How to Make a Dress-Up Hat for a Doll

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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.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Step 1

Use a tape measure to measure the circumference of your doll's head.
Step 2

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).
Step 3

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.)
Step 4

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.
Step 5

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.
Step 6

Trim with flowers, fruit, ribbons and bows if you desire.

Step 1

Make the crown by bending the rectangle into a circle; glue it and let it dry.
Step 2

Lay the brim down flat on your work surface and squirt a circle of glue around the inside edge.
Step 3

Set the crown (the ring) into the glue.
Step 4

Squirt a circle of glue around the top edge.
Step 5

Set the top of the crown onto it.

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