Witch's Hat Tutorial by dust-bunny

Here is a tutorial I wrote on how to make a Witch hat. I have made at least 4 different witch hats over my cosplay career and find this one the most comfortable to wear.

The images show a Paine hat being constructed that hat was worn by my siter Kitsunebaby [link] . Yuna's hat was created the same way, only it has a more complicated "cone" shape.

Hope you find it useful!

animegirl007 Featured By Owner Sep 7, 2016

Thanks for the help, it give me a good idea how to make my hat.

FantasyTwilight Featured By Owner Apr 7, 2014 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

What thickness of foam did you use? My craft store only sells sheets that are no bigger the 9in x 12in so will i have to order larger size sheets? And roughly how much fabric did you use?

dust-bunny Featured By Owner Jun 4, 2014 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

I got the regular 3mm foamies from Michales, who also sells them in a large roll. But you could probably use duct tape to tape together a few smaller pieces if you cannot find the large rolls. And less than a yard of fabric, I did not actually measure since I made it from scraps from a dress that I Submit Commentmade.

FantasyTwilight Featured By Owner Jun 4, 2014 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Ahhh ok, I'll give that a shot!
I made it out of felt and used mod podge to make it stiff.

Zoxyn Featured By Owner Feb 16, 2013 Student Digital Artist

this helped a lot i am gonna try and make a black one for my halloween!england cosplay! thx for the tutorial!

dust-bunny Featured By Owner Apr 1, 2013 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Cool, I would love to see what you come up with!

Zoxyn Featured By Owner Apr 1, 2013 Student Digital Artist

^^ i will be sure to take photos

astris90 Featured By Owner Jun 17, 2011

I really like your tutorial. I am making a red mage costume (final fantacy) I wanted to do the vieras hat instead of the ugly hume hat. is there a way to get a curl in the top of the hat, like you see in a lot of which art?

dust-bunny Featured By Owner Jun 21, 2011 Hobbyist Artisan Crafter

Yes, I was able to give a curl to my black mage Yuna's hat by altering the simple form some. Instead of cutting a single cone out of foamies, I cut a 3 different cones of different sizes and stacked them on top of each other. I made sure to glue them all together and then covered them in fabric just like in the tutorial. You just need to get creative with the shapes you choose, but you can still think in basics. Use the tutorial as a starting point.

Good luck!