How to make homemade crazy hats!

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Green fleece beanie with tassels and "ears"

My friend Laura, modeling a white hat with animal-print tassels.

Laura looking super cute in the green beanie!

I also made a scarf to go with the polka dot hat Laura's modeling.

Start with cheap, fun hats, and put out supplies to decorate them and make them even crazier!

A duct tape baseball hat, like the one Monkey has!

Take a plain, cheap hat, and add stuff with a glue gun, like these mini "disco balls."

Have a "hat decorating" station at your next event. Provide cheap, plain hats, glue guns, and feathers, ribbon, trim, etc.

A crown made out of duct tape is super-easy to make! Create a long strip of "duct tape fabric," cut it out, tape the ends together, and decorate with stickers!

Great idea for a grad party: have plain motorboard hats and allow kids to personalize them.

Provide blank trucker hats and let kids paint them. Great for older kids.

Ha ha! Me in an "Anubis" hat Freda made for an Egyptian-themed party.

For a summer party or a tea party, let girls decorate straw hats with ribbon and foam stickers.

Stop! In the name of love! This hat is totally Beach Blanket Babylon-inspired!

Another hat that's sure to stop traffic!

Green fleece beanie with tassels and "ears"

My friend Laura, modeling a white hat with animal-print tassels.

Laura looking super cute in the green beanie!

I also made a scarf to go with the polka dot hat Laura's modeling.

Start with cheap, fun hats, and put out supplies to decorate them and make them even crazier!

A duct tape baseball hat, like the one Monkey has!

A super-shiny hat made of cellophane!

Take a plain, cheap hat, and add stuff with a glue gun, like these mini "disco balls."

Have a "hat decorating" station at your next event. Provide cheap, plain hats, glue guns, and feathers, ribbon, trim, etc.

A crown made out of duct tape is super-easy to make! Create a long strip of "duct tape fabric," cut it out, tape the ends together, and decorate with stickers!

Great idea for a grad party: have plain motorboard hats and allow kids to personalize them.

Provide blank trucker hats and let kids paint them. Great for older kids.

Ha ha! Me in an "Anubis" hat Freda made for an Egyptian-themed party.

More silliness -- me in a plunger hat!

For a summer party or a tea party, let girls decorate straw hats with ribbon and foam stickers.

Stop! In the name of love! This hat is totally Beach Blanket Babylon-inspired!

Another hat that's sure to stop traffic!

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Lay the yard stick or ruler on the polar fleece. Measure a piece of polar fleece that is 24 inches by 12 inches and use the marker to mark the correct dimensions. Cut along the marker lines.

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Fold the piece of fleece in half so you end up with a square shape.

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Now adults, it's time for your help with the sewing machine. Use the machine to sew two of the ends. Make sure to leave one end unsewn for the head to fit.

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You should have a kind of pocket, with three closed ends and one open end.

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The base for the hat is complete, and now it's time to decorate. Cut strips of polar fleece in the same or different colors and patterns. I recommend cutting 6-inch strips that are about 1 inch wide.