Party Hats for Kids to Craft

Party Hats for Kids and Pets!

Next to masks, kids love to make funny party hats. My daughter's favorite paper craft activity -  birthday parties, holidays or to while away a rainy day - was crafting party hats from paper. Whether you make a funny party hat based on a paper plate or craft a print and cut cone, tiara or paper bag hat, kids love to make and decorate silly party hats.

Party hats made from paper or felt are simple to craft and fun for kids or parents to make for all types of parties. Make funny party hats for any  birthday party, holiday party, at family reunions and for play dates.

Enjoy my selection of free party hat crafts, patterns and party hat activity sheets. 

_{Photo Credit: Beagle with party hat}

It's easy, green and frugal to make party hats yourself or to let the kids have fun with a party hat activity craft.

Simple party hats for preschoolers can be made from paper plates. Gift the kids an assortment of party related items to stick to their hat creations or just use paper cutouts, ribbons, stickers, bows and streamers. For a nature-themed party, use leaves, grasses, twigs and acorns or nuts you've gathered ahead of time or with the children. (Be sure to supervise the nature items young kids collect to avoid contact with any irritating or noxious plant materials.)

Paper cone party hats are simple and easy for all ages. Print out the basic paper hat and let kids cut out and decorate the cones with crayons and markers, then glue, tape or staple together. Add pompoms or ribbon streamers to the pointy top and around the bottom edge plus simple ribbon ties to hold hats on little heads.

Folded and cut paper hats are also fun for children to make and wear. Make a pirate hat from folded newspaper or use a simple printable  template to make your little swashbuckler's their very own pirate hats.

Felt party hats and party headbands are two more easy to make popular party hats. Wrap around headbands made from paper or felt are the easiest styles. With a bit of simple hand sewing you can convert a plastic headband or barrette into a fabulous felt party hat or fashionista fascinator party hat.

Princess Tiara Party Hat Activity Sheet - Printable
Make a diamond tiara party crown in just a few minutes - print this free party hat craft sheet on photo paper, trim and fit to your little princess's head.

Printable Party Hat Template
Design your own party hats using this free printable party hat pattern template and the step by step instructions provided in this article.

Swanky DIY Party Hats - Martha Stewart Designs
Clever twist on the typical cone shape party hat - these use fitted circles cut from fancy papers and topped with - what else? FEATHERS.

YIPES STRIPES Silly Party Hats
Printable wild stripe silly party hats - downloads for both Letter and A4 paper sizes.

DIY Elegant Party Hats
Higher fashion party hats you can make from fancy papers. Download the pattern and follow simple instructions to tracing, cutting, assembling and embellishing your fancy party hats.

Piggy Ears Head Band Craft
Make a funny set of pink pig ears attached to a head band for your party loving toddler with this simple to make felt party hat craft.

Halloween headband party hats for kids
Skull, pumpkins and ghost party hat headbands - free printables.;

Teddy Bear Ears Headband
Simple and easy to make fun felt headband with Teddy Bear ears.

Fiesta Crafts - Make a Sombrero Party Hat
Links to many kids fiesta party crafts including how to make a sombrero party hat.

Birthday Headband Craft
Simple and fun tiny birthday party hat on a headbanc

Goofy Headband Party Hat
Simple and fun to make paper party hat headband based on Disney's Goofy character.

Cute cone style party hats for kids
Let kids make their own party hats for your next birthday party!

Fun and fancy party hat printables and patterns
Try making the guest of honor at a bridal or baby shower a special tiara, or make your teenager a fancy headband to wear to school on her birthday.

Make Your Own Party Hats - Free Template
Simple party hat template to use to make your own decorated party hats.

Paper Plate Party Hats
Start with a quantity of inexpensive scalloped edge paper plates ...

Simple Party Hat Pattern
Print it onto a full sheet of heavy paper, cut it out on the black lines, roll it into a cone, glue and decorate.

How to Make Paper Party Hats
Simple instructions for making a variety of paper party hats.

Funny Paper Party Hats
Party hats to print and put together are perfect for a party activity, simple craft project fro kids, camp group project or just to pass the time on a cold or rainy day.

Silly Spider Hats
Easy foam and chenille sticks party hat spiders for Halloween party fun

Origami Paper Party Hats
These simple folded paper hats are easy to make using basic folding techniques. Sometimes called the paper Robin Hood or pirate hat, I remember making these paper hats from newspaper as a child.

Fancy party hats take a bit more time and effort to make yourself, but they're well worth the effort and could make you or your child the life of the party. If you're hosting a child's theme party you can create a fancy party hat for the guest of honor and make less elaborate versions for the party guests. 

For example, you could make a fancy floppy hat decorated with flowers and feathers for a tea party birthday girl and make cute tiaras for all the guests. For a boys farm party you can create a decorated farmer's straw hat for the birthday boy and make headband cow horns and ears for the other kids to wear.