Santa Hat Headband - tutorial & pattern

Hello and welcome! Today I'm sharing with you a Santa hat headband I made for my daughter's ballet class Christmas show. I have no idea what the girls will be dancing exactly, but parents had to produce the Santa hat headbands by this week at the latest. I searched several stores last week for mini Santa hats and found none, so I had to go the usual route - I made my own.

Here's the tutorial in case you want to make one too:

What you need: 

• the mini Santa hat pattern (two pages) - download here
• red felt
• white glitter EVA foam (or white felt)
  
• matching sewing thread
• polyester filling 
• one small white pompom
• one plain headband

Instructions

• download and print the pattern. 

• trace the pattern onto the felt and the EVA foam and cut the pieces

• glue the EVA foam piece onto the edge of the hat piece (sew if you're using felt)

• Fold the hat piece right sides together and sew the side seam

•  Sew the round piece at the bottom of the hat, leaving a small opening. Turn inside out through the opening, fill the bottom half of the hat with polyester filling (you can fill it whole, but I preferred to leave the top empty for it to fold a bit). Sew the opening closed. The bottom of your hat should look like this: 

• Glue or sew the pompom at the top

 See why I left the top of the hat empty? Now it can move like this and look more realistic:

• Glue the hat in place over the headband (my daughter chose to have hers slightly to the side) and then sew a smaller piece of felt over it, to make sure it stays in place: 

Here's how it looks when you wear it:

Minnie Mouse had to try it on too...

...and now my son wants one as well, so I guess I'll be making these for the whole family this Christmas.

Have fun, and happy Monday,