FREE Crown Printables for the First Day of School

It’s that time of year again! As you get ready to go back to school I want to share with you a freebie that you can use on the first day of school… a FREE and EDITABLE crown craft!

I know the first day of school can be exciting, yet stressful so I am hoping this printable will be a fun and easy activity for you to do with your kids. There is little prep involved and if your kids are anything like mine, then they will LOVE coloring and personalizing their very own crown.

This post will take you through everything you will need to know about this FREEBIE and the benefits of having an editable crown for your students. So if you’re ready, let’s get started!

Free First Day of School Headband Crown Options

Within this freebie resource I have included two types of headband crowns: an editable student name version and ready to go non editable version.

Editable Student Name Crown Options

It will take a little more time for you to type each student’s name in the text box, but the benefits of using editable name crowns for the first day of school makes the extra prep time worth it! Personalizing these crowns with the editable feature gives you an opportunity to see if your students can recognize their own names and their classmates’ names. It also makes it more fun to see all of the unique and colorful crowns when they are complete!

Non Editable Crown Options

Like I said in the beginning of this post… prepping for back to school can be stressful! That is why I created a non editable version for you to use if you feel crunched for time.

Easy Google Slides Instructions for this Crown Craft Printable

If you are new here then you may not know that I am OBSESSED with Google Slides. You will find that all of the resources on this blog are made with Google Slides for a number of reasons…

You can create and edit resources on your Google Drive that automatically saves your work. Unlike most editable resources, this one SAVES the changes you make. This means if you edit the Google Slide to add all of your students’ names on Monday, you can go into that same Google Slide on Friday and your students’ names and any changes you make will still be there… YAY!
You can access all of my resources in your Google Slides so you never have to worry about losing or misplacing them.
Wherever you are (at home, in school, the library etc.) and whatever device (laptop, PC, Chromebook, Ipad, smartphone, etc.) you can access Google Slides.
You can organize all of your files by subject or month and add my resources to whichever folder you see fit.

If you are already familiar with Google Slides, then you can scroll to the bottom of this post and click the rainbow button labeled, “Click Here for FREEBIE,” to access this FREE and EDITABLE First Day of School Crown. However, if you would like a quick step by step of how to use this resource, then keep reading!

Using Google Slides to Access this Free and Editable Crown Printable

After downloading this product you can make a copy for yourself. This is super helpful because you can pick and choose which slides you want in your presentation. For example, if you only want to use the Preschool crown template, then you can make a copy, keeping that one slide and deleting the rest.

1. Click the rainbow button labeled, “Click Here for FREEBIE.”

2. Once the Google Slide opens in another tab, click on File → Make a Copy → Entire Presentation. Then, click the yellow button, “OK.”

3. Delete any slides that you do not want in the presentation you just made. You can do this by clicking on the slide to highlight it, then then right mouse click and hit Delete.

P.S. – Don’t worry, you have the original downloaded in your Google Drive already so if you accidentally delete a page you can always go back in the original and copy and paste it into the slide.

4, If you are using the non editable printables, then go ahead and print the page you want (make sure to select landscape in your printing settings) If you would like to write your students’ names on each crown, then you are going to want to…

5. Click the slide that corresponds with the crown you want to use.

6. Click on Edit → Duplicate.

Now, the slide that you selected should be duplicated! Keep repeating this process until you have the number of crowns you need for your class.

7. Click on each textbox and insert your student’s name where it says, “Name’s.”

8. Print the crowns on your paper of choice! Wahoo! You are officially a Google Slides Master!

Print the crowns on your paper of choice! Wahoo! You are officially a Google Slides Master!

Materials Needed

In order to do this activity with your students, you will need some basic supplies. I have attached links to some of the products if you are in need of any of the materials:

1. Paper of your choice (white or color printer paper, white or color cardstock, etc.)

2. Paper for the headband portion of the crown (I always use sentence strips, but you can use construction paper as well)

3. Scissors

4. Stapler or tape

5. Crayons or markers (Optional if you are printing your crowns on color paper)

Using this Crown in Your Classroom on the First Day of School

If you have ever been in a classroom with kids who have never gone to school before, then you know that the first day of school can be so unpredictable!

Teachers need to be super flexible with the amount of time they give to each activity. Luckily, with this craft there are a few ways to shorten or elongate it so that this activity fits perfectly within your schedule.

Tips to Making this Activity Short and Sweet

Tips to Stretch Out this Activity if you Find Extra Time in Your Schedule

The Moment You’ve Been Waiting for… Click Below for the Crown Printable!

Click below to access this FREE and EDITABLE First Day of School Crown. Read above in the section, “Using Google Slides to Access this Free and Editable Crown Printable” if you need help navigating this resource with Google Slides!