How to Make Cardboard Mini Hats

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Supplies:

• Toilet paper tube 
• Thin cardboard (cereal or snack box) 
• Scissors 
• Hot glue 
• Various scrapbook paper, felt, paint, ribbons

Chad Alan

Directions:

1. Cut (slice) the tube vertically up the side, measure it to size on top of your mini doll's head, tape.
2. Cut a piece of cardboard into a circle for brim.
3. Trace the toilet paper tube onto the center of circle, cut out the hole; set aside.
4. Cut the tube to the height you want your hat - taller top hat or lower derby hats.
5. Hot glue the circle (hole) you previously cut and glue it to the top of your tube (lid).
6. Glue the tube to the brim.
7. Decorate as you wish - scrapbook paper, felt, paint, ribbon.

How to Make Mini Chef Hats

Supplies:

• 8.5 x 11 paper, white
• tape or glue
• scissors

Directions:

1. Draw a line about 1/4"  from the edge of the paper to make border. 
2. Cut thin strips about 1/4" wide to your line. Your paper will have fringe. 
3. Gently fold the fringes over the edge of your border. Tape it down and repeat. 
4. When all of the fringe pieces are taped down wrap the paper around your doll's head to measure. Tape to secure.

 

Option Two:
Tuck in all your curled fringes inside and tape inside to secure.  

HTM - Mini Hats

This is SO SUPER SIMPLE!!!

 Supplies:

• Foam sheets in various colors (thick kind) 
• Bottle caps to match foam sheets (water, soda) 
• Hot glue
• Tiny embellishments (cording, ribbon, flowers, beads) 
• Scissors 
• 6 oz tomato paste can

 Set the tomato paste can on sheet of foam and trace. Cut inside the trace line so there is no ink on the foam sheet. Next trace the bottle cap in the center of the circle then cut inside the trace line. Finally hot glue the bottle cap over the opening.

 Embellish the edge of the brim with beads, yarn or ribbon. Add tiny flowers or beads to the top of the hat for decoration. The possibilities are endless.

 

  

For another look:

Hot glue twine on the inside of the bottle cap and tie under your doll's chin - this makes a perfect old fashion pillbox hat. 

HTM - Wide Brim Hat for Mini Dolls

Here's a quick, SIMPLE way to make A LOT of hats for any mini doll.

Supplies:

• Felt or felt board (various colors)
• Scissors
• Hot glue
• Can of food (veg or fruit)
• Bottle cap (water or soda)
• Thin tip marker
• Small silk flowers, 1/4"- 1/8" wide ribbon, other tiny embellishments

 

 Trace the food can with your thin tip marker onto a light colored piece of felt. Cut out the circle on the inside of the trace line. You don't want ink on your hat.

For darker colored felt, use one of your cut circles as a template.

 Trace a bottle cap with the thin tip marker.

 Cut on the inside of the trace line, use the inner circle as a template for darker color felt. Pop it over your doll's head and voila!

 Embellish your hat brim with ribbons, bows, small flowers - make sure it is light weight so it won't weigh it down.

 

VIDEO

Mini Hat Tutorial

Here is a great tutorial for hat making. Your mini dolls can now have several hat looks. Click on the image for link.