DIY Sorting Hat
I don't know many kids that don't like Harry Potter,
these sorting hats are so cute to make and would be fun
to place around for decoration.
What you'll need:
a plain paper mache witch hat
newspaper
hot glue
modeling paste (decoart is great)
brown/tan craft satin paint
paint brush
The post I found to make this said they found the paper
mache hat at Michaels. I am sure you can get online and
find one somewhere.
Your first step is to add the basic features using
newspaper and hot glue. This part does not have to be
perfect or even pretty looking; the newspaper just makes
the face 3D and gives you some depth to work with.
You will go over the newspaper later with modeling paste,
which will smooth everything out, so don't worry if there
are weird folds, seams or sharp corners in your newspaper.
As long as your hat starts to look like a sorting hat once
the newspaper is glued on you're good to go.
For the eyebrows start with a rectangular piece of newspaper
about 8x6" and fold it up into a long skinny line. Bend the
newspaper into two arches (kinda like an upside down w) and
then use your hot glue gun to attach the newspaper to the hat.
Remember you will be smoothing everything out later.
For the nose and mouth, take the newspaper and make a flat
ball and glue it where his nose should be. Then glue on 2 smaller,
flatter balls on either side of the nose to make cheekbones
to make the upper lip look beaky. Cover the beak with a few
long strips of newspaper to give it a flat, smooth surface.
Make sure to cover the underside of the beak as well.
Make the bottom lip by gluing another long folded strip
of newspaper underneath the beak. This part doesn't need
to be nearly as three dimensional as the upper beak, so you
can get away with just a single strip of folded newspaper.
Once your newspaper is in place, add modeling paste to cover
the newspaper and smooth out all the seams. Just use your
fingers to apply the modeling paste and smooth it all out.
Cover all the pieces of the newspaper with a thin layer of
paste and start smoothing out the seams between strips
of newspaper. Fill in the gaps between the newspaper
and the hat with modeling paste and smooth those out as
well so there's a seamless transition between the paper mache
of the original hat and the extra newspaper features.
Once the gaps are filled in and mostly smoothed out, set the
hat aside and let it dry overnight. On the next day go over
everything with the molding paste again. This time you can let
dry for just 2 hours. Then give your hat a coat of paint.
You will need more than one coat. Then let dry again overnight
and now you have your own sorting hat.
Now for your treat....Homemade Butterbeer
What you'll need:
vanilla ice cream
butterscotch syrup
cream soda
ice
some type of serving cup
Create:
Place all ingredients together in a blender. Blend until smooth,
if needed add more ice to create desired consistency.
Top it off with more butterscotch.
This makes one butterbeer.
Now sit back and start your marathon.
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