How to Make a 4th of July Hat

Step 1: Trace a circle Trace the outline of a plate on white foam board and cut it out with the craft knife to make the brim.
Step 2: Make the brim Place the oatmeal container in the center of your foam board brim and trace around it.
Step 3: Put brim on Slip the brim over the oatmeal container so the brim rests on the ridge of the container.
TIP: If your oatmeal container doesn’t have a ridge, tape the brim in place.
Step 4: Glue on Glue red construction paper around the oatmeal container.
Step 5: Glue on band Measure the circumference of the container and cut a 3-inch wide blue band from construction paper. Glue the band to the oatmeal container above the brim.
Step 6: Measure Measure the length from the top of the hat to the hatband and cut eight 1-inch wide strips of white construction paper to glue onto the hat at evenly spaced intervals.
Step 7: Glue on stars Draw and cut six stars from white construction paper and glue them over the hatband.
Step 8: Make a top Trace the top of the hat on another piece of foam board, cut out the circle, and tape it onto the top of your new, patriotic, Independence Day hat.
FACT: The Fourth of July was not declared a legal holiday until 1941, 165 years after the formal adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

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