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11 Creative Hat Crafts for National Hat Day

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Sweta Mani | January 12, 2016 | 4 Comments

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How’s that lovely head of yours doing? Is it bare and cold? Maybe it looks sad and boring because there isn’t a decorative accessory gracing it. But have no fear, because it’s National Hat Day on January the 15th and we’ve collected the best 11 Creative Hat Crafts just for you.

While there is no known origin of how National Hat Day came to be celebrated, the Day is set aside to wear and enjoy a hat of your choice and style. If you’re short of ideas for what type of hats to wear, check out these simple but fabulous DIY Hat Craft posts. Bring hats back in style!

Who ever said that hats were out of style? Join your kids in bringing hats back with these creative hat crafts for National Hat Day.

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11 Creative Hat Crafts for National Hat Day
Newspaper Party Hats
Cupcake Liner Cat in the Hat craft
Princess of Hearts
Egg Carton Dinosaur Hat
Chief Headdress
Fancy Clown Hat
Cardboard DIY Minion Hat
Styrofoam Cup Hats
Paper Mache Hats
Tiny Victorian Style Hats
DIY Chef Hats
Did You Know?
Some commonly used Hat Idioms:

11 Creative Hat Crafts for National Hat Day

  1. Newspaper Party Hats

Newspaper Hat -Who ever said that hats were out of style? Join your kids in bringing hats back with these creative hat crafts for National Hat Day.

Don’t recycle those newspapers yet! Turn them into beautiful hats for a play date, tea party or everyday dress-up, as shown in Maya Made.  Kids and grownups will both have a great time gathering flowers and creating instant and custom made hats.

  1. Cupcake Liner Cat in the Hat craft

Cupcake liner Cat in the Hat .Who ever said that hats were out of style? Join your kids in bringing hats back with these creative hat crafts for National Hat Day.

Every kid has his or her favorite Seuss books, and nearly all of them include Cat in the Hat! Here is a cute Cupcake Liner Cat in the Hat Craft from I Heart Crafty Things to make after reading your kids’ favorite Dr. Seuss book.

  1. Princess of Hearts

Princess hearts hat. Who ever said that hats were out of style? Join your kids in bringing hats back with these creative hat crafts for National Hat Day.

In the spirit of  Valentine’s Day next month, let’s make a crown of hearts themed hat. This toddler friendly craft from Tot Treasures is tons of fun to make and even more fun to wear around!

  1. Egg Carton Dinosaur Hat

Egg Carton Dinosaurs Hat. Who ever said that hats were out of style? Join your kids in bringing hats back with these creative hat crafts for National Hat Day.

This easy-to-make Dinosaur themed hat from Crafty Morning is just the thing you need for a quick costume for Dinosaur week, or if you are thinking of a great kids craft project that they can make themselves!

  1. Chief Headdress

Chief Headress.Who ever said that hats were out of style? Join your kids in bringing hats back with these creative hat crafts for National Hat Day.

Let your little one be the chief of your tribe for the day! This craft from Busy Bee Kids Crafts is really simple to make and requires only basic supplies.

  1. Fancy Clown Hat

Fancy clown hat

Create a cone-shaped clown hat with its own a mop of colorful curly hair. This fun craft from First Palette is great for a birthday party or imaginative play.

  1. Cardboard DIY Minion Hat

Minion Hat

Use this cute template from Craft Passions to make an adorable, ever-popular minion hat. There are also instructions to make a minion goggles mask so you have a full minion costume!

  1. Styrofoam Cup Hats

Styrofoam Cup Hats

These Styrofoam cup hats from Sassy Bags and Rags are super simple and easy to assemble. A great way to teach kids about using recycled materials.

  1. Paper Mache Hats

Paper Mache Hats

There are so many things you can make with papier mache, and a giant hat is one of them! Buggy and Buddy show us how to make a huge paper mache hat, that is fun to creatively decorate and perfect for make believe play.

  1. Tiny Victorian Style Hats

Tiny Hat Accessories

These adorable little hair accessories start with two recycled items. Can you guess what they are? These tiny, cute hats from Mark Montano are perfect not only to wear but also for dolls

  1. DIY Chef Hats

Chef Hat

This DIY Chef Hat from PBS is extremely versatile! It’s perfect for a baking party, pizza party, or any kind of cooking party! It’s also great for pretend play!

Who ever said that hats were out of style? Join your kids in bringing hats back with these creative hat crafts for National Hat Day.

Did You Know?

  • Hats may be worn for safety and protection, religious reasons, ceremonial reasons, warmth or fashion.
  • In the Middle Ages, hats were an indicator of social status.
  • In the military, hats may denote ones nationality, branch of service, rank and/or regiment.
  • A Thebes tomb painting depicts one of the first pictorials of a hat . The painting shows a man wearing a conical straw hat.
  • Structured hats for women began to be worn in the late 16th century.
  • Millinery is the designing and manufacture of hats.   The term “milliner” derived from the city of Milan, Italy. The best quality hats were made in Milan in the 18th century.
  • Millinery began as traditionally a woman’s occupation, as the milliner not only created hats and bonnets but also chose lace, trim and accessories to complete an outfit.
  • In the middle of the 1920′s, to replace the bonnets and wide brimmed hats, women began to wear smaller hats that hugged their heads.

Some commonly used Hat Idioms:

  • Throw hat in the ring
  • ‎At the drop of a hat
  • I take my hat off to
  • ‎A hat trick
  • Wear more than one hat

If you ever thought hats were boring, bet you’ve changed your mind after seeing all these crafts! So get together and get hat crafting together!!

 

Filed Under: Craft Ideas For Kids, Latest Posts, Primary school Kid Crafts & Activities Tagged With: hat crafts, Paper Crafts, Paper mache, Recycled Crafts

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  1. Avatar of Ankur, IncomeBoyAnkur, IncomeBoy says

    April 24, 2017 at 5:58 pm

    Hey Shruti,
    Hope you are doing great. My little niece is fond of hats & she keeps asking me to get different designs for her.
    I tried some of the designs and she has liked them a lot more over now she keeps herself busy in designing some of them herself & I get time to finish my work. This article is of great help hope to get more of such articles in the future.
    Thank You
    Regards
    Ankur,Incomeboy

    Reply
  2. Avatar of ramya barithayaramya barithaya says

    March 6, 2020 at 4:52 pm

    Such a nice hats design.you suggest us very nice craft ideas. its helpful or me.

    Reply
  3. Avatar of PamPam says

    November 9, 2020 at 4:35 pm

    Wish I could have actually seen the hats. Every time they came up, an ad popped up and covered the picture! Too many ads on this page! Bug!!

    Reply
    • Avatar of Shruti AcharyaShruti Acharya says

      November 9, 2020 at 10:59 pm

      Oh. I’m sorry. Thanks for letting me know. I haven’t changed a thing with the settings. Let me talk to my ad manager.

      Reply

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