So Mr. A wants a Paw-Patrol-Marshall themed party! So we decided to make totally awesome fireman hats with doggy ears!
We started at Firehouse Subs where they very kindly gave us 10 of their hats, no questions asked, for free! THANKS Firehouse Subs!!!
Next I gave the boys some scissors and black felt and told them to cut spots for the ears! Now we started with safety scissors, but they just didn't cut it (haha, that was unintentional, but really!) So once I was done cutting out the ears I closely monitored while they used my sewing scissors to cut the spots!
I was going to figure out how to make a template for the ear but just didn't get it done, so if you want to use my ear shape, just print the picture below and cut it out. You can probably size it on your computer to any size you want. I cut them out of white felt.
I have a big bag of felt scraps, mostly from by-the-yard projects that I pulled this felt from! I think this is leftovers from snowman-stockings one year in college!
The boys struggled with curvy edges, so after we had enough spots cut I had them arrange them on the ears and I rounded out the edges and glued them on with my trusty hot glue gun!
Boom, ears done! I seem to have lost the picture, but after the glue had cooled I put a tiny-thin bead of glue just underneath the rim of the hats and stuck on the ears (make sure the spots face out! If you can turn down the temp on your glue gun, do, the glue will melt the hats if you apply too much or it's too hot! Or, if not, just unplug and let the glue gun cool down, then plug it back in and use it as soon as you can squeeze glue out, not necessarily when it's 'hot'
Hats, done! They looked soooo cute on all the kiddos, I can't wait to hand them out at the party to all of their friends!
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