DIY Lucky Hat St. Patrick’s Day Favor Box

Of course, the first step is printing your cute printable, I recommend printing in high quality so it looks really bright and pretty.

Start by cutting the hat body. If you want a clean cut on the top edge then use a roller and a cutter (over a cutting mat) and cut the top edge. Don cut the sides just yet.

Cut the base flaps with either scissors or a cutter.

Then cut just one of the sides. The other one will work as gluing flap.

Using your ruler as a guide, fold the base flaps inwards. (please forgive my paper, I recycled my cardstock after a failed printing attempt). Set aside.

Cut all the items you want to use. I added a few extra ones.

Then turn your gold cardstock right side facing table, and draw a belt buckle. Nothing fancy.

Cut and set aside.

Then cut a strip of black cardstock, make sure it fits inside your belt buckle. Set aside.

Apply a small line of glue on the white flap of your hat’s body. Glue both ends together making sure no white part shows up.

Put in pace your hat’s belt making sure the closing ends match the hat’s body end. Glue them both together.

Then apply glue to the base flaps of the hat and glue it to the hat’s base.

Let it dry and you get this:

Set aside.

Cut a piece of Floral Foam Block that will fit perfectly inside the hat.

With your pipe cleaners, measure the hat’s height and bend it 90º.

Then using a marker or any thick round element you have handy, wrap the pipe cleaner around a few times until you have only about 1/8 inch.

Release the pipe cleaner and stretch it a bit. Repeat with as many pipe Cleaners as items you want to add.

Glue the tip to the clovers and the sign and any other item.

Cut a couple of strips of straight pipe cleaner about the same height as the hat. Glue the legs upside down.

Then pinch the floral foam with the free end of the pipe cleaners. I tried to pinch around the floral foam block so I would have enough space for the chocolate coins.

Insert the floral foam block back to the hat and finally put all your chocolate coins in your hat!

Woot! You got a super cute Lucky Hat St. Patrick’s Day Favor Box.