Halloween Party Hats

Hello, Everyone!

I have taken on the "decoration" duties for my sweet little boy's Halloween class party.  Could I just stop at buying some fake webbing, some cute pumpkin cut-outs, and a few plastic spiders?  No way!  Why be simple, right?  So, quite a few years ago I did a baking theme in my classroom and made chef hats for my students by gluing a piece of tissue paper into a construction paper headband.  This is what sparked this jack-o-lantern spin-off.

First, cut 3 inch strips of 12x18 inch orange construction paper.  You will need 1.5 strips for each child.

Then, staple the half strips to the full strips and measure each child's head.

Staple to close it up and throw away any excess construction paper.

Next, lie the headband on its side and glue the bottom, middle section of a piece of orange tissue paper to the inside of the headband.

Stand the headband up on a table with the glued side facing away from you. 

Bring the top of the tissue paper over to the side facing you and glue the bottom, middle of it to the front inside of the headband.

Then, using your glue bottle and some handy pinching, find some ends that need to be glued into the inside of the headband to give it a rounded effect (I left the left and right sides free and just puffed them out and pinched them in to make it look rounded).

Finally, add some black construction paper jack-o-lantern decorations and...wah-la!  You have an adorable pumpkin hat!  Now...I just have to make 21 more by the 30th :)!!