Finally it's that time again! It's carnival time again and even the stormy weather can't spoil the festive mood, especially for the children. If you want to keep the little ones busy and conjure up a great last-minute costume together, then you'll find lots of ideas here for one of the most important accessories - the hat. We'll show you how to make some easy carnival hats with kids by folding and decorating a simple pointed paper hat. Get inspired!
On oneCarnival party for childrenSome fun carnival hats simply cannot be missed. However, you don't necessarily have to go to the carnival shop, because you can easily make colorful hats for carnival yourself. And the best thing is that the little ones can join in too. We'll show you how to make a classic pointed party hat yourself and decorate it so that it matches your carnival costume.
Make a clown hat out of cardboard
Clowns are simply part of carnival! With thissimple craft projectYou can make a simple clown hat quickly and easily without using expensive materials. The little ones will surely have a lot of fun decorating the hat with colorful circles and making colorful curls out of ribbon.
Here's how:
First, make a pointed hat out of green cardboard by forming a cone and holding the shape together with a few staples or some glue. You can also use a template for this. Then curl some colorful gift ribbons with the scissors to make the clown's wig and then glue them inside the hat along half of the bottom edge. Decorate the hat with colored paper circles and glue a pink pom-pom to the top. Finally, punch two holes on each side and add an elastic cord. Complete!
Fun ideas for monster hats
You can also make these fun carnival hats with small children! All you need is some colorful cardstock for the hats and white paper for the mouths and eyes. The monster hats become even funnier with some googly eyes in different sizes. This project is also great for...Carnival in kindergarten.
You can also use colored tape to decorate the hats. Cut out the selected shapes and use them to decorate the plain hats.
Make your own hat for a robot costume
From an old party hat,some aluminum foil, craft felt and a pipe cleaner can also make a great robot hat. It is a cool accessory for a robot costume and can also be used for craftingthe child himself takes part.
First, line an old party hat with aluminum foil and glue the edge back together with some hot glue. Make an antenna out of a silver pipe cleaner and insert the ends into the top of the hat. Cut buttons from red and blue felt and glue them to the hat. Et voilà – the robot hat for the carnival costume is ready!
Make a princess hat with children
A classic onePrincess hatMaking crafts isn't as difficult as you might think. This simple project is perfect for girls who love crafting and want to transform into a fairytale princess for Carnival.
Step 1: Cut out paper and make a veil out of crepe paper
Step 2: Glue the pointed hat and tie a piece of elastic cord
Make unicorn carnival hats with colorful tissue paper
The unicorn is also onepopular choice for carnival costumes. Since every unicorn should have a beautiful horn, you can make this together with the child from a cone hat. To do this, cut a few strips of colorful tissue paper and fray them with scissors. Then glue them to the hat in rows to make the unicorn horn. For a sparkly detail, you can decorate the top of the hat with some glitter paper.
Make a carnival hat for a mermaid disguise
Mermaids are also very popular with little ladies. You can use a sheet of glittery paper to make this pretty carnival hat to complete your little girl's mermaid costume. The template for the mermaid tail and pointy hat can be found at the end of the article.
Make a wizard hat: Here's how!
Is there anyone who has never dreamed of becoming a wizard? If you're looking for a quick costume idea for this year's carnival, you can make this easy magic hat. All you need are two large sheets of cardstock - one for the pointed hat and one for the brim, as well as some glittery gold paper to decorate the hat.
First, make a cone and cut slits in the bottom edge. Then measure the diameter of the cone to create the hat brim. To do this, cut out a large circle from construction paper and draw a second circle inside it, the diameter of which corresponds to that of the hat. Then apply some glue to the underside of the hat brim and slide it over the cone. Press with your fingers to glue both parts of the magic hat together. Then cut out different shapes like stars and moons from gold paper and glue them to the hat.
Also read:Make funny clowns & masks for carnival with children
Make your own dinosaur hat for carnival
With little dinosaur fans you can also make these cute dinosaur carnival hats for carnival. The process is really simple: First, you make a simple pointed hat and measure the side. Then cut out a piece of construction paper the same length and cut a zigzag pattern. Then glue the jagged paper to the inside of the hat and finally add a pom-pom on the top.
Make and decorate carnival hats with children: idea with pompoms
A colorful carnival costume with amatching hatis always well received at carnival. If you're looking for a last-minute idea for your child's costume, you can quickly and easily decorate an old party hat with colorful pompoms. Glue the large pom-poms to the bottom and the smaller ones to the top of the hat to make a fun, fluffy accessory to the costume itself.
Mermaid carnival hat templatefor printing
