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Community Helper Hats

Community Helper Hats

Do you dream of being a firefighter or police officer? Celebrate the people who help our communities thrive with this imaginative Community Helper Hats Craft! Make a helper hat inspired by firefighters, doctors, teachers, police officers, and other everyday heroes while exploring the important roles they play. It's a fun way to encourage creative play, learning, and appreciation for those who make a difference.

Keep the community helper theme going with our Family First Aid Kit Craft! Create a personalized kit and learn how being prepared can help families care for one another in everyday situations.


Ages: 4 and up, 6 and up

Supplies/Tools Directions Staff Tips

Create It Yourself

Supplies Needed

Gather all the supplies needed to bring your craft ideas to life! ...

  • Crayons
  • Glue
  • Paper Plate(s)

Steps

  • Step 1

    What community helpers do you admire? Firefighters, police officers, utility and construction workers, and mail carriers? Most community helpers wear hats. Where you live, what colors do they wear? Are there badges on their hats? These directions are for a firefighter hat. You can change them to make whatever hat you choose.

  • Step 2

    Cut most of the way around the inner circle of a paper plate with Crayola® Scissors. Cut the hole in a size to fit on your head. Fold the circle up for the front of your hat.

  • Step 3

    Cut out the center of another paper plate. Cut part of this circle in the shape of a front insignia or badge. The rest of the cut pieces could extend the brim and back.

  • Step 4

    Use Crayola Metallic FX Crayons to decorate insignias, badges, buckles, or other shiny parts of your hat. Color the rest of the hat with Crayola Crayons and your markers.

  • Step 5

    Decorate your paper. Use Crayola Gel Markers to decorate your Egyptian Papyrus Paper. Write your name in hieroglyphics (the ancient Egyptian form of writing). Draw the Great Sphinx (an ancient Egyptian monument that looks like a king with a lion’s body). Or design a treasure map and set up a treasure hunt with your friends. Have fun!

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CIY Staff Tips

Use your imagination and have fun making your craft as creative as you are—there’s no wrong way to do it!

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