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Hi, this is Jenny with simply beautiful crafts on behalf of Expert Village. And we're going
to make party hats. This very fun New Years hat is a cinch to make out of a large piece
of construction paper, curly ribbon, and glitter glue sticks. The first thing you are going
to do of course, is to make your cone out of construction paper to fit your head. And
then decorate it. With this particular hat, unlike the others, I had it all together when
I decorated. What I did, was to take my water bottle, and set the hat over the water bottle.
That way you have something to hold it, and it's secure. But it's not going to be falling
down and getting all over the place with your glue. What I did with this on, was to take
my blue glue pen. And just made my little champagne glass here out of glitter. Then
I took my gold pen, and I just started going around, until I had all these around. Then
I took my other colors and I just made curly ques and dots and different things on it.
Then I took different colors of curling ribbon. Cut different lengths. As you can see, I have
used quite a few different ones here. Put them all together. Then, once they're all
together, that's the best time to go ahead and curl them. You can leave it like this,
so that it's a loose curl, and you would have a completely different look for your party
hat. But, if you want a tighter curl, just take your scissors, and pull your ribbon through
it, and you will get a tighter curl. If that isn't tight enough, take your ribbon, and
pull it through again. Every time you pull it you get a little bit tighter curl. Another
fun look would be to have your short curls and your tight curls, and also your longer
curls. You can secure your hat with either tape, or staples, or even masking tape. Best
part about this hat is, that it's anything you want it to be. But I really like the glitter
and the curling ribbon. It gives it a real festive look for anniversary or New Year.
So, Happy New Year, Happy Anniversary, Happy Hat!