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Felt Scarecrow Hat

October 18, 2013 By Kelly 24 Comments

Felt Scarecrow Hat Tutorial by Simply Kelly Designs

Instead of having a Halloween party at school, my daughter’s class has Scarecrow Day. Dressing up as a scarecrow is optional but I wanted to make her a scarecrow hat. She is very particular about fabrics and doesn’t like anything rough or coarse to be touching her so I decided to make the hat out of felt. Kara’s other restriction was that I could not use real raffia because she said it would make her itch.

I happily started making her a scarecrow hat with poster board and felt. Unfortunately in the end, it looked too much like a witches hat even with all the hand sewn patches. It was my first big craft fail! I was a little devastated because it took me a long time to make that hat and it didn’t turn out very well. I knew that I had to give it another try but I procrastinated for a few days. When I was out on a lunch date with my husband I told him about my scarecrow hat woes. He said that my problem with the scarecrow hat is that I try to do everything too perfectly and a scarecrow is supposed to be shabby and imperfect. I knew he was right!

For my second attempt, I tried not to be so perfect. In fact, I tried hard to make things look imperfect! Here’s how it turned out.

Supplies:

  • 18 inch square piece of felt
  • 1 9x12inch piece of felt (coordinating color with large piece)
  • 1 8.5×11 inch piece of tan cardstock
  • paper trimmer
  • 2 fake flowers
  • button for flower center
  • scissors
  • ruler
  • tape
  • hot glue gun
  • hot glue
  • felt scraps (optional)

Directions:

1. I wanted a circle of felt 18 inches in diameter but didn’t have any circular items of that size to trace onto the felt. So, I made perpedicular lines that were 18 inches each and then outline my guestimated (yes I know that isn’t a real word) circle with a white crayon. Then cut out the circle.

Felt Scarecrow Hat Tutorial by Simply Kelly Designs

2. I put the piece of felt on Kara’s head and shaped it to fit her head with folded over pleats of the felt. I used a piece of tape to keep each pleat in place.

Felt Scarecrow Hat Tutorial by Simply Kelly Designs

3. I took the taped felt off of Kara’s head and then used hot glue to hold the pleats in place. I removed the tape that held the pleats in place once the pleat was hot glued.

4. I took the coordinating piece of felt, measure and cut out 2 strips of 2 cm x 12 inches. I know I mixed up the units of measurement but I didn’t want a whole inch and 2 cm looked like a good size.

Felt Scarecrow Hat Tutorial by Simply Kelly Designs

5. Next I used the paper trimmer to cut 1/4 inch strips of the tan cardstock. Once cut, I accordion folded the paper to resemble raffia.

6. I taped the strips of light purple felt together and then had Kara put the hat on. Then I taped the felt on her head so that it helped shaped a brim for her hat below it. I then placed a few pieces of “raffia” here and there between the felt strips and the hat.

Felt Scarecrow Hat Tutorial by Simply Kelly Designs

7. I hot glued the felt strips and the “raffia” strips to the felt hat. I removed the tape that held the felt in place as I moved along.

8. I used hot glue to layer two flowers and a button together and put it on the front of the hat.

9. Optional: I used some small pink felt strips and hand stitched them to the hat.

I wanted Kara to have a scarecrow shirt as well. I bought her a plain purple t-shirt and hot glued raffia strips along the neckline. I cut a few rectangles of felt and hand stitched them to her shirt. I also cut out a pink piece of felt into a heart and hand stitched it to the area where her heart is.

Felt Scarecrow Hat Tutorial by Simply Kelly Designs

Kara told me she received many compliments on her scarecrow outfit throughout the school day. Here’s me and my little scarecrow after her party at school.

Felt Scarecrow Hat Tutorial by Simply Kelly Designs

Have a great weekend!

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Comments

  1. Christine | Where The Smiles Have Been says

    September 14, 2015 at 2:51 PM

    Thanks for such a great step-by-step tutorial! The hat turned out superb, and I LOVE how enthusiastic your daughter looks while wearing it! You can tell she views you and your creations as a rockstar! ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • Kelly says

      September 15, 2015 at 1:24 PM

      Thank you Christine! She loved wearing it so much and got so many great comments on it at school.

      Reply
  2. Emily @ Two Purple Couches says

    September 13, 2015 at 10:33 PM

    Kelly, this is so cute, and such a smart and simple idea!! I love the flower accent you added. It adds the perfect touch ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • Kelly says

      September 14, 2015 at 7:17 AM

      Thank you Emily! I’m glad that I could make something fun for her to wear for Scarecrow day.

      Reply
  3. rhonda says

    November 24, 2014 at 6:43 PM

    Soo adorable! I’m glad I found this cute scarecrow idea from you.. I used your idea for my daughter and she loved it for her scarecrow parade!

    Reply
    • Kelly Hedgespeth says

      November 26, 2014 at 10:31 AM

      Oh this makes me happy Rhonda! I am glad that your daughter loved it for her scarecrow parade. I bet she was super cute. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  4. Michelle from Weekend Craft says

    September 15, 2014 at 11:22 AM

    How cute is this! Kara makes a great scare crow!

    Reply
  5. Rachel says

    October 18, 2013 at 3:46 PM

    Sounds like you had to turn off your engineer brain for a little bit and just go with the flow. The whole outfit turned out terrific!

    Reply
    • Kelly says

      October 18, 2013 at 4:55 PM

      You are definitely correct Rachel! Thanks for stopping by the blog. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  6. MaryRuth says

    October 18, 2013 at 3:30 PM

    its soo sooo cute! great job!

    Reply
    • Kelly says

      October 18, 2013 at 4:55 PM

      Thank you so much Mary Ruth!

      Reply

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