Design Your Own Hat or Visor

crayola supplies

• Erasable Colored Pencils
• Fabric Markers

household supplies

• recycled newspaper
• white paper
• paper towels
• stencils (optional)
• hat

Why

Personalize your headwear! Winter or summer, decorate a hat or visor to show your style.

Steps

1. 1. Choose a plain hat or visor. Select a fabric that holds its shape, such as denim or cotton.
2. 2. Try several design possibilities. Sketch your creative ideas on paper with Crayola® Erasable Colored Pencils. Choose your favorite hat decorations!
3. 3. Place your hat on recycled newspaper. Use Crayola Fabric Markers to draw your design on the hat. Be creative! Crayola® Fabric Markers stain clothing and surfaces, CLOSE ADULT SUPERVISION IS REQUIRED. Dry your hat overnight before wearing.

When & Where

"My daughter and her best friends decorated matching hats. They loved this project!"
- Jenelle R., mother of a 9-year-old.

"We made wonderful holiday gifts for each other. The girls enjoyed both making and receiving them."
- Seriah P., Girl Scout leader.

Interesting Info

One of the most infamous hats, a "dunce cap" was created with the opposite intention in mind. Although it came to be a symbol of ignorance, the originator, John Duns Scotus, from Duns, Scotland, believed that knowledge would funnel down from the point of the cap to the wearer below. His idea obviously didn't catch on, and the hat became a symbol of ignorance.

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