Easy Paper Party Hats

Party hats always lend a festive touch to any party and when the party hats are somewhat unusual, the guests will enjoy wearing them a lot.

I found instructions for two very easy to make paper party hats in a book this week and Mia was quite willing to model them.

Here’s another look at the orange paper hat:

I am not going to give instructions on how to make the hats; the following diagrams will show you what to do. One thing I can mention is that the cardboard band I used to make the hats for Mia is about 54 cm long. The orange hat was a little tight around her head, but the measurements are a good indicator for toddlers.

Click on the image to open in a new window, click once to enlarge and then right-click to save to your computer. Have fun with these funky paper party hats. If you have any questions about making them, just use the contact form on the wooden bar to drop me a note.

Update of the preparations for Mia’s 4th birthday party:

The self-made plantable paper procedure went quite well today. Mia and a friend was put to work tearing a lot of paper and adding it to a bucket full of water. They also added a few pieces of green tissue paper and then we let it soak for about 4 hours. Here are two photos of the end product, still wet and I am not sure how it will turn out once it has dried completely. We added dried lavender and parsley seeds to the paper pulp.