How to Make a Sorting Hat

Sorting Hats are helpful things to have. Hogwarts' Sorting Hat sorts first year students at the Start of Term Feast every year. It also sings a rhyming song for all students. The Hogwarts Sorting Hat is enchanted with a personality. Hogwarts' founders enchanted the hat. Making your own enchanted hat can be fun and easy.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Hat

Making a Real Sorting Hat

1. Find a suitable hat to enchant. The Sorting Hart at Hogwarts belonged to Godric Gryffindor. As a founder of Hogwarts, he was a talented and powerful wizard. Finding a hat that belongs to someone very magical will make a good Sorting Hat.
2. Gather a group to enchant your Sorting Hat. This is a very crucial step. You want your Sorting Hat to be special. The more powerful and creative the magical group, the superior your sorting hat will be.
3. Enchant your hat. Your group of wizards will write and recite a spell. This will make your hat an enchanted Sorting Hat.
4. Give your Sorting Hat all the information it needs. Your Sorting Hat needs all the facts and history behind what it will be asked to sort. They are often very opinionated and think that they know what is best.
5. Place your Sorting Hat in a place of honor. They also like to be in places where they can find out all the latest buzz and happenings. Find a place just for your Sorting Hat that will make it feel comfortable.

Making a Decorative Sorting Hat

6. Find a suitable hat. Hogwarts' hat is a pointed hat with a wide brim. Find one that is worn and frayed around the edges, such as Hogwarts' sorting hat.
7. Cut a hole for the mouth. The sorting hat has a large mouth near the brim of the hat. Cut it so it curves up in a smile.
8. Stuff the hat. Use cotton stuffing or newspaper. The sorting hat sits up straight. You will want to stuff your hat so it looks like it is at attention.

Tips & Warnings

• When enchanting your hat, have your group give your hat a distinctive personality. Your Sorting Hat's personality will see it through the hard times. It may also give it perspective. Hogwarts' Sorting Hat has a personality that enables it to give warnings and advice in its yearly song.