Make your own Easter bonnet.
Wearing a bonnet for Easter symbolizes spring and good luck for the coming year. You can make Easter hats with your kids for a fun and easy project to welcome the season. Use basic craft supplies and get creative with the bonnets by designing different shapes and accents to make each of your hats extra special.
Instructions
1. Lay the paper plates upside down on a hard surface. Color the back of the plate using markers, paints or crayons. If you painted the plates, allow them to dry before moving on.
2. Use scissors or a craft knife to cut three slits across the paper plate from inner edge to inner edge to create six triangles. Do not cut all the way across the plate; leave at least one inch of space between the slits and the edges of the plate. Bend the triangle points upward to create a crown.
3. Cut six shapes out of construction paper in different colors. Consider cutting out different flower shapes, Easter eggs, bunny rabbits and baby chicks to celebrate Easter.
4. Decorate the shapes using markers, paints or crayons. Add features to the flowers, rabbits and chicks and draw designs onto the Easter eggs.
5. Glue the decorated shapes onto each of the points on the hat with the decorated side facing outward.
6. Add additional embellishments to the hat like sequins, glitter or stickers, or glue several long pieces of ribbon to the back of the hat.
7. Punch two holes near the edge on opposite sides of the hat. String a piece of yarn through each hole and tie knots at the edges of the plate. Use these strings to hold the hat on your head.
