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Mexican Sombrero Craft

This craft takes a bit of help from an adult, but has a great end result.  It's great fun for dress up!

Materials:

bullet3 or 4 sheets of newspaper
bulletEITHER:
bullettwo sheets of solid colored gift wrap (same size as the newspaper)
OR
bulletpaint
bulletmasking tape
bulletscissors
bulletsingle hole punch
bulletwool or string

Instructions:

bulletstack the sheets of newspaper
 
bulletif using gift wrap, put the wrap on top and bottom of the newspaper with the colored sides out
 
bulletPut the newspaper over the child's head (if doing this with a few children, have the child with the biggest head be the model for all the hats)
 
bulletWrap masking tape around the crown 2 or 3 times.

bullettrim the brim into a circle
 
bulletroll the brim up and apply masking tape to hold
 
bulletif using paint, paint the hat at this point -- a dark color like black is best as it covers the newsprint
 
bulletpunch holes all around the brim of the hat
 
bulletthread wool or string around to decorate the brim
  
bulletpunch holes on either side of the hat crown.  Wrap a piece of string or wool around the crown to make it fancy (sort of like a hat band) -- even ribbon would work.  Put the ends of the wool through the holes on either side of the hat crown and tie loosely under the chin

 

 

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