New Year's Eve merits the finest party hat. The ones here start out as sheets of heavy 12-inch-square paper.
Hat How-Tos
Let young celebrants choose the one best suited to their personality.
Joker Hat:
1. Fold square in half, top to bottom. Cut slits down from top, 1 inch apart, stopping 2 inches from bottom.
2. Curl strips around pencil. Curve hat into a circle; staple.
Avant-Garde Hat:
1. Place paper right side down. Fold it in half diagonally from top left corner, then again from top right. Fold top triangle in half, left to right; crease, then unfold.
2. Lift top layer of left corner and align on right corner as shown.
3. Raise center flap, and fold up left corner of large triangle so raw edge meets interior crease; fold down flap again.
4. Tuck bottom corners inside hat.
Crown:
1. Fold in half diagonally. Place triangle so fold faces you. Fold both layers down at 2 inches from bottom.
2. Fold back up at 1 inch from first fold.
3. Curve into a circle; staple. For all hats, punch a hole in and tie a ribbon to each side.
We made the joker hats with my kids for New Year's Eve and they loved them!
Que divertidas ideas!!
Lay paper face down. Take top left corner down to right side, repeat wtih right top corner. Now you have a top triangle. Fold it from the left down the center of the triangle, as if you are closing a book. Crease and unfold. Can you follow it from there?
I am having trouble understanding the instructions for the Avant Garde hat. It isnt working out. Can anyone help?
Hmmm, I'll have to try making the avant-garde one since it doesn't show how it would look on someone's head. The joker's hat looks the best so far.
I LOVE the avant garde hat!. I want to make a bigger version out of fabric and wear it everywhere. Very nice.