DIY Party Hats (DIY Birthday Hat – Printable Party Hat Template)
DIY Birthday Party Hats
Learn how to easily make birthday party ideas like these DIY Party Hats using household items and things you may already have around your house. This party cap is so cute and it is made to look like a vanilla ice cream cone with sprinkles. These birthday party ideas with ice cream and candy party decorations are perfect for any age.
Kids, teens, and even adults would love these fun and creative sweet-themed birthday party decorations. It would be a great craft to make with things you may already have around your house. Click here to download the free DIY Birthday Hat Printable.
How I Made These Birthday Party Ideas
Soon after the lockdown started, one of the TV stations where I am a regular on-air contributor (WBAL), asked if I could create a DIY birthday party ideas segment. Even though everyone was stuck at home, they still wanted to find a way to make birthday parties memorable. This was one of my first remote TV segments so I hadn’t perfected my lighting issues. The call is a little dark but we made it work.
I decided to make Birthday Party Decoration Ideas using only things you have around your house. Just because we are stuck at home didn’t mean you couldn’t have great birthday party decorations! Since I love to reuse and repurpose household items, I wanted to design some awesome birthday party ideas that anyone could easily recreate to make the party design memorable.
First I wanted to decide on a theme for the birthday party. Once I determine the type of party I want to make, the ideas for designs came much easier. I wanted something happy and fun so I came up with a sweet theme. I could incorporate ice cream, cupcakes, and candy all in my birthday party ideas.
The first thing I designed was the ice cream cone DIY birthday party hat ideas. Since I needed to use things that everyone probably had around their house, I thought that the party hat would be easy for people to make.
I had brown paper for the sugar cone, cotton balls for the ice cream, and colorful paper for the sprinkles. Everyone probably had a bottle of white school glue that can be used to put everything together. Even someone who isn’t a crafter could quickly make these fun ice cream cone paper caps.
Here are the birthday party decorations I created for the segment.
Materials for the DIY Paper Birthday Hat – Easy
- Printable Birthday Party Hat Template PDF
- Brown Paper (a brown paper bag would work nicely)
- Brown Marker
- Cotton Balls
- Colorful Paper or Craft Foam Pieces
- Craft Glue
- Elastic for wearing the Hat
- Tape
How to Make a DIY Party Hats Out of Paper
Step 1: Print out the Birthday Party Hat Template and cut out the hat shape.
Step 2: Trace the template onto the brown paper and cut it out.
Step 3: Draw lines on the brown paper hat pattern 1/2 inch apart. Repeat in the other direction to create a grid to look like a sugar cone.
Step 4: Pull apart pieces of cotton and glue around the bottom rim of the hat.
DIY Birthday Party Hats
Step 5: Cut pieces of craft foam or colorful paper into small pieces.
Step 6: Glue them onto the cotton pieces to simulate sprinkles.
Step 7: Attach a piece of elastic, the length for a chin strap, to the inside rim of the hat on opposite sides. Secure with tape to finish the fun party hat birthday party ideas.
