The Fairest of Them All

Our school is putting on the play "The Rockin' Tale of Snow White" later this week, and I have been tasked with making the crown for the wicked queen. The director told me she wanted it to have lots of spikes!

I scoured the internet for an inspiration crown. I found a site where someone else had made one out of Styrene that reminiscent of the crown worn by the queen in the recent hit movie "Snow White and the Huntsman".

Pics I found of someone building a crown from styrene

Wicked queen from "Snow White and the Huntsman"

I didn't have any Styrene handy, but I did have access to heavy paper! The paper I have is heavier than card stock, but lighter than chip board. I think it will be perfect!

Figuring out the right size for the ring of triangles that the spikes will set into later.

First I used a regular sheet of white paper to make a small pattern and get an idea of the size I wanted my shapes to be. Once I got my template made, I traced my shape on my heavier paper, cut out the pieces, scored them, and gently folded them.

Left and right triangle pieces waiting to be taped together.

I taped my scored shapes together with white duct tape. Then I cut a little notch in the bottom of the taped shape so it would sit on the head ring in the appropriate spot. Once I had all of my triangles sitting on the ring evenly spaced, I glued them to the head ring.

Ring of triangles adhered to the head ring.

Now it's time for the spikes. After some measuring, scoring, folding, and trimming, I had a shape that I was ready to adhere to my triangles.

And... VOILA! Here's where we're at for now! Now to strengthen it up and get it painted!

UPDATE:
I wanted to seal the seams where there were gaps between the pieces of paper, so I decided to decoupage tissue paper to outside of the crown. I thought this would also lend some texture to the crown so that the pewter effect would be more apparent after being applied.

After the decoupage had dried, I painted the crown a silver grey color. Much to my horror the crown looked like it was made of tin foil! I have worked too hard on this crown for it to look like it was constructed of tin foil! On to "Plan B"!!

Plan B consists of repainting the whole crown black and applying black glitter. I also have some silver glitter spray that I intend to use to highlight some of the various shapes, like the "V's" that the spikes fit into.

So this is where we're at tonight. Need to finish this up by tomorrow! It's needed by Wednesday morning!


YET ANOTHER UPDATE:
And... VOILA! Here's the finished crown!

I doused it in black glitter and barely sprayed a silver glitter paint over the smaller V's so that the audience would be able to see some definition from afar. It turned out pretty good, I think! And it lasted all three performances without being damaged (thank goodness!)!