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Frosty hat made from 1/2 oatmeal box and paper plate sprayed black with embellishments added. Made as a tree topper for friend’s snowman Christmas tree.
An elastic round hat, which may be made of beaver, silk, or other materials. The top of the crown and about half an inch from the top as well as the brim and about an inch, the crown from the bottom are stiffened in the ordinary manner.
Put the fabric on the under side of the brim first. Cut slits in the fabric where it tucks up inside the hat so that it will lay smoothly. I used a Gorilla Heavy Duty Spray Adhesive to glue my fabric on. Use the glue sparingly and do small sections at a time so that you can smooth the fabric down as you go.
Start by flipping a paper plate over and drawing some eyes and a happy mouth with a marker. Spread glue all around those parts and sprinkle with white glitter. Glue on a paper carrot nose, pipe, hat, and a little flower to complete Frosty! Great little winter activity for the kiddos.
The ribbon covers the top and bottom edge. Then, a lining is cut out and stamped with the hat maker’s symbol. Once the lining is sewn – and after a layer of stiffener is applied inside the crown and allowed to dry – the liner is installed in the hat.
To cover the hat with fabric, I traced around the various parts of the hat directly on the material, cut it out (plus a little extra for wiggle room), used spray basting adhesive to stick it to the straw base, then finished the edges with hot glue on the parts you can’t see and a strip of bias edging around the brim.
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