15+ Hat Decorating Ideas For Fancy Fun

If you’re looking for a fun and easy way to add some personality to your outfits, why not try decorating your hats? There are all sorts of ways to do it, and it’s a great way to show off your creative side.

1. It’s a great way to add personality to your outfits
2. There are all sorts of ways to decorate hats, so you can be as creative as you want
3. It’s a fun and easy DIY project
4. You can use whatever materials you have lying around the house
5. It’s a great way to show off your creative side

Some of our favorite hat decorating ideas

Add a tropical Parrott

One of the great things about decorating hats is that you can really get creative and have fun with it. If you’re looking for a way to show off your personality, why not try adding a tropical bird to your hat? It’s a great conversation starter, and it will definitely make you stand out from the crowd.

Beautiful flowers

Beautiful flowers, colorful ribbon, and fun trinkets are all great ideas for decorating your hats. To make it, even more personal, you can use items that have special meaning to you. For example, if you’re a big fan of the beach, you could decorate your hat with seashells or sea glass. Or if you love nature, you could use leaves, berries, and twigs. The possibilities are endless! So what are you So get creative and have fun!

Embellish a sombrero

Sombreros are the perfect canvas for hat decorating. You can really let your creative juices flow and add all sorts of embellishments to them. These sombreros have hand drawings on them, but you could also add sequins, beads, or even feathers.

A steampunk hat

If you’re a fan of steampunk, then you’ll love this idea for decorating your hat. This steampunk hat is adorned with gears, cogs, and other metal embellishments. It’s the perfect way to show off your love of all things steampunk.

Floral bowler hat

This hat is decorated with beautiful flowers, and it’s the perfect way to add a touch of femininity to your outfit. You can use fresh or artificial flowers, depending on what you have available. If you’re using fresh flowers, make sure to add a clear coat of sealant to them so they’ll last longer.

How to Decorate a Hat

1. Choose a hat that you want to decorate. It can be any type of hat, as long as it’s big enough to fit the decorations you want to use.

2. Pick out some materials that you want to use for the decoration. You can use anything, from ribbons and bows to beads and sequins.

3. Start attaching the decorations to the hat, using glue or tape. You can be as creative as you want, and make any design you like.

4. Once you’re finished, put on your hat and show it off to everyone!

Types of hats you can decorate

– Baseball cap: You can decorate a baseball cap with just about anything. Glue on some sequins, beads, or even feathers.

– Cowboy hat: A cowboy hat is the perfect canvas for painting. You can use acrylic paint to create any design you like.

– Sunhat: A sunhat is a great blank slate for embroidery. Use colorful thread to add some personality to your hat.

– Beanie: A beanie is a great way to show off your love of knitting. You can knit a design onto the beanie, or even attach a Pom-pom to the top.

– Top hat: A top hat is the ultimate in fancy headwear. You can decorate it with jewels, feathers, or even a ribbon around the brim.

– Fedora: A fedora is a classic hat that can be decorated in many different ways. You can add a band of ribbon around the brim, or even attach a feather to the side.

– Beret: A beret is a French-style hat that can be decorated with a variety of different materials. You can sew on some beads or sequins, or even attach a feather.

– Panama hat: A Panama hat is a type of straw hat that can be decorated with ribbon, lace, or even fabric flowers.

– Boater hat: A boater hat is a type of straw hat that is often decorated with a ribbon around the brim. You can also add some fabric flowers or other embellishments.

– Cowboy hat: A cowboy hat is the perfect canvas for painting. You can use acrylic

– Bowler hat: A bowler hat is a classic hat that can be decorated with a variety of different materials. You can sew on some beads or sequins, or even attach a feather.

Create the Perfect Party Favor- Decorated Straw Hats!

For hat decorating, all you need is a glue gun, some floral wire, ribbons, flowers, buttons or feathers and toulle and you can start decorating hats. The toulle is so inexpensive and easy to use. Just snip off a length.. tie it in a knot and glue it on wherever you want. You can trim the length once it is set.

 

Thin floral wire will help you to create bows of any size, just loop your ribbon back and forth into a s-shape and tie the wire tightly around it. Then pull out the loops of the bow. Wired ribbon is easiest but you can use plain ribbon as well. One of the first hats chosen was the pink and black one above. I simply glued a piece of a boa around the hat and how fantastic it looks!

 

With 50 hats.. how to display? We strung some garland and clothes pinned the hats across the windows, as you can see in the photo at the top. Not enough room so we just clothes pinned the hats on all the curtains too! Make sure to have a mirror handy as everyone begins hat shopping!

Where to find the straw hats

We get so many requests about where can we buy the straw hats? Online crafts retailers have lots of possibilities at various price points. Here are some that you can decorate with lots of colored ribbons, tulle and flowers! 

They would be perfect for a Day at the Races or Garden Tea party-themed shower too!

Look at how you can use these decorated hats for a tropical destination wedding or beach location wedding.. they can be part of the wedding welcome bags for out of town guests! Decorated hats would be the perfect welcome gift for the pool or beach bound guests and just so thoughtful!

Look at how cute this patriotic themed decorated hat is – perfect for 4th of July! To further the theme for a bridal shower or tea party. Buy extra ribbon and when you are done decorating your hats, use ribbon to color coordinate your table with this easy table decorating idea.

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