An elegant cylinder hat will decorate any festive look and make the carnival costume absolutely fantastic. To create this beauty at home is quite simple, you just need to stock up on the right materials, patience and free time, and the rest is a matter of technology. The instructions presented in our review will help to overpower the creative process from start to finish.
Materials
To create a cylinder hat with your own hands, you will need the following materials:
- cardboard;
- Scotch;
- glue, best superglue;
- acrylic paint, optionally optional;
- varnish to give the cylinder a glossy shine, but you can do without it;
- Decorations of your choice: ribbons, bows, feathers, flowers, lace.
In addition to supplies, you will also need tools for needlework:
- tape measure;
- scissors;
- ruler from 45 cm long;
- pencil;
- large compass;
- brushes for paints and varnish, if you plan to use them.
What to do?
Using a centimeter tape, measure the circumference of the head and write down the resulting figure. Draw an even rectangle on a sheet of cardboard, the length of which is equal to the length of the circumference of the head plus 2 cm for the allowance, and the width is the height of the future hat. Carefully cut the cardboard with scissors along the marked lines. Glue the rectangle on the inside with a tape, forming a cylinder, and fix the seam with glue from the outside.
Using a compass, draw a circle on the cardboard sheet equal to the diameter of the resulting cylinder. This will be the bottom of the hat. Then put the compass in the same center and draw another circle 1-2 cm wider than the previous one. This is a seam allowance. Cut the bottom along the line of the big circle, and then make notches along the edge every 1-1.5 cm, cutting cardboard to the border of the small circle. Spread glue on the fringe and glue it on the inside of the cylinder.
After that, draw a large circle on the cardboard, equal to the width of the fields of the future hat. In the center, draw a smaller circle equal to the diameter of the bottom of the hat. Then inside draw another circle 2-3 cm smaller than the bottom. First, cut out a large circle with scissors and then the smallest one so that the result is a flat ring. Along the line of the small circle, make notches to the bottom line, grease them with glue and paste them into the cardboard cylinder from the inside, from the opposite edge from the bottom. The cylinder hat blank is ready! Now you can start the decor.
Decor
If you want to color the hat, cover it with two to three layers of acrylic paint. Then open the surface with varnish and completely dry. After that, you can do the decoration: glue a decorative ribbon, feathers, bows, flowers or a lace veil. A decorative composition can be any, but it is necessary to harmonize with your suit.
Useful Tips
In order not to paint the hat-cylinder, use colored cardboard. You can take the usual school version, or you can choose something more interesting, for example, with a velvet texture or with patterns. If the hat-cylinder still needs to be painted, the light brown cardboard will be the best option: it will serve as a good background for any shade of paint and will not shine through.
Instead of cardboard, you can also use a dense, thick and soft fabric, for example, coat, felt or fleece. In this case, instead of glue and adhesive tape, threads with a needle will be required. The process of patterning and bonding parts remains the same.
Step-by-step instructions on how to make a hat-cylinder will help you independently master the production and create magnificent accessories with your own hands. Even the simplest carnival costume will be great if complemented with a luxurious hat. For this, the simplest and most accessible materials, ordinary tools for needlework and a little bit of inspiration are enough.