Three Kings Crowns Craft for Kids

Three Kings Day is almost here and the kids are so excited! Are you ready? I picked up one of their gorgeous Rosca de Reyes at our local bakery (a traditional ring bread eaten in Mexican culture to celebrate Three Kings Day). Last year our 4-year-old found Baby Jesus in the first slice of her first Rosca. Can you believe it? So much fun! In celebration of this cultural and religious holiday, we’re making a crowns craft! This kids crown craft is a fun way to honor our traditions and is great for fine motor development. The kids even made their own crown template!

I wanted to get the kids involved in our bicultural holiday traditions with a quick craft they did all on their own (with just a little help from mom). We opted to create a paper crown using a simple cereal box craft to make a Three Kings Day Crown.

Kids Crown Craft for Tres Reyes

Three Kings Crowns Craft

Do you have a box of cereal sitting around? Then you’ve got the perfect base for a preschool craft! For this holiday craft, I used a family sized box of Cheerios cereal to make our paper crown. I bet a regular sized box would work great too, though. Just open your cupboard and use what you got.

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Kids Crown Craft – What You’ll Need

Obviously, you’ll need an empty cereal box. You’ll also need hot glue, a stapler, and scissors to assemble your princess and prince crows. But here are additional items to decorate these adorable crowns craft for los Tres Reyes.

• Craft Jewels
• Craft Glitter
• Craft Paint
• Craft foam sheets
• Foil (to cut into shapes)

Draw a Crown Template

Dismantle the cereal box and flip it over. We’ll be using the inside of the box for our paper crown. Now, you can easily print out a crown template online, but this method allows your child to practice their fine motor skills! Just draw the crown outline yourself and ask them to trace the outline with a marker. Then, using kid scissors, have them cut the cardboard crown out.

Using the regular craft paint I have at home, my preschooler painted the crown outline in a pale yellow. Then, with adult supervision, she stapled the ends of the crown template together to create a crown. Be sure to do a quick measurement before stapling.

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Now its time for my girls favorite part – decorate! Using foil that we had on hand and some festive craft jewels, we decorated our crowns. This is your chance to be creative! It was so much fun talking about the three wise kings and the significance of the holiday. Parenting with purpose while crafting seem like natural partners, especially when exposing the kids to cultural holiday traditions.