September 2: Fall Hat Month

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September is Fall Hat Month. Here’s a newspaper hat you can make with paper mache.

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Newspaper Hat

Materials:

• newspaper
• large balloons
• flour
• water
• bowl
• paper plates
• paint
• paint brushes
• decorative material (felt scraps, colored cotton balls, feathers, beads, etc.)

Directions:

1. Blow up a large balloon to be the same size as your head. Tie the balloon.
2. Mix flour and water in a bowl until it has a soupy texture.
3. Tear newspaper into strips.
4. Dip strips into flour/water mixture and mold around just the top of the balloon so as to form a cap.
5. Apply several layers.
6. Let cap dry for at least a day and then pop the balloon.
7. Decorate cap as you wish - you can use a paper plate to form a bill for the cap (like a baseball cap).

Source(s): Toolbox Training’s construction card set (activity B2)

Check out the full September calendar to see the month at a glance as well as floating holidays, specialty weeks, and themes for the month.

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