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Smart Solutions : Episode SSL-503 -- More Projects »
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A cute tiara and cowboy hat can be made inexpensively, usually from items already at the house.
Stylist Linda Arroz shows how to turn old hats into play hats for children. She makes a tiara from a visor as well as a cowboy hat with a woman's straw hat and an old belt.

Tiara Visor

Materials:

silver spray paint
visor
glue gun
decorative cording and beads
tulle

Steps:


  1. Begin by spray painting the visor.

  2. Drop a bead of glue around the entire rim of the visor and add a decorative cord.
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Figure A
  • Glue beads in patterns, such as a flower (figure A), by adding glue to the bead and placing wherever desired.

  • Safety pin tulle to the inside of the visor, and suddenly it becomes a tiara.

    Cowboy Straw Hat

    Materials:

    straw hat
    old leather belt
    pipe cleaner
    cardboard
    aluminum foil
    glue gun

    Steps:


    1. Wrap a belt around the outside center of the hat.
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    Figure B
  • Bring the pipe cleaner through the brim and weave through the hat to bring the brim up (figure B).

  • Draw a five-pointed star on cardboard or a paper plate, cut it out and cover with aluminum foil. Attach to the aluminum badge with a hot-glue gun to the front of the hat.

    • Guests
    Linda Arroz
    Fashion Expert, Makeover Media
    E-mail: Linda.Arroz@makeovermedia.com
    Website: www.makeovermedia.com
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