You can count on our shiny hats to make the ideal toppers for a New Year's party, but there's no reason to confine them to the countdown. Tailor the decorations to the mood and theme of your holiday party: glue on large menorah-shaped sequins (available at party supply stores) or festoon the hats with mini candy canes. Note: not all these materials are required to make each hat.
| Prep Time: Under 1 hour | |
| What you need: | |
| Metallic poster board
Scissors Double-sided foam tape Thumbtack Soft elastic thread (22 inches long) 2 large paper clips Shiny metallic pipe cleaners Duct tape Shiny metallic pom-poms | |
| Seasons: Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New years | |
| Materials: foil, paper, pipe cleaners | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. | To make a cone-shaped hat, cut a semicircle with a 14-inch diameter from the poster board. Roll it into a cone, adjust its size to fit the child, and seal the seam with double-sided foam tape. |
| 2. | To make a chin strap, use the thumbtack to poke a hole through each side of the hat near the bottom, thread one end of the elastic through each hole, and knot a few times to secure it. |
| 3. | To make a headband-style hat, cut out a strip of poster board about 26 inches long and 3 to 7 inches wide (depending on your design). Cut a decorative design along one edge of the strip, fit it around the child's forehead, and secure the seam with two large paper clips. |
| 4. | To decorate the hats, wrap pipe cleaners around pom-poms to make antennae or coil them around a pen to make spirals. To attach a pipe cleaner decoration to the hat, use the thumbtack to poke a hole through the hat, push 1 inch of the pipe cleaner through the hole to the inside of the hat, and duct-tape it down. Attach pom-poms to the hat with double-sided foam tape. |
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