§ Party Hats! §

by Alice Bowen, with Emma's help

January 1996

Materials needed

  1. 1 sheet of paper
  2. ½ a sheet of paper
Key:
Fold
Cut

Point: Cut ½ sheet like this:

_______ _______ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |____| |_____| Right way Wrong way

  1. Take the whole sheet and fold in ½:
    _______ | | || | | |_____|
  2. Fold down corners.
    _____ | |\ | | \ | | \ | | \ | |____\ | | |_________|

    Point: Make sure the top is pointed.

  3. Fold up flaps 1 and 2:
    /|\ /|\ / | \ / | \ / | \ _/__|__\_ / | \ | | /__|__\ |_________| | | |________|
  4. Get the ½ sheet and cut up, but not to the top.
    _______ | | || || || || || ||
  5. Roll up the paper but do not stick.
    __ (__) | | |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| !||!
  6. Cut off the top of the hat and push the top piece in.
    \\|// \|/ ||| ||| /|\ / | \ _/__|__\_ | | |_________|
  7. Colour in the hat.

    Point: If you want the tassle coloured, ur it before cutting it.

If you have done it, try making a bigger and a better one.

Note: Alice produced these instructions, including illustrations, unsupervised on the whiteboard in my office on 2nd January 1996. Emma helped, especially colouring the hats. Jonathan Bowen, 15th January 1996.

Copyright © 1996 Alice Bowen. All rights reserved.
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