Make a Framed Witches Hat!

One night in July (yes July) I was visualizing my living room in October.  And I thought “How cute would witch hats be in those silver frames?!”

And I think I was right.  Seriously, I love these!

Here is the process of how I made them:

Supplies:

  • Styrofoam cylinder
  • Styrofoam circle a little wider than the base of the cylinder
  • Strong craft glue
  • Black fabric strips
  • Straight pins
  • Mod Podge
  • Orange paint
  • White fabric
  • Cardboard
  • Krylon Glitter Blast in Gold

First, I cut a cylinder in half vertically, then cut the circle in half.  I used the strong craft glue (E-6000) to glue them together.  This made the witch hat form.

After I made the forms, I used Krylon Glitter Blast to spray these black and glittery.  But it didn’t work very well…and ended up looking a bit industrial and uninspired.  I decided to take black strips of fabric and cover the form.  I used straight pins to keep the fabric in place, wrapping the fabric around the form and pinning.

After wrapping my forms with fabric, I painted Mod-Podge all over to get it to stay in place.  It wasn’t completely smooth, but I liked the look, making it look like it’s a real fabric hat.

After the Mod-Podge dried, I embellished the hats with some lace, ribbon, and flowers.  I kept it simple and kind of vintage-y, and I just pinned on the embellishments so that I can change them next year if I want.

For the background, I decided to make my own orange and white striped fabric.  I used white canvas and wrapped it around cardboard.  Then I taped my lines using Scotch Painters Blue tape with Edge Lock.  It did a great job!

I used Plaid Paints orange paint to paint the stripes.

And for the final step, I sprayed a little of the Krylon Glitter Blast in gold on the orange stripes to glam it up a bit.  I really like this little touch!

After it all dried, I put the cardboard in the frames and just used more pins to attach the witch hats.  Such a fun touch!  (And I hung up the feather wreath that I made about 5 years ago.)

Linking up to:

Lil Luna

Organize and Decorate Everything

Mushki Loves
Someday Crafts
Wickedly Creative Halloween Crafts by Itsy Bitsy Paper
Tatertots and Jello
Flamingo Toes
I Heart Naptime
Home Stories from A to Z
I’m Topsy Turvy
Fireflies and Jellybeans
Somewhat Simple
House of Hepworths

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Comments

  1. shelley says:

    They are awesome!!! Love the graphic look with the stripes and that they’re 3-D. And, thinking about Halloween decor in July is totally something I’d do :D

  2. Love it!!! So creative, and I love the addition of the silver strip. Looks fantastic!

  3. Leanne says:

    Those are so cute! You are one creative lady. Hope you’re doing well.

  4. Kim says:

    Great Job! These are so cute and creative!! I was dreaming about my fall decor in July too ;) Love the stripes!

  5. Very Cute Heidi! Very Cute!!

  6. Natalie says:

    OMG so creative! Wow! I love it and it really adds to your livingroom! Thanx for sharing!

    Natalie
    http://www.projectdowhatyoulove.wordpress.com

  7. Lindy@ItsyBitsyPaper says:

    Great project! I hope you’ll link this post up to my Wickedly Creative Halloween Ideas Party.

    http://www.itsybitsypaperblog.com

  8. Kara says:

    This is such a cute idea Heidi! I am totally pinning it! :)

  9. These are adorable! And really easy to make! I am really into witches this year… sooo cute :)

  10. Lindsay says:

    These are the CUTEST! I am so impressed by your creativity! Great job making a really fun decor!

  11. I love this! The hats, the wreath, the orange and white! Darling. I am featuring this at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com.

  12. Leanne says:

    I featured this on my blog today. Love them!

  13. Sammie says:

    These are TOO stinkin cute! You are brilliant!

  14. Carissa says:

    What a cute idea. I found your post through the Crafterminds facebook group. I’ve been to your site before but now I’m your newest follower!

  15. Sharon says:

    These are so cute, and what an original idea! Bravo! I would love to feature this tute on our blog, http://www.craftsncoffee.wordpress.com, o.k.? Sharon

    • Heidi @ Honeybear Lane says:

      Thank you! I would appreciate that. (Please don’t post the entire tutorial, thanks.)

      • Sharon says:

        Hi Heidi,
        Thank you so much! I just used two of your photos, and linked back to your tutorial. I hope you like it! And of course, please let me know if there’s anything I should change. Happy Halloween! Sharon (p.s. love your quilts!)

  16. Christy says:

    This is fabulous! Thanks for sharing. I’m gonna try this. : )

    Christy from http://www.WhimsicalWhimsies.com

  17. Samantha says:

    Very cute! Love your style!
    :) crafty texas girls

  18. Heidi, these are crazy cute. I mean seriously – I can’t hardly stand it!

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