Getting ready for the carnival: royal crown made of paper. Crowns of the Russian Empire Do-it-yourself Imperial crown of the Russian Empire

In this section we will teach you how to make crowns with your own hands. Why might you need such an accessory as a crown? First of all, for a children's party, in particular, for a New Year's party in a kindergarten or school. Of course, the easiest way is to buy a ready-made crown in a store. But, you must agree that it will be much more interesting and useful for a child to make a crown with his own hands together with mom or dad. On our website you will find crowns for both boys and girls. You will learn that you can make a crown with your own hands not only from paper or cardboard. The crown can also be sewn from felt, made from wire and beads, for example. A very beautiful crown for a princess can be made from lace. Even a small child can make a crown with his own hands from a paper plate. A suitable crown will complement a festive costume, giving its owner a sophisticated look and individuality. In addition, children can use homemade crowns in everyday role-playing games, and not just on special occasions.

1. How to make a crown. DIY paper crown

A large number of all kinds of crowns can be made from paper. A very simple technique for making a paper crown with your own hands is described on this site. You need to cut many squares of the same size from thick, golden-colored paper. After this, to make a crown, you need to fold the squares diagonally in half and glue them together, inserting them into each other.

In the same way, you can make a crown with your own hands from stickers. Select stickers of different colors for the crown and glue them together as shown in the photo. All you need to make your own paper crown is a set of stickers. No glue, no scissors, or any other additional materials or devices are required.

2. DIY crown. How to make a paper crown

How else can you make a paper crown? It's very quick and easy to make a crown from a paper plate. The finished crown will need to be decorated: with sparkles, purchased pom-poms, sequins, beads, tinsel, rain, etc. Entrust this part of the work of making the crown with your own hands to the child.

A good idea is to use a ready-made paper crown template. On many sites you can find, download and print such templates. For example, on the well-known Creative Park website from Canon you can download a template and instructions for making such a paper crown.

But what an original paper crown can be made from paper strips twisted at the ends. Either a paper wig, or a DIY crown. A great option for a fun children's party.

3. DIY cardboard crown. How to make a crown out of cardboard

You can make a crown with your own hands not only from paper, but also from cardboard. A cardboard crown is more durable and holds its shape better. It is good to use corrugated cardboard when making a New Year's crown. Below we provide examples of crowns made from cardboard. The cardboard crown is decorated with artificial stones, which can be purchased at a jewelry store.

In the second photo, the crown is made of ordinary cardboard, which is used for packaging. To obtain corrugated cardboard, the top layer was removed from ordinary cardboard.

You can remove this layer in this way:

1. First glue the parts to each other. This is important, since the glue will prevent the experimental part from curling due to water.
2. Prepare an awl or thin screwdriver, a sponge and a container of water.
3. Using a sponge, wet the part and wait two to three minutes.
4. Now the cardboard layer can be removed. If it doesn’t give in, then wet it again and help yourself with an awl screwdriver.
5. It is best to remove it perpendicular to the corrugation.

You can also make a crown with your own hands from a cardboard roll of toilet paper. To do this, you just need to cut triangular teeth on top of it. You can decorate the crown with your own hands using colored tape; stickers, sparkles, sequins, feathers, etc. are also suitable for decoration. You can wear such a homemade crown with an elastic band or attach it to a hairband. The crown for the princess is ready!

4. DIY crown for a boy. DIY King's Crown

On this site you will find a detailed master class on how to make a king's crown with your own hands. To make a crown for a boy you will need plain and corrugated colored paper. Be sure to decorate the king's crown with artificial plastic pebbles or glass beads at the end.

You will also find a template for another crown for a boy. Print the crown template on yellow colored double-sided paper, decorate it, and glue the parts of the crown together with your own hands.

If you know how to sew, then it will not be difficult for you to sew a crown for the king from felt. Sew an elastic band at the back that will secure the finished product to the head.

5. DIY crown for a girl. DIY princess crown

We can advise you to make a crown for a girl from lace. This is a very simple and original way to make a princess crown with your own hands. For this craft you will need lace and a special fabric hardener.

First, decide on the size of the future crown. After this, make a cylinder of a suitable size from cardboard or a piece of whatman paper, wrap it with cling film. Now take the lace and wrap it around the cylinder. Treat the lace with fabric hardener and leave to dry.

When the lace has dried and acquired the required hardness, remove it from the cardboard cylinder. All you have to do is decorate the crown for the princess with your own hands. First paint it, then glue or sew on decorations.

It should be noted that the method described above on how to make a crown for a girl with your own hands is quite lengthy, because... you have to wait a long time for the lace to dry. There is a faster way to make a princess crown. To do this, instead of fabric hardener, you will need spray paint in a can. Everything is done the same way as we described above, only the lace is treated not with fabric hardener, but with spray paint. The paint dries much faster and, most importantly, gives the lace the necessary strength. This way you "kill two birds with one stone."

“You are heavy, Monomakh’s cap,” said Boris Godunov, referring to the severity of the responsibility of the royal power. The most famous royal headdress, like all crowns and imperial crowns, was indeed heavy. The large imperial crown with which Emperor Nicholas I was crowned king on August 22, 1826 in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin was not easy either. What were they - the main attributes of power in the Russian state?

Royal crowns

Monomakh's hat

Monomakh's hat - symbol of the Russian monarchy. All Russian tsars were crowned with her in the 16th-17th centuries. There is a legend that in the 12th century, the Byzantine Emperor Constantine sent it and other regalia on a golden platter to the Kyiv Grand Duke Vladimir Monomakh, from whom, after many generations, this crown passed to the Moscow kings. True, there is a version that the hat was a gift from Uzbek Khan to Yuri Danilovich or Ivan Kalita, whom he patronized. The hat could have been made to their order by oriental craftsmen. It has been established that for the first time the grandson of Ivan III, Dmitry, who was never destined to become a monarch, was crowned king with the Monomakh's cap in 1498.

Initially, Monomakh's hat was decorated with pearl and gold pendants; later it was trimmed with dark sable fur and crowned with a gold engraved pommel with a cross. The height of the hat with a cross is about 25 centimeters, and its diameter is about 20 centimeters. There are six types of stones on the cap with a total of 43 pieces. Cap weight - 993.66 g. In general, Monomakh’s hat is not so heavy...

Kazan Hat

The Kazan hat is a golden crown, made, according to legend, by jewelers of the conquered Kazan Khanate, for Ivan the Terrible. A spare headdress for Russian monarchs. The hat was made around 1553, for Ivan the Terrible, immediately after the conquest and annexation of the Kazan Khanate to the Russian state and the consolidation of the title of the Kazan Tsar.

Gold, silver, rubies, emeralds, pearls, and fur were used in its production. The cap is crowned with a 90-carat yellow sapphire. By the way, in the modern coat of arms of Kazan it is this headdress that is crowned with a shield.

Astrakhan Hat - crown Big outfit

The Astrakhan hat was made in 1627 especially for Tsar Mikhail Romanov. It is named the Astrakhan cap in honor of the conquest of the Astrakhan Khanate.

The two-tiered crown has a massive metal body, with an eight-pronged tiara added to the lower part of the outer frame. At the bottom of the crown is attached sable fur, traditional for this type of crown - “hats”. The hat is decorated with 177 stones and pearls. Today this crown is crowned with the coat of arms of Astrakhan.

After the death of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, the young Ivan and Peter were placed on the throne. Two kings - two crowns, which were made in the Kremlin workshops for each of them.

Siberian cap or Altabasnaya

The altabass hat was named after the brocade-like fabric from which it was sewn in 1684 for Tsar Ivan V Alekseevich. To ensure that the hat did not wrinkle and retain its shape, it was reinforced from the inside on a frame made of smooth silver arches.

Against the slightly shimmering background of the fabric, a pattern of openwork gold spikes, colored with bright enamels and precious stones, is clearly visible.

Diamond hat of Ivan V

The Diamond Cap is a spare headdress of Ivan V. It was designed for everyday use.

The hat was also richly decorated with precious metals and diamonds, some of which Ivan transferred to his favorite Siberian hat.

The Altabasnaya (Siberian) hat and the Almaznaya hat are currently in the Armory Chamber.

Diamond hat of Peter I

The diamond cap is the first crown of Tsar Peter I. What is noteworthy about this headdress is that in height and circumference it was significantly inferior to the similar “diamond cap” of Peter I’s elder brother, Ivan V.

After traveling to overseas countries and becoming familiar with local fashion, Peter was embarrassed to wear this crown in public. Apparently, he considered it unfashionable.

Monomakh's Hat of the Second Outfit

Spare hat (copy) of Monomakh. It was also intended for the head of Peter I. Apparently, he wore it once - at the “duet” royal wedding in 1682 together with his brother Ivan V - however, he was wearing the original Monomakh cap.

The spare headdress is much lighter than the original - about 700. But for Pyotr Alekseevich, apparently, it was still heavy, since he wore it only once.

Imperial crowns

One of the first imperial crowns was the crown with which Peter I crowned Catherine I. Alas, only the frame remained of it, since subsequent Russian emperors used the diamonds decorating it at their discretion.

Crown of Russian Empress Anna Ioannovna

The crown of the Russian Empress Anna Ioannovna is a precious crown made in St. Petersburg in 1730-1731, presumably by the master Gottlieb Wilhelm Dunkel. About two and a half thousand diamonds, rubies and tourmalines, skillfully selected in size, are mounted into the silver frame of the crown. Most of them previously adorned the crown of Empress Catherine I, as well as the dark red tourmaline placed under the irregularly shaped diamond cross. It was purchased in 1676 from the Chinese Bogdykhan by decree of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and subsequently adorned several royal crowns in turn. The weight of this unique piece is one hundred grams.

Great Imperial Crown of the Russian Empire

A jewelry miracle that personified imperial power in Russia from Catherine II to the last Russian emperor Nicholas II...

Commissioned by Catherine the Great for her coronation in 1762, it was created from a design by Georg-Friedrich Eckart and under the direction of Jeremiah Pozier in just two months. The Empress set only one condition - the weight should not exceed 5 pounds. All subsequent Russian emperors after Catherine II were crowned with this crown. After the October Revolution, the Crown served as collateral for Ireland for a loan of $25,000. Until 1938, the valuables were kept in the house of the mother of Irish Ambassador Harry Boland. The jewelry was returned to Russia in 1950 after following the loan repayment procedure. The Great Imperial Crown is the main exhibit of the Diamond Fund.

Small Imperial Crown

The Small Imperial Crown was created specifically for the coronation of Empress Maria Feodorovna, wife of Alexander II

Vladimir tiara

An amazing story is connected with the Vladimir Tiara, which received its name from the English form of the title of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna - The Grand Duchess Vladimir of Russia, who was the wife of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, brother of Tsar Alexander III.

Until 1920, the tiara belonged to Maria Pavlovna, who ordered it from jewelers in 1890. The Vladimir tiara was made of diamonds and pearls. Left along with the entire jewelry collection of the Grand Duchess during the revolutionary events in the safe of the Vladimir Palace in St. Petersburg, the tiara was taken out by British intelligence via diplomatic mail.

After the death of Maria Pavlovna, the tiara was bought by Queen Mary from Princess Elena Vladimirovna, Maria's daughter.

It was Queen Mary who came up with the idea to improve the tiara so that the pearl pendants were replaced with emerald ones, so that it could be worn with different outfits.

The beloved tiara was inherited by Queen Mary's granddaughter Elizabeth II, who gave it to Princess Diana to wear... Elizabeth II herself wears the Vladimir Tiara during unofficial ceremonial events as a replacement for the official royal crown, but that's another story - the history of British crowns...

Something has been stretching into crowns lately... Today we are making two more crowns, this time crowns for the king and queen.

If we made the crown of the Russian Empire from a plastic bottle and polyethylene foam, then for the royal crown we prepared thick cardboard 2-3 mm thick, which can bend without leaving creases.

Royal crown finished looks like this:

Crown pattern, approximately 58 head size:

Of course, the teeth of the crown can be drawn in any shape you like.
First, we cut out the crown from whatman paper, try it on, and adjust the height of the crown.

Cut out the crown blank from cardboard. We glue together in an overlap (did you forget about the gluing allowance?).

We are preparing a glue gun with a large supply of rods, various ribbons, and cords. The color of the braid does not matter - everything will be painted gold. Glue the cords and braid to the crown with a glue gun (or Moment-Crystal universal glue) as your imagination tells you

We glue on all sorts of different beads, pendants, buttons, brooches - whatever is at hand. It is advisable that the beads be collected on a thread, this is more reliable than gluing one at a time.

When your decorative imagination runs out, you can paint the crown. First we prime it, then we paint it gold. I pre-painted it with black spray paint, because... I wanted to give the crown some antiquity. You can prime it with white paint - then the gold on the crown will appear especially brightly.

Don't be alarmed that there is a different crown in this photo. This is the queen's crown, which will be discussed later. The principle is the same.

Now we paint with gold spray paint.

Without further ado, I decorated this crown with adhesive-based acrylic rhinestones.

The crown for the king is ready. Oops! I almost forgot to show the inside of the crown.

I really like this reverse side: the rivets are just like real ones. But they didn’t turn out well: when I bent the cardboard blank of the crown into a ring, my cardboard did crease in one place. I strengthened this crease by gluing a piece of cardboard to the inside of the crown. At the same time, of course, I had to glue them evenly around the entire perimeter of the crown. Then, using a glue gun, you need to quickly, quickly place dots on these inserts, and then even faster (until the glue has cooled) with something sharp, such as a thin screwdriver or the tip of a knife, press the dots in the middle. This is how the forged rivets on the crown turned out.
I have a soft part of Velcro tape glued to the bottom of the inside of the crown - this is to prevent the crown from sliding around on the head.

Now about a crown for the queen.

The following crown shape was taken as a basis:

The process of making this crown is no different from making a royal crown. But in decorating the crown for the queen, more expensive rhinestones, pearls and glued semi-pearls, and sequins were used. There are a total of 5 pentagons on the crown, highlighted with glued cord. Between the pentagons, horizontal reliefs are “drawn” with a glue gun.

Ready crown for queen:

Good luck to everyone in their creativity!

The jewels of the Russian imperial crown shared the sad fate of the treasuries of the largest European monarchies - the English (until 1848), French and Austro-Hungarian, which were irretrievably lost in the whirlwind of wars and revolutions.

In 1719, according to the decree of Peter I, for the special storage of “things belonging to the state,” a special room was organized - “rentery”, where state regalia, insignia, and ceremonial jewelry were kept. Since 1839, this repository became known as the Diamond Room.

Russian emperors and empresses, competing in luxury with the monarchs of other European countries, sought to increase the wealth and splendor of their court. Many outstanding jewelers worked at the court in St. Petersburg - I. Pozier, father and sons Duval, L. Pfisterer, G. Eckart. Precious stones were purchased using treasury funds, some of them came in the form of gifts. In addition to the imperial regalia, the crown jewels included various jewelry and decorations.

For the coronation of Catherine II, who ascended the throne as a result of a coup d'etat. a large imperial crown was made. Already on July 8, 1762, on the tenth day after the massacre of Peter III, a decree signed by Catherine appeared, according to which Chamberlain Ivan Betsky was given 50 thousand rubles for coronation expenses, including payment to jewelers. The development of a sketch of the crown was entrusted to the jeweler Jeremy (Jeremiah) Pozier (1716-1779), a native of Switzerland.

The chief court jeweler, Georg-Friedrich Eckart, rejected Pozier's plan. Having received gold from the treasury, he himself made the openwork frame of the crown. But it was Pozier who decorated the crown with stones. “I chose among the things all the largest stones that were not suitable for fashionable decoration, partly diamonds, partly colored,” Pozier later recalled in his “Notes.” “Despite all the precautions I took to make the crown light and to use only the most necessary materials to hold the stones in it, it ended up weighing five pounds.”

Pauzier did an excellent job of selecting stones, brought out their beauty, very successfully found transitions from one color to another and skillfully used the mesmerizing shimmer of pearls. The crown was valued at two million rubles - an astronomical amount at that time. Let us add that this masterpiece of 18th-century jewelry was created in just two months.

The crown of the Russian Empire looks traditional for this symbol of state power. It consists of two openwork silver hemispheres, strewn with Indian diamonds of various sizes - there are 4936 pieces in total (total weight - 2858 carats). At the bottom of the crown, large white and pink diamonds alternate rhythmically.

The only spot of color is the large dark red spinel at the top of the crown, below the diamond cross. This 398.72-carat spinel is one of seven historical stones stored in the Diamond Fund. It was purchased in 1676 by the Russian envoy to Beijing Nikolai Spafariy.

Along with the crown, other imperial regalia were made for the coronation of Catherine II - an orb and a scepter.

The orb - a polished hollow ball topped with a cross - is made of so-called “red gold”. The ball is surrounded by two rows of large diamonds, the sapphire on top weighs approximately 47 carats. The golden scepter is made in strict forms; it consists of three smooth parts, separated by diamond bands, and is crowned with a double-headed eagle, decorated with black enamel and diamonds. Below the eagle, greatly enhancing the splendor of the scepter, is the famous Orlov diamond (189.62 carats).

The so-called Small Imperial Crown, kept today in the Diamond Fund, was made in 1801 by the Duval brothers for Elizaveta Alekseevna, wife of Alexander I. Its weight is 378 g, the crown is decorated with 48 large (from 2 to 9 carats) and 200 small diamonds. This crown, originally intended for coronation, and later served for special occasions, is made as an elegant feminine decoration.

Historical reference

A scandal broke out. Foreign newspapers wrote that some European entrepreneurs and banks were used by the Soviet government for foreign exchange transactions with looted gold, diamonds and church valuables. To quell the outrage, at the end of 1925 an exhibition of the crown jewels was hastily organized in Moscow, which was supposed to show the world that they were safe and sound.

The noise raised in the press apparently disrupted the impending deal for the sale abroad through Manchuria of all the relics of the former Diamond Room, which included a collection of imperial crowns, an imperial scepter with the Orlov diamond, an orb, a collection of diamond pendants and tiaras, and diamond order medals. signs and chains, gift gold cups, a collection of fans and rings, imperial Faberge Easter eggs and much more.

However, most of these items were still sold out in the 1920s and 1930s.
Some later turned up in private collections in the USA and Europe, for example, the wedding crown of Russian empresses, made from the diamond belt of Catherine II - in the fall of 1926, it (together with the diamond sword of Paul I, the decoration of Catherine the Second's coronation dress from clusters of Brazilian diamonds and Indian emeralds, the diamond snuffbox of Empress Elizabeth, the collection of imperial Faberge Easter eggs) was sold by the new owners of the country to the American dealer Norman Weiss.

The location of some other items is still unknown (including several Faberge eggs, a diamond badge of the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called, which belonged to Alexander II, the icon of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary in the Temple in a precious frame by Faberge, etc.).

MASTER CLASS “CROWN OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE” MUNICIPAL BUDGETARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF ADDITIONAL CHILDREN’S EDUCATION “PALACE OF CHILDREN’S CREATIVITY NAMED AFTER Y.A. GAGARIN" PROKOPIEVSK

Goal: To expand the creative and professional capabilities of students, to introduce them to the method of creating headdresses using papier-mâché and fabric-plastic techniques. Objectives: Educational: To introduce the unconventional technique of creating the crown of the Russian Empire. Developmental: Develop creative imagination and fantasy. Educational: To cultivate patriotic feelings, historical memory, respect for the regalia of Russia.

Large Imperial Crown For the first time, during the coronation of Catherine II, there was a transition from traditional hats studded with gems to European-style crowns; a crown of gold and silver, studded with many diamonds, was made for her. The crown was made in 1762 by two famous jewelers Georg-Friedrich Eckart, who was the author of the sketches and frame, and Jeremy Pozier, who selected the stones. The work was carried out by special order of Catherine II. The famous masters were given only one condition: the crown had to weigh no more than 5 pounds (2 kilograms).

To work you need a Clay pot to create the shape of a crown White paper and papier-mâché magazines Wallpaper glue or PVA construction glue A small amount of plasticine of any color Silver acrylic paint Fabric for covering the hemispheres, a square of red satin crepe, a strip of foam rubber, braid, rhinestones Therma- gun

In order to create the crown of the Russian Empire, you need to select a pot that, when turned upside down, resembles the approximate shape of a crown; you can use a basin or mayonnaise bucket, and so on. Divide the flower pot in half with a marker and draw a thick line.

Make a thin strip of plasticine and lay it along the marked line on the pot. Now cover each half of the pot with paper (using the papier-mâché technique), apply 10 layers of torn paper, the top two and bottom two layers must be made of white paper, I alternated white paper with paper from magazines, but not glossy. Wallpaper glue with the addition of PVA, you can use only one PVA glue (construction glue).

After pasting, the pot should dry for several days. Remove each half of the future crown separately from the dried pot, align the edges of the blanks along the bottom and side, and trim off all unnecessary irregularities.

Each half of the future crown needs to be puttied; I bought super white putty at a building materials store; you can putty it inside and out. Dry the workpieces after puttying, then use fine sandpaper to smooth out all the irregularities on the parts.

Using the same technique, make the middle strip of the crown, doubling the number of layers of paper for better strength of the product. Let it dry for several days, remove, level (the width of the strip depends on the size of the crown), trim off the excess and putty.

Then glue the two hemispheres together with a heat gun, if necessary, fill up the unevenness and give the product time to dry, sand the unevenness with sandpaper. If desired, cover the crown with silver or gold acrylic paint (color may vary) on both sides. For better strength, reinforce the joining sides of the hemispheres with cardboard.

We cover the glued crown with fabric (brocade, mesh, etc.) using a heat gun and decorate the edges of the hemispheres with braid and secure everything with a heat gun. We cover the lower part of the crown with a strip of foam rubber (the strip is first covered with the same fabric as the main part of the crown. We sew the strip to the main product and decorate it with braid.

We decorate the crown with rhinestones or stones (if desired and financially possible) using a thermal gun, cut out a cross from thick cardboard, cover it with braid and decorate with rhinestones, the cross can be secured in the center using a perfume cap decorated with braid. The large round ball in the center is a perfume bottle covered with stones. And finally, after many hours of exciting work, we got this wonderful CROWN OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE!