DIY Paper Witch Hat Craft + Halloween Mantel Decoration
Thinking of fun holiday crafts that can double as decorations? Why not try out this DIY paper witch hat craft that can spook up any Halloween mantel? This is a step-by-step tutorial on how to create this paper witch hat.
Equipment
- scissors
- X-acto knife
- Hot glue gun – if not working with kids.
Ingredients
Witch hat:
- Black cardstock or construction paper or even craft foam.
- Orange wrapping tissue
- Glue
- Pencil
The bats
- Black origami paper
- Adhesive tape
Mantel
- Green wrapping tissue
- Candles
- Mini Pumpkins
- Black marker
- Plastic Spiders.
Instructions
STEP 1: CUT THE WITCH HAT CONE.
- For this, Use black cardstock.
- Use a corner of it to create the cone.
- Decide the height it would have and then using a pin, thread, and a pen I make the circular shape that would give the cone shape.
- It’s easy just tie one end of the thread to the pin and the other to the pen. Place the pin in the corner of your cone. Make the thread the same length as the height of your hat and then just draw a line from one side to the other tensing the thread.
- Then make some zig-zag lines around the circular line. This is so you can glue the cone to the base of the hat.
- Then cut.
STEP 2: ASSEMBLE THE CONE
- Roll the hat into a cone; join sides and making sure they line up.
- Glue both edges of the cone together to close it.
- Fold the triangles in the bottom of the cone inward.
STEP 3: CUT THE BASE OF THE WITCH HAT
- Then using a pan lid I drew a larger circle than the diameter of the cone, and cut…
STEP 4: CREATE THE BESLT OF THE HAT
- I draw a belt buckle in black cardstock with a good size so it would look nice on the hat and cut it.
- Cut a strip of orange wrapping tissue paper long enough to go around the base of the cone and wide enough to fold it longwise twice.
- Inserted one end of the strip in the buckle.
- I started to glue the orange strip from the other end on the base of the cone until it reached the buckle and glued it.
- The Paper Witch Hat Craft almost finished
- Then just as small detail, I made a small tassel from the same orange wrapping tissue and glued it behind the belt buckle too.
STEP 5: ASSEMBLE THE PAPER WITCH HAT
- It’s time to assemble the hat. Add glue to each triangle in the flap and glued it in the center of the circle you cut before.
- There you go!!! Hat finished.
STEP 6: DECORATE YOUR HALLOWEEN MANTEL
- Now it’s time to decorate the mantel.
- Fold a bit the hat’s brim in the back so it would fit on the mantel. Put some spider on it and around it.
- Cut some strips of green wrapping tissue to use as a base for the pumpkins and I draw eyes and mouths to the pumpkins.
- Place a couple of candles next to the pumpkins and a bowl full of candies.
- I made some origami bats using 2 cute tutorials. You can check them HERE and HERE.
- I glued them to the wall with tape about in the middle of the mantel.
- And the final touch was spreading spiders all over the mantel. On the hat, pumpkins, candles and even over the candy bowl.
- There you go!!!! A cute, simple and handcrafted Halloween mantel decoration.