Paper tricorne

Paper is a universal material. It allows you to make various crafts, including hats. Paper hats are easy to make with your own hands, and if you involve children in the process, it will also become a wonderful leisure time together.

Today we will talk about the cocked hat.

How to make a cocked hat out of paper

A cocked hat is a headdress with a wide brim that is curved toward the top center in such a way that three corners are formed. Because of this specificity, the hat itself received its name.

What you need for work

Paper

The main material is a sheet of paper or newspaper. Each of its sides should be equal to the circumference of the head.

You can use medium density paper.

Important! The paper should be a single sheet, and not made up of glued parts. The seams from the glue will be noticeable, and this will spoil the appearance of the product.

Paint or gouache

The cocked hat was the headdress of eighteenth-century sailors or artillerymen. They make it for a themed event (masquerade ball, children's party).Therefore, we need to keep our crafts in tradition. To do this, you will need to paint paper or newspaper black on both sides, let it dry and only then start working.

Operating procedure

• We spread our material on the table. It turns out to be a square.
• Fold it in half diagonally. That is, we bring the lower left corner to the upper right corner and iron the fold. We have a triangle.
• Now on our triangle we take the left corner and bend it so that the area of ​​the part is 2/3 of the length of the left side of the triangle.

• The left corner must be placed on the bent right corner. Without exception, all fold lines of our product must be carefully smoothed.
• The corners (except the bottom) need to be bent towards the upper center. This must be done carefully, and the bend lines must be ironed firmly.
• We return to the bottom corner, we bend it back, iron the entire product.
• Take the cocked hat, straighten it, giving it shape. You can use a three-liter jar and put our hat on it.

How to make a paper pirate cocked hat

The algorithm for making a pirate cocked hat will be slightly different from the classic version.

Materials and tools

In addition to black paper, we will need additional materials.

• Scissors.
• An elastic band for the hat to hold it in place.
• Glue.
• Two sheets of regular A4 white stationery paper.

Operating procedure

Prepare a flat surface and get started.

• Take a sheet of black paper and bend the top right corner 45 degrees. We have a triangle and a certain amount of paper remaining.
• Using scissors, trim off the excess paper and unfold the triangle. Therefore, we have a square.
• Our task is to get a circle. For this we We place our part and turn the corners so that we get the circle we need.
• Let's move on to making the fringe. To do this, fold a sheet of white paper in half along its entire length. We cut the free ends into small strips with scissors, without cutting to the fold line. Open the sheet and cut it into two halves along the fold line. We “curl” the strips with a pencil or scissors and glue the fringe along the entire radius of the circle. Curled side up.
• We visually place three marks along the edges of the circle and connect them at the top. Ready!

Decoration

Decorating a pirate “cocked hat” will take a little longer than making it itself.

You will need to do:

• feathers;
• pirate emblem.

Feathers

Feathers can be taken from birds, but we will make them from white paper. Fold the entire length of the sheet in half and use scissors to cut the ends into strips diagonally. We unfold it and get a paper pen. We glue it to the side of the cocked hat.

Emblem

The pirate emblem is a skull and two bones connected in the center to form a cross.

You can cut it out ready-made, or you can draw a stencil yourself on white paper. And then cut it out and glue it in the center.

We cut out two small paper squares, apply glue to them and glue them to both ends of the elastic. Let it dry, then glue an elastic band on both sides of the cocked hat that will secure our hat.

Ready! Quick, easy, do it yourself and very beautiful, however, there is a way to make a cocked hat even faster.

How to quickly make a mock-up of a cocked hat

• First option. We cut out a template of the finished cocked hat on cardboard paper and decorate it. On the back side from the edge we glue a stick, with which we will hold the model of our headdress above our heads.
• Second option. We attach the same model as in the first case with an elastic band and put it on the head. An excellent solution for a child’s matinee or performance. And the time savings are significant.

Now that you know how to make this hat model, you will not have any difficulties and your solutions will definitely come.