You too can make a wizard's wand and hat - just like
Harry Potter
Follow
this step-by-step guide to make your own wizard's hat and wand for
Halloween and start casting your spells!
The finished wizard's hat
Now that Halloween is here, it's a great time to
get creative and make yourself a wizard's hat and wand.
Follow our easy instructions and you too can look
like Harry Potter!
WARNING:
Scissors can be dangerous.
Make
sure you ask an adult for their help before you start on your hat.
What
you will need:
A large piece of black felt (one
metre from a roll)
A smaller piece of yellow felt (about a third
of a metre)
A pair of scissors
PVA glue
Double-sided tape
White chalk or wax crayon
Felt tip pen
A small side plate for marking out the felt
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Instructions:
Step
1
Fold out the black felt. Place the plate on the felt at one
corner, making sure there is a two-inch border all the way around
it. Mark around the plate with the chalk then draw a second
circle 2ins from the outside your original circle.
Step
2
Cut out the circles along the marks you have drawn. (These will
make the brim of the hat). Do this twice.
You
should end up with two felt circles - looking a bit like a pair
of spectacles.
Step
3
Cut straight along the cone shape at the base to neaten it off.
Step
4
Take the rest of the felt and make a cone shape. Fasten it together
with double-sided tape.
Step
5 Along the bottom of
the cone, cut slits up into it about two inches long and two
inches apart. Then place a piece of double-sided tape on each
segment.
Step
6 Take
the point of the cone and pull it through the centre of one
of the brim circles until it reaches the top of the slits.
Fold
over and stick onto the underside of the circle (brim).
Step
7 Take the other
felt circle and put PVA glue around the top then stick it on
the underside of the brim of your hat. This will sandwich all
of the
pieces together securing it better and it will stiffen the brim
a little.
Step
8 Take
the yellow felt and draw some stars and half moon shapes
on it.
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Step
9 When you
have done a fair
few, cut them out and start sticking them onto your hat using
the double-sided tape.
