Pill Box Hat

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  Step 1

  First off, grab a piece of cardboard and cut out a circle.

  nothing to big, just sort of eyeball how big or small you want it on your head!My hats have a diameter of about 4 1/2 inches.

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  Step 2

  next cut a strip of cardboard about an inch wide and long enough to go around the circle.

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  Step 3

  Take a couple strips of packing tape and wind the strip of cardboard around the circle and tape it down.

  cover all the outside edges with tape as well as the spot where the two pieces connect on the inside to keep the shape secure and the pieces together.

  don't worry if it looks sort of crappy because you are going to cover it with fabric anyway.

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  Step 4

  Cut out a circle of fabric a little bigger then the circumfrance of the hat and hot glue it to the top and down on the sides.

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  Step 5

  cut out a long strip of fabric and hot glue it along the sides to the top and fold and hot glue underneath. Try to be as neat and precise as possible.

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  Step 6

  Since my hotgluing was not as neat as I wanted it to be, I covered my hat with lace and then added a feather

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  Step 7

  Now Decorate!

  Have fun with it, and try new things!!

  Aside from the black one I also covered one with newsprint and added a bow!

  Just experiment!

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Chantal M. · Gilbert, Arizona, US · 16 projects 29th January 2011

awesome!

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Abi · San Antonio, Texas, US · 27 projects 26th February 2010

You can use elastic. I saw it on the tuturial in chuck pillbox hat.

I love this by the way.

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Brittany Marie · Boston, Massachusetts, US · 22 projects 25th February 2010

I bobby pin them onto my head. Basically I just catch the hair and pin it up from the bottom onto the sides, I only use about 1 or 2 pins and it's not really noticable.

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KaylaSue · U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, US · 8 projects 25th February 2010

I love the newsprint one, Its adorable! =)
But I can't seem to understand how the heck they stay on your head. I must have looked at hundreds of old pillbox hats trying to figure it out. Maybe I'm just dumb... XP
How do you keep yours on?

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KMOM14 · Fort Wayne, Indiana, US · 378 projects 24th February 2010

Cute!

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