Thanksgiving Craft Idea: Make Pilgrim Hat

In order to make homemade pilgrim hats, you will need some materials. Here's what you should gather before you begin to create the pilgrim hats:

• 12" x 18" construction paper (white)
• 2 sheets 12" x 12" black construction paper - cut one into 4" strips
• 9" x 12" grey construction paper
• 1 roll tape
• 1 pen
• Scissors
• Craft glue

Women and girls in the colonies used to wear a bonnet. For such a craft, you will need large construction paper sheets.

Instructions to make a girl pilgrim hat:

• Take a 12" by 18" construction paper sheet


• Fold one side of your sheet up about 3"


• Punch a hole 8" above the fold on the longer side


• Measure across the paper sheet 6" and draw a 3" line toward the fold


• Measure over 6" and draw the same line a second time


• Cut the 3" line and fold the two outer flaps toward the center


• Glue or staple the flaps so that the hat keeps its shape


• Tie a piece of ribbon through the holes; which is tied under the chin

Matching Pilgrim girl costume: if your daughter has a black dress, you can make a white collar and cuffs out of construction paper and tape them on the dress.

Photo: Girl Pilgrim paper Hat and Apron from Glorious Hats, on Flickr

Here are the instructions to make your son's pilgrim hat:

• In order to make the brim of your hat, cut an oval out of the largest sheet of construction paper.


• Tape the 4" paper around the head of your child


• When done, tape the end of the paper so that they look like a tube


• Put the tube on the center of the brim you cut before and trace around it - there should be 3" left all around the brim


• Cut the inner circle and try on the head of your kid


• If measure is ok, tape the tube onto the brim


• Cut a thin band and an open square out of the grey paper sheet


• Glue the thin band around the hat


• Glue the square over the thin band to feature the buckle


• To make the top of the hat, place it on a sheet of black construction paper


• Trace around it and cut the form out


• Tape it into the hat

Matching pilgrim boy costume: if your son does have a black sweat suit, you can make a white collar with construction paper and tape it on the sweat suit.

Photo: makin' hats by lesamonster, on Flickr

Now that you have Thanskgiving costumes, time has come to look and find a Thanksgiving play or write one of your own, so that your kids can learn the meaning of Thanksgiving and create memories that will be able to share with their own children in the future.