The hat is the most important element in a pirate costume. You have to take it very seriously when making it. A pirate hat is quick to make and is perfect for carnival! If you have difficulty sewing or just prefer paper, you can use a simple sewing pattern. We'll show you how to make your own pirate hat out of fabric or cardboard.
Make your own fabric pirate hat
You can your little onesto carnivalDress up as pirates and make a real pirate hat for them. The pirate hat should be made of dense fabric. And one more obligatory condition – the fabric should be black.
- To start sewing, you need to make markings. And the measurements are the simplest: the circumference of the head and the desired height of the hat. Now cut out a rectangle with the height of our hat and the width corresponding to the “head circumference” measurement; and a circle, the radius of which is determined by the formula:
Radius = Length of the circle (this is our head circumference) / 2Pi.
- Also trim the edges of the hat. The brim of the hat should be the same width as the height of the hat or a little more. The brim should be cut into 2 parts (front and back).
- Now sew the parts of the hat together along the long perimeter, make indentations that do not reach the seam, turn, pin the seam well and place another seam on top (smooth the edge).
- Sew the elements of the hat top together with an overlock. If this is not available, then on a conventional machine, but close the seams with a braid so that it is nice and the seams do not fall apart. Sew the brim in the same way.
- Now you need to make the hat look like a real pirate hat. To do this, bend the hat brim upwards at three points and sew on the skull appliqué. At your discretion, you can decorate the hat with lace, decorative ribbons or feathers.
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Make a pirate hat out of cardboard for carnival
You can make a pirate hat out of paper and it is done quickly. You can sew the pirate hat out of cardboard using ready-made patterns. We'll tell you how to make this cardboard craft completelycan be easily manufactured. We use a ready-made stencil, which we present below.
- Taking into account the size of your child's head, transfer the template onto cardboard. You can use black cardboard or paint them with black paint.
- For the hat we need two parts and a strip to which we will glue our parts on both sides.
- To decorate the hat on the front, we need to come up with a symbol of a pirate. This could be a skull and bones. We can cut them out of white paper and glue them or draw them ourselves.
- Then all we have to do is stick the strip on and our pirate hat is ready.
You can easily make a pirate hat out of felt, because felt will be perfect for a tricorn pirate hat. Choose a black fabric.
- Now cut out a circle from the fabric that will form the inner part. The pieces should be as wide as the height of the hat. Two details are made on the top and bottom. Then sew the pieces together, making indentations 1 cm apart that do not reach the edge. Turn the hat inside out and iron it well.
- We sew all the details with an overlock or a regular machine. The edges are closed with gold trim to make it look beautiful.
- Now all you have to do is decorate the triangle to make it piratey. Bend the edges in three places and make an applique of skull and bones. The applique is placed in the middle of the triangle.
- If desired, the triangle is decorated with a wide red ribbon or a feather. The main attributes of the costume are ready!
