How to Make a Plastic Bottle Tiara

attosa
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September 27, 2018

Plastic Bottle Tiara - closeup of the tiara One of my nieces wants to be a princess for Halloween, so a princess she shall be. Okay, a pennies-on-the-dollar Attosa princess. (Side note: I was named after a princess, so I think you should trust me with this craft!) I took an empty 2-liter bottle, dazzled it with glitter, and cut it to shape. Super easy, crazy cheap, and mega cute. I've added a tiara template for you to print out.

Total Time: 1 hour plus dry time

Yield: 1 tiara

Supplies:

empty 2-liter bottle
scissors
paper towel
tiara template
tape
white glue
glitter
piece of paper
Q-tip

Plastic Bottle Tiara - tiara design to trace

Steps:

Remove the label from the bottle. Cut the top off and clean out the moisture from the inside.

Plastic Bottle Tiara - wiping moisture out of cut bottle

Cut the bottom off so you have a ring. Cut the ring down vertically so you have one long curved rectangle. Clean off any of the residue left over from the label.

Plastic Bottle Tiara - remove bottom and cut down the side to create a rectangle and remove any label adhesive

Tape the tiara printout under the piece of bottle so you can easily trace it. The bottle will want to curve back into shape, so place something heavy on one corner.

Plastic Bottle Tiara - place the tiara printout under the plastic, weigh it down

Begin tracing the tiara with your white glue.

Plastic Bottle Tiara - trace the tiara with white glue

Pour some glitter on the glue, then continue tracing more parts, covering with glitter.

Plastic Bottle Tiara - add glitter as you go

Shake the glitter off onto a piece of paper so you can reuse what didn't stick. Keep doing this until your glue is completely covered in glitter.

Plastic Bottle Tiara - shake off excess glitter to reuse

If you have other colours or types of glitter, add some dots of glue on then sprinkle those on as well. I went with bigger glitter to resemble a big gem in the middle of the tiara.

Plastic Bottle Tiara - use larger glitter to create details

Use a Q-tip to clean glitter out of the little window spaces for a tight look. Allow to dry for several hours.

Plastic Bottle Tiara - clean off excess glitter between glue lines with a Q-tip and allow to dry

Cut out the tiara as close to the glitter lines as possible. Keep the base of the bottle as big as it originally was so it can safely sit on top of your head.