Because you need more flower crowns in your life.

Flower Crowns are so cute and trendy – and fun to make! They also make the perfect headpieces for prom! A gorgeous flower crown is an updated way to wear prom headbands, and a major trend this year. This will be a perfect for accessorizing your prom look – you will surely stand out! Try these steps for creating your own flower crown for prom, you could even have a flower crown party with friends! Here’s a step by step guide to making the perfect DIY flower crown!

1. Pick out your flowers.

Choose a mix of large and small ones, and make sure to pick up some un-flowered greenery too. If your flowers have lots of individual leaves on the stems near the bloom, you’ll need to trim those leaves off.

To make your flower crown last as long as possible: Trim about an inch off the bottom of each flower then put them in a vase of water for at least an hour, adding flower food if they came with it. That way, the blooms are well hydrated before you begin building your crown.

2. Measure a length of floral wire around your head.

Leave about ¼ inch of wiggle room, because you’re going to pack it with a bunch of greenery in just a second.

3. Pick out a few flexible pieces of your un-flowered greenery, and use short lengths of wire to secure it to the wire base.

Suddenly it’s a circle of greenery instead of a circle of floral wire. This will be the base for your fabulous creation.

Mix it up with a variety of un-flowered greens.

4. Now you’re ready to start adding flowers! Clip each flower so it has somewhere between ½ inch and 2 inches of stem beneath it.

5. Secure the flower to the greenery base by wrapping a spiral of floral wire around the stem.

If you have more than a ½ inch of stem, you may need to secure the flower with wire both at the base of the bloom and at the end of the stem. Make sure the ends of your wire aren’t pointing to the inside of the circle. Otherwise, they’ll poke your scalp when you put the crown on.

6. Now all you do is add flowers until your crown feels finished!

You can stick with a simple color scheme and composition.

Or get SUPER colorful with it.

Or go with a holiday theme — like red, white, and blue.

And there you have your flower crown! Flower crowns are the perfect headpieces for prom. You could definitely alter these steps a little bit if you’re also looking to for a DIY Prom Corsage, or for a boutonnière for your date! DIY accessories for prom are also great for the environment, and are fun to make!