marie cecchini Bronze Post Medal for All Time! 204 Posts
May 7, 2008
Mother's Day Flowered Hat
This is a simple, very inexpensive project that you can make for your own front door, but also makes a great Mother's Day gift for a mom or grandmother.
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Approximate Time: 20 - 30 min. will require additional time if you paint the hat
Supplies:
used straw hat
spray paint
metal ring (optional)
wreath wire (optional)
silk flowers - can be previously used
scissors
quick-dry craft glue or glue gun
pop-top ring from can, cafe curtain ring, or something similar
small piece of wire or needle and thread
Instructions:
Dig out an old straw hat or pick one up at a yard sale. Spray paint in color of choice and allow to dry.
(Optional) Use wreath wire, which is very fine, to fasten a metal hoop to the bottom/back of the hat to keep the brim straight. I used a metal ring I pulled from an old lamp shade (waste not, want not) and it was perfect. Your hat may or may not need this addition.
Cut the blossoms from several silk flowers and glue them to the hat where the "bowl" meets the brim. You can put them all around or just in a selected location. A ribbon bow can also be added, if it suits you.
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To add a hanger, you can glue the bottom section of a can pop-top pull, or sew a cafe curtain ring (or something similar) to the back.
sandy blevins Bronze Craft Medal for All Time! 67 Crafts
August 24, 2007
Since everyone's sunflowers are in bloom now, I thought I would share this craft. Take the straw hats any size you want and paint the center or top of hat brown as in picture, let dry.
What says summer more than a little lady bug. Here is a hat that will make you want to go sit in the garden with a large glass of ice tea and just watch the world go by.
marie cecchini Bronze Post Medal for All Time! 204 Posts
May 14, 2007
These adorable little hats can be hung on the wall, added to wreaths, used as gift bag tie-ons, or as refrigerator magnets. You can also make a few to sell at a craft fair.
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They are easy to make and allow you to make use of all the bits and pieces of leftover craft materials you have lying around.
I need ideas for how to decorate a straw hat for a mother's day banquet.
Ruth from Russell
Answers
By londa (Guest Post)
May 7, 20080 found this helpful
Ribbon and silk flowers and lace have always worked well for me. Just gather up what you can lay your hands on, and try out various ways.
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Once I put a large rinestone pin on my garden party hat, and that was a big hit, and it was real, real simple.
Kim Churchman Silver Feedback Medal for All Time! 378 Feedbacks
May 8, 20080 found this helpful
Find fake flowers at a thrift shop, rinse them up in the bathtub if you don't have a kitchen sink sprayer, and cut them up to hot-glue around the brim.
Joan Bronze Feedback Medal for All Time! 186 Feedbacks
November 20, 20100 found this helpful
I would tie a ribbon about 1 inch wide around it like for a hat band and tie it in a bow with streamers hanging, like a woman would wear it with the streamers hanging in the back. Then glue some silk flowere wherever you would want to on the hat. It is more of matter of how you like the appearance rather that what a book might show.