How to Make a Santa Claus Hat

Sew a Santa hat to add to your holiday decorations.

A Santa Claus hat is one of those items that instantly takes you back to childhood. You can make a simple felt Santa Claus hat to wear with a Santa suit or to tuck among decorations on a shelf for a touch of Christmas whimsy. Santa hats are easy to make and can be adjusted to fit any head size. You can make one for each member of the family to wear for a holiday photo or Christmas card.

Things You'll Need

• Measuring tape
• Newspaper
• Scissors
• 1/2 yard red felt
• Straight pins
• Sewing machine
• 1/8 yard white fake fur
• Comb
• Hot glue gun
• 2-inch white pom-pom

Instructions

1. Measure around the circumference of your head. Divide this measurement in half, then add an inch. Draw the bottom line of a triangle on a sheet of newspaper using this measurement. Measure to the center of this line and then straight up for 18 inches. The top of this line is the top point of the triangle.

2. Draw lines connecting the point with each end of the triangle bottom. Cut out the triangle. Measure down an inch from the point and cut the point off. This is your Santa Claus hat pattern.

3. Fold 1/2 yard of red felt in half, creating two layers. Place the pattern on the felt and pin through both layers. Cut out the hat shape.

4. Pin the side edges of the felt triangles together. Sew the pinned edges using a 1/2-inch seam allowance. Do not turn right-side out.

5. Cut two strips of white fake fur 3 inches wide by the length of the paper triangle's bottom edge. Place the two strips together with the right sides facing and the edges matching. Pin the short ends together. Sew the pinned edges, using a 1/2-inch seam allowance. The sewn strips are now a ring. Do not turn the ring right side out.

6. Slip the ring over the bottom of the hat. Match the bottom edge of the ring with the bottom edge of the hat and pin. Sew the pinned ring to the Santa Claus hat, using a 1/2-inch seam allowance. Trim this seam to 1/8 inch.

7. Turn the hat right side out. Flip the white fur brim to the outside of the hat. Run a comb along the seams of the fur to pull out the fur that was caught in the stitches.

8. Apply hot glue to the peak of the Santa Claus hat. Place a 2-inch white pom-pom over the glue and hold until the glue has cooled.