Mad Hatter Hat & Top Hats

Being part of a committee in my church, I am responsible to help plan and put into action the activities we have every month. At the end of January I had to get my head into the game for our Relief Society Birthday Social - The theme 'T-Party." Click HERE to take a peek at that.

 So I decided to go with the ideas of the Mad Hatter's T-party and his crazy awesome hat. I went with Johnny Depps version of the Mad Hatters Hat. 

First thing first was to google, how to :) and used these directions HERE

I first made a mock hat, which my girls still play with now.

Now, I thought I had saved my pictures in stages :/ I didn't, but I will say this I did follow the directions.

It didn't turn out as smooth as I wanted, but once I got the scarf around it and added the peacock feather and hat pins it turned out great - I think :)

  

For the hat pins I used thick craft wire and glued broken beads from a few old necklaces. Glue them into place and cover with the scarf. I was going to wear my Mad Hatter's Hat, but gosh, it was heavy, so it ended up on display instead.

I made a mini Mad Hatter Hat as well.

Then I got the bug of making these hats and kept making more Lol

This Black and Red one to our LDS Relief Society Birthday Social. 

I made it from felt and was light and then I glued it onto a hair band.

Super mini top hat

My homage to my Home Country - Wales :) A Welsh Dragon Tea Cup Hat

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Jack O String Lanterns

Seren has recently watched Tim Burton's A nightmare before Christmas

And she likes the weirdness of the characters, especially Jack.

So, I found this String Jack O Lantern online from Disney.

Click HERE to get the pattern

And we had a go making our own.

We wrapped balloons which have been soaked in Mod Podge and simply wrapped

It around the blown up balloon. Let it  completely dry, then pop the balloon.

Cut some eyes, nose and mouth from felt and glue on using Mod Podge.

Ours may not look like the one on Disney's but Seren thinks they are great and she bursts into the song.

This is Halloween.

My Halloween Book Club Theme. 

Which I hosted last night

In in this spirit of Halloween, 

This is Halloween!

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