DIY paper pirate hat: master class with video and photo

02.02.2024

Pirate parties are becoming increasingly popular among both children and adults. And if to make a carnival pirate costume you can, if desired, select clothes from your wardrobe, only “embellishing” them a little, then with a hat everything is a little more complicated. You can, of course, just buy it, but it often happens that an invitation to a holiday takes us by surprise and there is no time left to find this rather rare accessory. And then a saving idea comes to mind - to make a pirate hat quickly and easily with your own hands, and why not? After all, there are absolutely elementary ways to create such a headdress, as they say, in a hurry, and the result will most likely be approved by your children. There are more complex creations, but if you have at least basic sewing skills, then you will also be able to do them.

Let's consider all the main options, starting with the easiest.

How to assemble a pirate hat from a newspaper with your own hands in a master class

Old newspapers can be found in any home. Therefore, this method is suitable for anyone who wants to make a pirate hat very quickly and easily.

Take any newspaper and unfold it on a flat surface. A standard sheet of newspaper will make a fairly large hat, so if we are going to make a headdress for a child, we will need to cut off the newspaper sheet a little on both sides. It is best to first make several hats using the technology given below, and then, trying them on, choose the most suitable size.

We take the short sides and connect them, thereby folding the sheet in half. Smooth all folds thoroughly with your fingers.

We bend the corners of the sheet located on the fold side to the imaginary center line. To get a neat hat, you need to make sure that all sides are even. If the bent corners begin to unbend, you can fix them with tape.

Fold the bottom edges of the hat up.

And at the last stage, we wrap the small triangular corners inside from the sides of the hat. If they do not hold well, secure them with tape.

The pirate hat is almost ready. Now we need to bring it to perfection. You can paint the outside black and then paint the pirate emblem on the front with white paint. Or you can simply print out the skull and crossbones and stick it in the right place.

As you can see, there was nothing complicated in manufacturing. If we want to get a more solid product, then we can make it from paper, or even better from a sheet of Whatman paper.

To do this, a sheet of whatman paper is initially folded according to the scheme described above, but we don’t stop there and continue to do it as shown in the photo below.

The result is a much more durable headdress, which after painting and painting will look like this.

Don't forget to glue or sew a black elastic band to the finished product to keep it firmly on your head.

How to make a pirate hat from thick cardboard or fabric?

To make a cardboard hat you will need:

Thick black cardboard (you can paint cardboard of any color black)
Scissors
Pirate hat template
Sheets of white paper
Pencils

You can either come up with a pirate hat template yourself, or look at this photo.

We transfer the outlines of the template onto the cardboard. You will need to make two pieces of the pirate hat.

We cut out the two halves of the pirate hat and make sure that they turn out completely identical by placing them next to each other.

On a separate sheet of white paper, draw or print pirate symbols. We cut them out and glue them to one part of the future hat.

Glue the top edges of the hat together; for reliability, they can be secured with tape. We try on the hat only when the glue is completely dry.

In order for it to stay on your head better, you can separately cut out a long strip about 4-5 cm wide from cardboard and glue it so that it fits tightly around your head. Then we glue this strip to our product from the inside.

The finished hat can be decorated with a coin, a feather or some shiny decoration.

Using the same technology you can make a felt hat. In the simplest version, just one piece is cut out of felt according to a ready-made template and decorated with all kinds of pirate symbols. Then an elastic band is sewn to it. The hat is ready.

A better and more professional option would be to fold the felt fabric into two folds and cut out one double piece, with a slit in the middle. The size of the slot should be equal to half the circumference of the head. This piece is then sewn with a buttonhole stitch using contrasting threads and is also decorated with pirate symbols. The sides of the hat ears are sewn or glued together.

Video on the topic of the article

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Tell me, which boy hasn’t dreamed of playing the role of a pirate, especially if there is such an occasion as the New Year. A fancy dress pirate costume with a chic pirate hat is every boy’s dream, which you can easily make come true. We offer you a small master class on creating a headdress - a pirate hat for a child. I would like to clarify right away that the product has a classic character, but you can always turn on your imagination and “modify” the pirate image to your taste. As a basis, you can take a pirate character that your child loves.

How to make a pirate hat

To create it we will use:

a piece of black or brown fabric;
a piece of non-woven fabric;
thick white threads.

And so, first of all we need to make a pattern. It will consist of three parts:

bottom;
hat brim;
crown-rim.

We measure the volume of the child's head. Add a few centimeters to the seam and cut out a rectangular piece of fabric. Now you need to cut out the bottom. Its diameter should be equal to the length of the rim. Lastly, we cut out the fields of the future cocked hat. The width of the margins will be slightly larger than the width of the rim.

We cut out 3 pieces for each part. two are made of fabric, 1 is made of non-woven fabric.

Now we begin to sew our parts together. We take one piece for the bottom and margins and smooth the non-woven fabric onto them. This will help our hat keep its shape better in the future. And so now we have two parts of each type. We sew them together so that the non-woven insert is inside each element.

We sew the headband and sew it to the bottom of the cocked hat.

We turn it right side out and we get this mini “hat”.

Now we smooth the non-woven fabric blank to one of the parts of the hat brim. We place the parts right side together and completely trim the edge. Turn the pieces right side out and iron them thoroughly to smooth out the outer seam.

We sew the “cap” and the brim of the cocked hat together from the front side.

We take thick threads and sew the brim to the rim, forming a cocked hat out of our hat.

Here we have such a beautiful pirate headdress. You can additionally decorate the cocked hat with a large feather or a themed appliqué.

Indispensable attributes of any children's party or costume show are costumes and accessories. Carnival costumes allow you to transform into the hero of your favorite fairy tale, a space monster, a funny animal, or become a pirate robber in a few minutes. The pirate costume is very popular among children and adults. Boys can try on the role of a formidable pirate, and girls can become their charming companions. This image will attract attention both at a children's New Year's party and at Halloween.

Pirate Costume Basics

The pirate costume consists of a vest, a vest, a sash, and a headdress. The look will be complemented by boots with a pointed toe, a toy saber and a pirate's headdress can have various forms, from a simple bandana to a chic hat. The pirate hat with a three-cornered hat most vividly displays the image of a sea robber. There is evidence that real pirates did not wear bandanas, and the pirate bandana is a false stereotype. The men's hat is usually black with a skull and crossbones in the foreground. The traditional image of the skull and crossbones is called the Jolly Roger.

Features of pirate hats

Pirate costumes look much more chic. A wide-brimmed women's cocked hat, trimmed with openwork, with a large red bow on the side - who, if not the owner of such a hat, successfully robs men's hearts. According to historical data, pirate hats had completely different shapes.

Sea robbers wore oilskin top hats, wide-brimmed hats with one edge bent upward, and high crowns resembling a truncated cone. Later, practical woolen hats appeared, which were called “Tommy Shandy”. The pirate's hat is then replaced by a single-color wool cap called "Cape Horn". Such caps did not fly off the head even in the most severe storm.

Modern sea robber hat

A pirate hat in the modern sense is nothing more than a felt or felt black cocked hat. This is one of the most striking images of such a headdress, which is offered by most themed stores. Often, due to short-term use, carnival costumes are preferred to be rented. But if the image of a pirate-robber is used often, a pirate hat, which can be bought at any carnival store, can become personal and transform its owner at any carnival and holiday.

DIY tricorne hat

You can also sew the legendary pirate hat with your own hands or order it from a studio. To create it, a material such as felt is suitable. First you need to make a cylinder, then attach it to a round base. Afterwards, you need to bend the brim of the hat up in three places, thus forming a cocked hat. If desired, you can decorate your head with a feather. An excellent pirate hat can also be made from a material such as cardboard. This option is suitable for a more efficient “birth of a pirate.” You can get the whole family involved in making a pirate cocked hat. The image of a sea robber is perfect for any person and will add richness to the upcoming carnival.

What carnival costume can be made quickly and cheaply for a boy for the New Year? Our craftsmen thought and thought about this issue and decided: they will not make either “Batman” or “Spider-Man”, so popular among modern boys. And they will invite the boys to dress up in the costumes of dashing and fearless pirates. Parents will probably find vests, toy sabers and pistols. We will show you how to make a real pirate cocked hat from ordinary paper.

We will make the headdress using the format design technique. The essence of the technology is that the master will not need to use additional tools in his work, such as a ruler, templates, patterns, reamers, etc. All parts will be made exclusively from different sheet formats. To make it clearer, let us explain: for example, from an A4 sheet, folding it in half, we get an A5 sheet, folding it in half again - A6, etc. This, it is worth noting, is a less complicated way of working than the same paper-plastic.

For work we will need:

sheet of black paper 160 g/m 2 A3 formats (2 A4 sheets can be glued together),
2 sheets of white paper (for printer) A4 size,
scissors,
glue,
hat elastic.

Additional tools: awl, black gel pen.

Step one

First, we need to make a square from a black A3 sheet. To do this, take the corner of the short side of the sheet and apply it to the long side of the sheet so that the second corner of the short side is bent in half, that is, it becomes sharp - 45 degrees (photo No. 1).

We mark the place where the first corner ended up. Using this mark, bend the sheet so that the right and left edges of the sheet coincide (photo No. 2). Unfold and cut along the fold. We have a square.

Step two

Step three

Now we need to add fringe along the edge of our future cocked hat.

Take a sheet of white A4 paper and fold it in half 2 times (photo No. 4). Cut the sheet lengthwise into thin strips, without touching the edges, about 1.5 cm (photo No. 5).

We unfold this sheet and cut it along the folds. We should have 4 strips of fringe.

Curl the fringe using scissors or twisting it onto a pencil (photo No. 6).

We glue the whole part of the fringe strip onto the circle so that the edges of the fringe look up (photo No. 7).

Step four

Along the edge of the circle (by eye) we mark 3 points at the same distance from each other (photo No. 8). A small error is allowed: the side that turns out to be shorter will become the back of the cocked hat.

We make 3 folds from point to point. They should form a triangle. We push the middle of the triangle from the bottom up and, lowering the sides of the triangle, press the corners. The result is a cocked hat (photo No. 9), But that is not all.

Step five

You need to decorate your headdress. Take a sheet of white A4 paper and fold it in half twice. Then cut it out as shown in photo No. 10.

You should get two feathers. We curl their edges using scissors or a pencil and glue the corners of the feathers together.

Cut out a skull from a piece of white paper. To do this, fold the leaf in half. Draw half of the skull on it from the fold and cut it out. We also make bones (photo No. 11). Then we glue the bones together crosswise.

Glue a piece of red paper to the skull (photo No. 12). Draw the tails of the scarf and cut them out. We cut out the rest of the red leaf along the contour of the skull - we get a scarf.

We glue the skull to the bones and draw in the eye sockets, nose, mouth, cracks, etc. with a gel pen. (photo No. 13).

On one side of the cocked hat we glue feathers, and on the other - a skull and crossbones (photo No. 14).

Using an awl, we make one hole from the side of the feather, the second from the side of the skull. We cut the hat elastic to the required length, thread it through the holes and tie it in a knot.

Now our pirate cocked hat is ready!

Material and photos were prepared specifically for “Made by myself” by the company “Creative master classes for children” (ChildArt.ru)

Several centuries ago, a pirate hat was one of the distinctive features of formidable sea robbers. Well, now for most winter holidays it is necessary to make carnival costumes. In today's article we propose to create one of the attributes of a pirate costume - a do-it-yourself pirate hat from paper for boys. They are the ones who most like fairy tales, legends and horror stories about pirates.

Attribute of all pirates

One of the main attributes of a pirate costume is a black cocked hat. You can sew it, but in today’s tutorial we suggest you quickly and easily make a pirate hat out of paper.

In order to make a cocked hat, you will need to prepare a thick sheet of black A3 paper, two sheets of white A4 office paper, glue and scissors, as well as an elastic band for the hat. If you do not have large format paper, then we suggest gluing together two black A4 sheets. It is also worth taking a black pen and an awl.

The first step is to take a black sheet and make a square from a rectangle. To do this, take the edge of the short side of the sheet and attach it to the long side. As a result, the second corner will be bent in half at an angle of 45 degrees.

Then, with a pencil or pen, you need to put a dot at the place where the edge of the first corner was. Draw a line and bend the sheet along the line. Make sure the edges are the same.

As a result, we have a fold, take scissors and cut off the excess. It should be a square. After this we need to make a circle. You need to round the corners.

Then we need to make a fringe around the edges. To do this, take a piece of A4 office paper and fold it in half a couple of times.

Then we start making the fringe. Take the scissors again and, not reaching the edge (about one and a half cm), cut the paper into very thin strips.

Unfold a piece of white office paper and cut the fold lines. The result will be four stripes with fringe, which must be twisted using scissors or a regular pencil.

After this, you need to glue the edges of the fringe to the edges of the circle so that the curls face up.

You may make a small mistake. If this happens, then the shortest side will become the back of the pirate hat.

After this, you need to bend the sheet three times at three points. The result should be a triangle; its middle must be pushed up from the bottom, then the sides must be lowered down and the corners pressed. It should look like a cocked hat. At this point, the hat making process is not ready.

The last step is to decorate the pirate hat. To do this, take a piece of white office paper and fold it in half twice. After this, cut out the workpiece. Shown in more detail in the photo. You should get a couple of feathers in total. Using a pencil or scissors, curl the edges of the feathers and glue the corners of the feathers together. Then take another small piece of white paper and cut out the skull. Fold a sheet of white paper in half. Draw half of the skull on one half, and then cut out both halves of the skull. Using this method we also make two bones.

Bones are glued onto a pirate hat with a cross. Then take a piece of red paper and glue it to the skull.

After this, the tails for the scarf are drawn, and then we cut them out. The remaining part of the scarf is cut out along the contour of the skull. The result should be a scarf on the skull. The next step is to glue the skull on top of the bones. Take a gel pen and draw eyes, a mouth and nose, and various cracks.

We continue to decorate the pirate hat by gluing a pattern in the form of a skull and crossbones on one side, and paper feathers on the other side.

The last step is to take an awl and make two holes on the sides. After this, a hat elastic is threaded between them, tying a knot. The pirate hat is ready!

From other materials

The second step in today’s work is to consider a very simple and easy-to-understand way for beginners to create a pirate hat from cardboard. To do this, take thick cardboard, glue and scissors.

The first step you need to do is make a blank pirate hat from newspaper, and make a headband from cardboard. We decorate the figures and connect both blanks with a stapler.