One of our favorite spring crafts for kids is making giant paper mache hats! The kids have so much fun creating their own hats from butcher paper and wearing them around all spring! This post contains affiliate links. This project really lends itself to so many creative options. However, I have done it over the years with giant sheets of wrapping paper or sheets of newspaper later painted when dry.

They all work wonderfully! Prepare your paper mache mixture of glue and water. I used about a 1: Then place the wet butcher paper circle on top of the dry newspaper. The kids always think this part is super fun! Gently take the hat off, and place it somewhere to dry.

I take the newspaper and crumple it up into a ball and stuff it inside the head area to help it keep its shape while drying. Also be sure to play around with the outer part of the hat and get it shaped just the way you want it to dry. Gently pull off the masking tape. Decorate your hat any way you want! We did one with tissue paper squares. Cut out two circles from tissue paper.

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Fold and press the paper together until you like how your flower looks! I love the hats!!!! You need to do this with Ella! OH this is too cute! Please consider sharing this at Look What We Did.

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I just adore this and cannot wait to try it with my 7 year old. I featured these hats today with a post I made that included 6 spring poems with crafts. I hope it generates a lot of traffic to your blog. I just adore these. Thank you so much! So appreciative of you sharing our spring hats! What a great hat. My school has an Easter hat parade later this week. I wonder if any will be as pretty as yours. What a unique idea! My daughter will love it. These hats are beautiful. The color choices are stunning as well.

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Debi and Charly Adorned From Above. These are such fun!

When I taught, we made them every spring! You can use liquid starch instead of paper mache. We also used two sheets of paper; generally gift wrap stock market competition wlu top and stock market arbitrage paper underneath. These hats will last forever! These are wonderful, Chelsey!

I have a friend with four girls and will definitely share this link with her! Such a cute idea. We might be a bit late for Easter, but my girl loves to accessorize! They were really fun to make, and we loved coming up with ideas to decorate them. Please share yours if you happen to make them! I will be proud myself to wear such vibrant and cute hats like these.

I will surely make some for my grandchildren. I have make money with paper mache little girls who would so love to do this!

They really turned out great, love all the pretty pictures. Love the pictures in this tutorial!

Thank you for stopping by the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop this week. We hope to see you drop by our neck of the woods next week! If you have a roll of butcher paper at school, I would use the entire width as the diameter of the circle for the hat.

Or use a full sheet of option trading vancouver. This adorable hat is the perfect way to usher in Spring or at least feel a little like it has arrived!

You can find the tutorial over at Buggy and Buddy. About All About Us Contact Disclosures Privacy Giveaway Rules Sponsor Features Favorite Supplies Gift Ideas for Kids Sitemap Posts Comments. Spring Crafts for Kids: Related Posts Stamped Sheep Craft for Kids Elephant Craft for Kids Using Crumpled Newspaper Easter Books for Kids: Flowers on Watercolor Background Fall Craft for Kids: Comments Mary Catherine says: March 19, at 5: Oh my word, these are beyond cute!

Thanks for sharing these paper mache hats. March 19, at 7: March 20, at 4: March 20, at Oh my those came out amazing! Thanks for sharing on We Made That! March 20, at 7: March 20, at 9: March 22, at March 22, at 2: Susan Call Hutchison ReadAloudReadAlong. March 22, at 3: I believe I see these in our Derby Day future. March 22, at 4: March 22, at 5: March 24, at 7: Debi and Charly Adorned From Above says: March 23, at 8: March 23, at 7: March 25, at 5: March 27, at 9: March 29, at 9: March 30, at 6: April 3, at April 29, at March 28, at 8: March 31, at 5: April 1, at 7: April 5, at 5: I love how these are made, so fun!

April 6, at 8: This is seriously amazing, it is cute, creative and crafty! April 1, at 1: May 3, at About how big of a circle of paper would you think would be good for an adult sized hat? May 3, at 9: May 4, at March 22, at 6: Spring Activities for Kids - Housing a ForestHousing a Forest says: March 29, at 7: April 8, at 7: April 10, at 4: April 13, at April 2, at 9: Spring Activities for Kids - In The Playroom says: April 5, at 3: Crafts for Kids Holidays Kate Is Rising says: October 24, at 2: Crafts for Girls - FSPDT says: January 13, at Colorful Spring Hat Craft [From the Mamas] - B-Inspired Mama says: March 6, at 5: Kids Easter Bonnet Ideas - The Organised Housewife says: March 16, at Easter Bonnet Ideas - Mum In The Madhouse- Mum In The Madhouse says: March 25, at February 4, at 2: Easter Bonnet Ideas - Mum In The Madhouse says: February 12, at Speak Your Mind Cancel reply Name Email Website.

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