I use everything I have in my house. I use wird for the lip of the hat and use poster borad hotglue gun and lots of glue sticks. and just let you ideas come to you. I made the skull pin long time ago and lace i got at a yardsale years ago. i sew by hand too. i got this idea off threadbanger vidoe how to make a mad hatter hat. I just made my smaller.

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