Dad's Sports Crazy Hat
By: Amanda Formaro
Difficulty: Easy
Age: 7 and up
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Is your dad crazy for cars? Or maybe it’s golf, or sports, or even fishing. Whatever it is that your pop adores, make him this fun hat for Father’s Day that he’ll wear all year long!
Be sure to check out our main Father's Day index for even more great ideas including Father's Day cards, coloring pages and tasty recipes just for Dad!
What you'll need:
- White baseball hat
- Red fabric pen
- Black permanent marker
- Red and black fabric paint
- Foam stamp (optional)
How to make it:
- Draw out your design on a piece of paper first.
- If using a foam stamp, decide where you are going to place the design before painting the stamp. Once you’ve applied it there’s no turning back!
- Paint the foam stamp with fabric paint and press design on to the hat. If not using a stamp, paint your design directly onto the hat.
- Use a fabric pen or marker to write “car crazy” (or "golf crazy", "sports crazy", etc) onto the hat.
- Use a black permanent marker to trace around the letters.
- If you like you can use a fine paintbrush to fill in the letters to make them stand out more.
- Let dry completely, overnight is best.
Tips:
- If you want to use acrylic paints on the cap instead of fabric paint, simply purchase a bottle of textile medium. When textile medium is mixed with an acrylic paint, the acrylic paint becomes usable on fabrics. You can find it in the art section of craft supply stores.
- Improvise with what you have. We actually used a school bus foam stamp to make our cards, we just painted the section we needed instead of the whole bus and filled in the roof with a paintbrush.
- It’s important to draw your design out on paper first. You can even lightly sketch it directly on your hat with a pencil before painting.
