New Year's Eve Party Hat

Things Needed:

• Two sheets of colored card stock
• Scissors
• Glue
• Stapler
• Glitter, sequins, paints, crayons, (whatever you wish to decorate your hat)

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1. Begin the New Year's Eve party hat by clicking here to open up an Adobe Reader template for the 2011 numbers. A new window will pop up. Print this template out on colored card stock.


2. Decorate the 2011, in any way you chose. You can use markers, paints, stickers, crayons, glitter, sequins, the list goes on and on. Glittery things look great and make the hat for festive and appropriate for a New Year's party. Here I used glitter glue, and acrylic flat sided jewel beads which I had left over from another project.


           


3. Allow the 2011 to dry and then cut it out with scissors. Leave the numbers together by not cutting the bottom of each letter out. Instead, leave about an inch of card stock to connect all the numbers (see photo below).





4. Take another piece of card stock, and cut a one inch 11 inch strip from the long edge of it. Then, cut another 11 inch strip. Staple the two strips together as shown. This will be the head band.

5. Measure your child's head, and then staple the band together in a circle to match the diameter. The 2011 can then be stapled or glued to the band. Have fun!