Crafting - Easy DIY Witch Hat
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Fab Witches Hat! |
Halloween is the super bowl of the crafting world. EVERY crafters phone is ringing off the hook with crafty requests. When I girl friend needed a white witches hat to complete her daughter's costume I was happy to help. This hat is made from about 1/3 yard of scrap felt that I had in my sewing room. I made the hat. My friend and her daughter added the embellishments.
This blog will teach you how to make a basic hat.
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Basic Witches Hat |
For this craft you will need:
Glue Gun
Glue Sticks
1/3 yard of felt
Marker
Lay the felt flat and fold over one corner to make a point.
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Lay felt flat |
Fold over 1 corner to create a point
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Fold down one corner |
Cut hat with a rounded bottom
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Cut rounded edge |
Glue the long edge of the hat
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Hot glue the cone |
This hat needed to fit a 20" head. I measured the hat to make sure that it was at least 20" around.
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Measure the hat to hit the head |
Pin the hat to mark the 20" point
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Mark with a pin |
The Pin marks the desired width of the hat. Lay the hat flat and cut 1 1/2" below the pin.
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Lay the hat flat to trim |
Trim 1 1/2" below the pin
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Trim 1 1/2" below pin |
To create the brim, stand the hat in the middle of a square of fabric. Make sure that brim is as wide as you'd like it to be.
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Measure for the brim |
Remove the cone shaped hat and hold the felt to create the brim.
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Ready to make a brim |
Fold the felt in half.
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Fold felt in half |
Fold in half again
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Create a square |
Fold once more to create a triangle.
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Fold to create a triangle |
Cut the circle into a square.
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Trim the square |
Once you have a circle, cut a second identical circle.
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Cut a second circle. |
Having 2 layers of felt for the brim gives this hat a nice shape and makes it less floppy. Pin the 1 circles together.
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Center the cone hat on the brim |
Using a marker, trace around the hat.
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Trace around the cone |
Remove the cone
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Remove the cone |
Cut a slit in the middle of the brim circle
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Cut a slit |
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Fold back the edges of the circle |
Remove the center of the circle
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Snip the center pieces from the circle |
There will be 4 sections at the center of the felt.
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4 sections |
Cut each section in half.
Turn the hat brim upside down onto the cone of the hat
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Place Brim over cone, maker side down. |
Marker dots should be face down.
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Marker Side Down |
Fit brim onto cone.
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Fit brim onto cone |
Once everything is lays flat, begin hot gluing the brim to the hat.
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Fold down each section and glue |
Glue each section of the brim to the cone.
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Glue both layers |
Be sure to glue both layers of the brim.
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Glue the cone to the brim |
Turn the hat upside down and glue the cone flaps to the brim
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Glue the cone to the brim |
Glue the 2 layers of brim together
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Glue the brim together |
The more glue you use, the stiffer the brim will be
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Glue layers together |
That's it!
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Simple hat - All Done! |
Try it on for size!
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Moe lovely hat model |
Embellish the hat as desired!
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White Witch costume! |
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Happy Halloween |
PRO TIP:
Depending on the kind of felt you use to make this hat the top may flop over. If that happens stuff the cone of the hat with a bit of tissue paper or cotton batting. This will allow the hat to stand tall without adding too much weight!
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