chef hat pattern
Chef Hat Pattern
Let's show you here on how to make a chef hat pattern using simple crafts to put together a very believable looking hat, that will come in handy for kid cooking classes...
- Strong glue
- 2 stiff chart paper (white)
- Scissors
- Miniature food pictures
- To start out with the chef hat pattern, you need to first measure the crown of the child's head, and then cut out a 3 inch strip of paper, which will act as the base of the chef hat that will support the above part of the pattern atop the child's head.
- Once the measurement is made, glue the two vertical ends of the strip together making it a round rimmed base that will later be affixed to the rest of the hat.
- To start off with the top, take the chart paper using the same measurements of the brim, so that it fits perfectly atop the ring you've just glued together. Stick together the ends, so that you have a round cylindrical structure in front of you.
- Using another chart paper, start pleating it by folding the paper and pinching it on either end in a one inch wide pleat, followed by a little space right after the pleat, where the next one begins again (follow this pattern till you reach your first pleat, all the way around the hat).
- Keep doing this until you have enough of pleats to stick onto the cylindrical portion of the hat (cut out any extra chart paper, measuring it accordingly before sticking it onto the hat).
- Once you're done pleating the paper, take the glue and cover the whole high cylindrical top with an even layer of it, and then affix your pleated paper atop this. Make sure it is evenly glued down so that the pleats stand out in a manner that is uniform along the surface area of the cylindrical hat.
- Once that is done, you can then ask the kids to glue around only the brim portion, different food cutouts of whichever is their favorite munchies or junk food. Kids these days love certain foods they'll constantly demand for; you could tell them to get these favorite cutouts the next day, or have them print it out from online. They can randomly stick these on only around the brim portion of the completed chef hat.