The end of the school year is approaching. Some schools have already let out while others may be getting ready to. Maybe you are a teacher who is getting ready to help your class graduate up to their next grade level. Maybe you are a parent who has been homeschooling their children and wants to provide a special ceremony to celebrate your child’s move to their next grade. So of course, you may want to do something extra for this special occasion. One idea would be to create your own graduation cap for the children to wear.
Homemade graduation caps for children are easy to make and adorable for children to make. It only takes a few steps and you can even be able to have the children help you with making them. The children will love wearing them, and will feel like they are graduating just like the big kids do.
For anyone who may be interested in this fun craft, then here are the materials and steps to teach you how to make a graduation cap for kids.
Materials:
A bowl plastic, paper, or styrofoam. You want to be sure the bowl is big enough to fit the child’s head.
Card Stock that is 8 inches x 8 inches. Or you can cut poster board down to this size. Note: You want to be sure the bowl and card colors both match.
Yarn.
Glue or tape.
Scissors.
Yarn.
Stretchy string (optional).
Steps:
1. Turn the bowl upside down, so that you may work with the bottom of the bowl.
2. Glue or tape the card stock or cut poster board to the bowl’s bottom. Allow for the glue to dry.
3. Take the yarn and wrap it around your three of your fingers or a small piece of cardboard (about six to eight inches) a few times. This should make the wrapped yarn the size of your three fingers together or the size of the six to eight inch piece of cardboard.
4. Slip the yarn off of your fingers or cardboard and tie another piece of yarn around it, so it looks like there are a few pieces tied together.
5. Cut the yarn off of the ball of yarn, leaving enough yarn to attach the tassel to the top of the graduation cap.
6. Attach the tassel to the center of the top of the graduation cap. You can carefully poke a hole through the board and bowl, stick the end of the yarn through it, and tape it to the inside. Or you can just simply tape the end of the tassel to the top of the cap.
7. This is optional, but you can also take a hole puncher, pen, or pin and carefully poke two holes on each side of the bowl.
8. Measure out the stretchy string to comfortably fit your child’s head and chin and cut it. Allow some space to tie the string.
9. Tie each end of the string through the holes in the bowl. This will help to keep the hat on the child’s head.
You are now done. The graduation cap is ready for your children to wear. It may take some time to make more than one of these for a class of children, but the steps are simple enough where most children and adults maybe able to help you out. The children may even enjoy creating their own graduation caps.
I hope these directions on how to make a graduation cap for kids was helpful and will help you to add something special to the children’s end of school year ceremony. Have fun and happy graduation!
