DIY witch hat

At every masquerade: on New Year's Eve, Halloween or any other holiday, there must be a charming witch. A hat is the most important attribute of a real witch.

A witch's headdress is not so difficult to make yourself, and things made with your own hands are much more pleasant to wear. This article is devoted to creating the main attribute of a witch's costume.

History of the witch image

How did pointed hats come about? It is no secret that the image of a witch is closely connected with religion.

People believed that witches killed children, were familiar with the Prince of Darkness, and considered the purpose of their lives to harm people. Then they flocked to sabbaths, boasted about their tricks and had unbridled fun.

Pointed witch hats were their attribute only in the West. Baba Yaga, although she was a witch, preferred scarves, and Margarita from Bulgakov’s work did not wear clothes at all.

At first, this headdress did not have a negative connotation. The pointed hat comes from Egypt.In Europe, these hats were popular among the male part of the population.

In the Middle Ages, witches appeared completely naked. Soon the witches began to hide, and they were indistinguishable from a simple city girl. In the 17th century, witches' hats appeared in literature and art. The sharp end is believed to hint at a connection with the forces of darkness.

Soon the image gained popularity and after a couple of hundred years this type of headdress became the main attribute of a real witch. Such an image is usually not considered complete without a broom and a faithful dark companion (a bat or a black dog).

Materials for a witch's hat

To create the main attribute of each witch (girl), they often choose:

• paper or cardboard;
• felt;
• other fabric.

Felt witch hat

The material is almost ideal for creating a real witch's hat, because it holds its shape well. Felt is also used to make many other clothes (usually berets).

To create you will need:

• scissors;
• thread and needle;
• you may need a compass, drawing an object, a sheet of paper;
• felt.

First you need to draw a pattern for the brim and crown.

Advice! It is best to draw on a piece of paper, add “stocks” and only then start transferring the pattern to felt and start cutting.

Once the hat pieces are cut out, you can start sewing. First, the edges of the crown are sewn together, and then the fields and the finished crown are connected. The hat for a real witch is ready, all that remains is to decorate it somehow.

Fabric hat

The most popular option is fabric hats. But for the fabric version you will need a frame to support the headdress. Let's look in detail at what you need to sew a witch's hat.

To create you will need:

• scissors;
• threads;
• needle;
• a piece of paper or cardboard;
• textile;
• wire cutters;
• wire.

First, the head of the witch and the owner of the hat is measured. Based on the resulting number, a pattern is created. Then the basics of the frame are created. Two circles are made from wire. One is made based on the circumference of the head, and the other based on the length of the outer brim of the hat. The ends of the wire can be soldered or twisted tightly.

Next, the parts are cut out from the fabric. First the crown is sewn together, and then the brim. In parallel with this, frame circles are attached.

Advice! The wire in the frame can be replaced with thick cardboard, but it will hold its shape a little worse than wire. The place where the elements are attached is usually hidden under a black or purple ribbon.

Work technique

A witch hat can be made from other materials.

The technique for performing the work will not differ much from the previous ones:

• First, you should make a mock-up of the crown and brim of the hat. Two semicircles for the brim and a rectangle for the crown.
• Using the layout, the main parts are created from the selected material.
• Then the parts are connected.
• The main attribute of each witch is ready.
• Additionally, the hat can be decorated.

Advice! You can use a plate to create an even circle.

Decor for decorating a hat

The main part of the work, of course, is decorating the hat. Typically, to decorate a pointed hat, a translucent mesh is used, which is sewn to the inside of the brim.

For decoration you can use:

• feathers;
• silver threads;
• rhinestones;
• Maple leaves;
• artificially created skulls and claws of small animals.

Any materials are good for decoration: paper, beads, fabric, glitter or something else.It all depends only on the imagination and desire to make the image of a witch incredible, beautiful and unique for others.

Witch hat for cocktails

This small, elegant headdress is part of the image of an elegant witch who has not yet completely surrendered herself to the forces of darkness. Typically, such an accessory is attached with pins. You can make a cocktail hat from fabric and cardboard (it is needed for the frame).

Usually the crown is decorated with large beads. Where the brim and crown meet, a satin ribbon is often attached. A cocktail headdress greatly emphasizes the elegance of the wearer.

No Halloween party is complete without a charming witch. And the hat is the main attribute of every witch. Anyone can make such a hat on their own.

Not only is it very simple, but the pointed headdress looks very attractive. A witch who wears such a hat will catch men's gaze all evening and will be remembered by everyone as elegant and irresistible.