Birthday hat tutorial.

Materials:
cardstock
hot glue
punches, or stencils?
yarn
thin elastic ( I bought a spool for about $2)
pom-pom maker (you can buy them or make them from cardboard, I have links below)
scissors
small scrap of felt.
*optional: felt, ribbon, etc for rim of hat

1. On the cardstock  ( I used 8 1/2 x 11), free-hand a semi-circle. I made the straight edge the entire 11" and the semi-circle was about 1-2" shy of the 8 1/2" width side. (does that make sense?? should have taken a photo...) Then cut it out.
2. punch out your shapes.  I had LOTS to punched out pieces since I was making 15 hats.

3. Put a line of hot glue on half of the straight edge, then curve the other side around and overlap them. (this isn't so easy, the paper may fight you).
4. Measure the elastic around your head, or the head of the child, then cut. I attached it with a dab of hot glue, and quickly covered it with a tiny piece of felt to secure it.
5. following the instructions on the pom-pom maker, make some pom-poms!!! I loved this part. These are the exact ones I have. There are photo instructions on the back. BUT here is a way to make one without having to buy anything!

6.Hot glue all the punches onto the hat, (you can do this before or after you curve it around into a cone). To attach the pom-poms you just put a huge dab of hot glue on the pointy top of the cone. Then quickly place the pom-pom on top.

You've now made a blue-eyed freckle birthday hat! I had a hard time getting all the parents and kids at the party to keep there hats on, which was a little but of a bummer after all the hard work, but they were at least good for pictures, and now olivia has them in her dress-up box (for the future).

a few photos of the party hats in action... and here is the link to my post about her party...

**side note: I used to make scarves out of these hand-made pom-poms,  I need to scan in a photo for you all to see. It was in college. Also, with the extra pom-poms I made a hairclip, which I am currently in love with. A little much for most people I am sure, but I am in love with the rich aqua hue of the alpaca yarn on the pom-poms.