Birthday Party Hats
March 28, 2010 by Shelley
Party Hats for Kids Theme Parties
It’s party planning season around my house, and my kids theme parties have been on my mind. I decided that using spongebob party hats (or something similar) simply won’t do. I pulled out my scrapbook paper and got to work {speaking of which, NOW is the time to stock up on Scrapbook Paper. You won’t find a better price. Whoo hoo Paper Packs!!! }.
I started by undoing the scary spongebob hat and traced it on my cutesy paper. This totally works, but it was a bit tedious. The brilliant thought came to me (mid-project) that Silhouette might have a downloadable party hat. Of course,..they did! On my second hat, I put my Silhouette to work. So much easier…
If you use the tracing method, just glue the back of the cone together. If you are lucky enough to use a silhouette, it has a cutout and insert portion to hold the hat together.
Now for the fun part! For customizing kids theme parties, grab coordinating trim, fluff, whatever you can think of to fit the theme!
If you’d like to use corkscrew ‘firecracker’ ribbon for the top, grab a dowel and wrap grosgrain ribbon around it. Use clothes pins to secure each end, and spray a little starch on the ribbon. Bake in the oven at 200 degrees for approx. 20 min.
Then I hand-cut a perfect number 4! Ha! Ya right! Used the Silhouette for that one too! 
These hats were made especially for two adorable little girls that are having a joint 4th Rainbow Birthday Party this month. Kids Theme Parties are so much fun! {We can’t wait to see the pictures Missy}.
These would surely make the birthday child feel that much more special on their big day! Heck I’d even wear one of these fancy shmancy party hats! These easy party hats would be the perfect addition to all the fun kids theme parties I know you’ll be throwing this summer!
It wouldn’t be too hard to whip out several hats as gift favors to take home!
You’ll pay a pretty price on Etsy to buy similar ’boutique’ party hats. No need. Totally doable and totally adorable.
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Cute idea! I’ll definately have to try it. Does the paper need to be 12″ x 12″ or can it be another size?
It depends on the size of your hat. A smaller hat (like I did) will fit on an 8.5 x 11. For larger party hats,…you’ll definitely need the 12×12.
These turned out so adorable! Thanks for the ribbon trick!
Kim @ http://frostmeblog.blogspot.com
party inspiration
Love it!!
Love these, they are unique and lovely. I’m bookmarking this idea for my sweetie’s bday.
So cute!
How do we get the free shipping from JoAnns?
Use the link above. Any scrapbooking item in your ‘cart’ should ship for free using this link. If you have any issues,…call the customer service # at joanns.com. Hope that helps!
Very Cute idea, I’m thinking these could be cute party “goody bag” cones too.
This is great. Thanks so much for sharing.
How cute! I have never thought about making these
These are great! Love them, great job!
These hats are absolutely adorable! I love to make party hats and sell them on etsy….so fun!!!! I just found your site for the first time tonight….where have I been? LOL!!!
Hi there! I found you through the UBP and now I’m back looking around. You have such a GREAT blog with so many great posts.
I love this idea!!! These hats look FANTASTIC! I have a great idea for making birthday plates. Come check it out.
http://www.mommytopics.com/parenting/customized-party-ideas-super-mario-lego-star-wars-miffy-red-riding-hood-and-more
Blessings
Rachymommy – MommyTopics.com
Birthday hats are a terrific idea for a kid’s birthday party. Kids always seem to have more fun when you take the time to put a little effort into it by doing things like this.
Hats are good but stay away from the noisemakers. — Yikes.
.-= Jen´s last blog ..A First Birthday Party =-.
Hi there! Thanks for a great tutorial. My son is truning one this week and I made some cute party hats, too! Will be posting about it later this week, but in the meantime would like to ask permission to use your second last picture on my blog with a link back here. I am working on a post with links to good tutorials for home-made party ideas. Thanks in advance!
Of course!
Thanks for asking. Can’t wait to see it all done. 
Shelley,
Thanks for the great ideas. I bought a Silhouette this week thanks to all of your raves. Where did you find the party hat template? Was it at their store or somewhere else online? I’ve been searching, but can’t find one. (It’s for my daughter’s first birthday.)
I bought it from their online store. I think it was a 99 cent download template. Let me see if I can find a link for you…
Did you ever find a link for the template? I love this idea!
Thanks!
Michelle
I’m trying to find the hat on my silhouette as well. I downloaded a green template for .99, but the cutouts don’t fit well at all. I did see a Little Miss template that looks more like yours but it’s $1.99 and I’d hate to download it if it doesn’t work either. Thanks in advance!
I just used a hat from the dollar store. I took it apart and traced it on the scrapbook paper. I’m surprised Silhouette’s download isn’t great.
Try the dollar store. 
Best of luck…
Hi Shelley,
I’ve been attempting to create my own party hats from a target party hat template and have been unsuccessful so far.
I just found your link and wanted to know if you could advise what you used to glue them together and how you went about doing so. I tried a glue gun and glue stick, but can’t get the seam to close nicely.
I was SO happy to come across your Sweet Shoppe post. It is beautiful!
I’ve been planning my daughters ice cream parlor party for the past 3 months inspired by Eat Chic Drink as well and now I am beyond inspired by your party. Thanks for sharing!
I’m so sorry it took me a bit to respond to this. I’ve been on vacation with my family…. I just used clear tape (on the inside of the hat.) I don’t think my hats were perfect at the seam. But, really, no one looks at the back.
Once the hat is on your birthday girl/boy, all eyes are on their cute face and FRONT of the hat. 
Try your best to line it up, but I wouldn’t sweat it too much. Hope that helps. 
PICTURES PLEASE?! 
Thanks so much Shelley, I can be a little bit of a perfectionist at times, LOL
Will send photos after the party.
Thanks again!
Nice and cute…
These hats look so bright and cheerful. A few years ago I also used a bought hat as a template and traced the outlines on paper but then decided to scan it.
I saved the scanned image as a .jpeg file, then traced the outlines in a graphics program and saved this image as a .png file. Now, whenever I have to make party hats, I just open the file in Photoshop and fill the inside of the template with colour or add a “paper” background to it. I then decorate it further with clip art images that suit the party theme. The new hat template is then saved again and then you can print out as many as you need.
I think I will make 2 up for my classroom…OK I will make 17 up for each child and one for my co teacher…I won’t put her birthday # on it or will I?
idk if it’s just my laptop or not, but i can’t open the silhouette. It says the resource cannot be found.
what kind of scrapbook paper did you use?
how do i order? x