie Crown

Discover how to brand a zip necktie crown that'due south perfect for a sunburst headdress or a saint's halo with this piece of cake tutorial! It'southward a very easy DIY Halloween costume idea on a upkeep, plus it looks stunning and it's durable, too.

While looking at ways to make floral crowns, I came across this tutorial for making a spiked halo headpiece. I love her channel and she has wonderful costumes, simply this headpiece just would not work for me with the materials I had.

A foreign serial of thoughts while rummaging through supplies led me to the idea I finally loved and what I'm sharing in today's DIY sunburst headdress tutorial using cipher ties. I hope y'all enjoy because it'due south way super piece of cake!

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So, to brand this sun ray halo headband thingie (in that location seriously has to exist a meliorate proper name for it. A nimbus headdress?) I used zip ties. Yes, zip ties! Zip ties and gold spray paint I got for gratis several months agone when someone was clearing out an carelessness locker at the MakerSpace.

Since showtime writing this tutorial, I've realized that it'southward become very popular with people looking for a nimbus or halo headband for nativity scenes and church Christmas pageants.

If y'all brand one of these halo headbands and utilise information technology for your nativity or play, I'd love if you could tag me @natashalhn on Instagram and @natasha5887 on twitter so I can see your work!

Materials needed for a halo headband with zip ties

A plain headband. I used a very narrow metal headband from this package
Nix ties! Any color volition practice in a compression, simply I recommend blackness. I used both 4″ and five.6″ zip ties, but y'all an use ane length if y'all'd adopt.
Gold spray paint
Sparkly accents (chaplet, sequins, glitter, etc. Optional but fun)
Glue (Gem-Tac or thick super glue)

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How to make a sunburst headdress:

one. Find the upper center indicate of your headband and sure-fire down one of the longer goose egg ties in this spot. This will be the top of your crown! Really pull it down tight so you won't have to employ any gum.

I guess if y'all really wanted to, y'all could end here and take a very narrow unicorn horn. =p

2. Add 3 smaller zip ties on either side of your central long tie. Again, cinch them downward equally tight as possible and make sure they're all facing the same direction!

3. Add a longer nil tie on each end…

…so three more than shorter zip ties on each side.

iv. Continue repeating this blueprint until you've covered most of the headband! It can become awkward to wear if you go all the way to the end, and so I recommend leaving a few inches empty at the bottom.

5. Protect an outdoor work surface with newsprint, a large box, plastic, or something else to foreclose spray paint from going everywhere, then spray one side of your crown with spray pigment. Work with brusque sweeps of paint and layer it on slowly instead of spraying intensely on one spot earlier moving on. Too much spray paint at once can lead to unsightly drips!

6. Once one side is dry, flip your crown and spray the other side. It's okay if a little of the black zip tie shows through – I actually adopt to get out a tiny bit showing to add some visual depth.

vii. Wait for spots with inadequate coverage – in that location are always a few hiding somewhere on every project I've spray painted! Add some boosted pigment, every bit needed.

8. One time your crown is fully dry, bring it dorsum inside to embellish, if you'd like. I used a tab of thick super mucilage to hold iii gilt beads on the finish of each longer cipher tie. Chaplet, sequins, and glitter would all look great!

Become out there and relish your new crown. =) Information technology actually flashes when information technology catches the light!

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This crown would make a gorgeous add-on to a sugar skull/Mean solar day of the Dead ensemble, don't you recollect? Or a overnice accessory for a Renaissance saint costume? {{Because Renaissance Saint is super pop Halloween costume, right? =p }} It can besides be worn every bit a sort of necklace…stay tuned for a sister photo to "Sunrise" above to see what I mean!

If you enjoy making costume pieces, you'll likewise like seeing a tutorial for the super unproblematic chiffon greatcoat/brim in the photos!

I never would have expected to use aught ties to make a sunburst crown until I tried it! What unusual crafting supplies accept you lot used in the past?