Halloween Mouse Hat Tutorial

Sparky says, when asked, that he wants to be "really cool" for halloween. That's all he's giving me. He does like cats quite a bit so I'm working on a "cool cat" idea.

And Iggy is going to be a really studly mouse. I think they're both going to look like little skater-dude animals when I'm done, if all goes as planned.

I started with the hat:

You will need:

*1 beanie hat. I chose one with a brim for extra coolness. ($2 at Ross dress-for-less)

*2 plastic container lids. (example below)

*An old wash-cloth or some scraps of bright fabric.

1. Cut the lids into ear shapes, whatever size you want.

2. I tacked the bottom of the hat to the inner lining, about 2 inches up from the bottom, and then cut a square out of the lining for the backs of the ears. I went back later and sewed in some extra fabric to patch the spot I stole.

3. Cut your bright fabric scraps to be the size of the ears.

4. Stack the bright fabric with the lining, right sides together to ready them for sewing.

5. Sew around the shape of the ear cut-outs. In stead of sewing the two fabrics flush to each-other, I tried to create a pocket between them by trying to sew the red as close to the edges of the black square as I could.

6. Trim the edges and reinforce your stitching.

7. Turn the ears right-side-out and stuff them with the plastic you cut out earlier.

8. Remove a portion of the side-seams from your hat. Place the ears in the seams and re-sew them.

There may be easier and cuter ways to do this but I thought I'd share how I went about it!! I can't wait to read all of your halloween posts and see all the creative costumes you come up with!!!

Hooray!