Make a Cat-in-the-Hat Hat
You will need: picture of supplies needed for craft (as listed)
  • Red and White
  • Construction Paper
  • A pencil
  • Scissors Tape, glue, or a stapler
picture of a completed Cat-in-the-Hat Hat
1.

Take a piece of red construction paper that will go around your head and glue some strips of white construction paper onto it in this pattern.

Picture of red construction paper with the white construction paper stripes glued on.
2.

Then form the paper into a tube that will fit around your head.
Picture of the red/white construction paper formed into a tube
3. Trace a circle using the paper tube onto a red or white piece of construction paper. Then draw a larger circle around that one, and draw tabs on the inside of the inner circle.
photograph of the pattern to draw for the brim of the hat
4.

Cut out the outside and inside of the circle with the tabs
phot of the brim after it is cut out.
5 Attach the tabs to the bottom of your paper tube to make a brim for your hat.
Photo of hat, as completed.
6 Wear your hat and read a Dr. Seuss book!

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