Adorable Mini Top Hats

Make a lovely top hat to wear on the side of your pretty little heads! <3

Posted by Shayna

Make a lovely vintage-y hat for a dressy occasion. Easy, cheap and fashion forward. <3 I made three for my Bridesmaids. ^_^

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Buy sturdy felt doll hats at your local Micheal's, Jo-Anne Fabrics or a similar store. They're usually around $2 to $3 dollars each.
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Cover each hat in Gesso so that your paint wont be soaked up into the porous material of the hat.
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Using acrylic gloss paint, cover the hats with your choice of color. If the hats you bought were black, this is sure to take a few coats.
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Deconstruct some fake flowers, making sure to have lots of different shapes and sizes. Snip off all the flowers you like and get ready for arranging them on the hat. <3
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Using a medium width ribbon, wrap around the hat and glue in place. Then arrange all flowers and whatever other objects you like in a cascading pattern down the side and front of the hat. Hot glue each in place. In this pink example, I also added veiling in the back for a more dressy feel.
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Hats look great with or without the veil. This yellow example is veil-less. ^_^

After the hat is complete, hot glue to a headband/ or glue on clips to both sides of the hat opening underneath. <3

Ready to wear with a lovely vintage dress. <3
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Because I made these for my Bridesmaids, I also made boutonnieres for the Groomsmen out of smaller doll hats. I glued a pin underneath to attach to the suits.