Making Birthday Hats

Yesterday after we finished all of our official lessons for the day, we made birthday hats for Maranatha's birthday this week. She is turning 4 on Wednesday, and so that means that we get to have a fun week making things and preparing. We made ladybug crowns to match the ladybug cake I will bake tomorrow on her actual birthday.

We made them out of corrugated red bullitin board border that I bought from the Dollar Tree. I measured each child's head and cut a piece and stapled it to size to fit. Then we wrote names on the inside so we wouldn't get confused (because somehow we always do!). Then we cut out black construction paper circles (I wanted to buy self stick black foamies, but finances said no) and glued them all around the crowns. Next we took some black pipe cleaners and cut them in half and curled the ends. These we taped to the inside front for antenae. Now we have cute theme hats that cost about .75 for 7. We had so much fun making them! I wished that I had a digital camera (that is on my Christmas wish list-I wish I could afford to get one-that is what a wish list is, not a shopping list, a WISH list),so that I could take pictures of them they turned out so cute!