How to Make a Dress-Up Hat for a Doll
With three basic pieces - a circle, a doughnut and a rectangle - you can make festive hats that suit a doll for any season or occasion.
Things You'll Need
- Ribbons
- Fabrics Or Felt
- Felt
- Glues
- Measuring Tapes
- Sewing Needles
- Thin Cardboard
- Threads
- Worktables
- Scissors
- Paper And Binder Clips
- Paper And Pencils
Instructions
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The Hat
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Use a tape measure to measure the circumference of your doll's head.
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Lift the circled tape measure up gently and set it down on a piece of paper; draw around it once (this is the pattern for the crown) and again (this will be the pattern for the brim).
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Decide how wide you want the brim of the hat to be, and draw a second circle around one of the smaller circles. Cut on both lines to make a doughnut shape. (For example, for a hat with a 1/2-inch brim, you'll have a doughnut that's 1/2 inch wide with a hole in the middle.)
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Let the tape measure unfold and measure a rectangle as long as the circumference of the first circle and as wide as you want the crown to be tall (for a 12-inch doll, 1/2 to 1 inch; for a 24-inch doll, you may want as much as 2 to 3 inches), plus 1/2 inch or so (in length) for overlap.
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Cut and construct the hat in whatever material you desire and allow to dry: Felt is sturdy enough to hold its own shape (though if you want a very firm hat like a top hat, you'll want to glue the felt to thin cardboard). For a floppy, floaty, big-brimmed hat, use cardboard to line the crown and use two layers of fabric (glued together for structure) for the brim.
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Trim with flowers, fruit, ribbons and bows if you desire.
Hat Construction
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Make the crown by bending the rectangle into a circle; glue it and let it dry.
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Lay the brim down flat on your work surface and squirt a circle of glue around the inside edge.
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Set the crown (the ring) into the glue.
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Squirt a circle of glue around the top edge.
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Set the top of the crown onto it.
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