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Origami Hat

The origami hat is a classic.  It is easy to make, and if made large enough, can be worn as a costume hat. 

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Origami hats made from newspaper are used all over the world as temporary hats when there's a sudden rain.

Let's see how it's done.

For fun, we made a video of all our origami hats, modeled by animals. They include photos received from our readers..Check it out!

Origami Hat

You'll need a rectangular piece of paper. 

If you have a square piece, we'll make a rectangle as shown in the first four photos below. 

square origami paperfolding square

tear off square to make rectanglerectangle ready

Now fold your rectangle in half, below left.  The fold the top corners towards the middle as shown. 

rectangle folded


Crease the folds so that the piece lays almost flat.  The take the bottom edge of the paper and fold it upwards.

trianglefold up edges to make hat brim

Flip the piece over and fold the other edge upwards.  Then open up your origami hat!

other edge folded uporigami hat finished

From Jordan in Sevierville "My First Hat!"

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From A. in Gold Canyon:

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From Kate in Austin:

Your cat is a great origami hat model, Kate! :)

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From Loki in Summerland Point " This is my mini hat!! "

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From Alanah in London " 1cm Origami hat! I bet no-one can make a smaller one :D "

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From reader in Tallahasse " i topped the 1 cm hat! "

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From reader in New Castle:

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From Hayden in Manteca "6mm origami hat. Smallest one that I have made."

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From reader in Hamburg " origami hat.. Bet that is the biggest one yet.. :D "

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From Madeleine in Milwaukee " Smallest Hat yet.. :P "

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From Katelyn in Perth " it's a 4 mm origami hat!!! You can't really see it though... "

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From Angelina in Greensburg " hardest to pop out but easy to make and super small "

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From Oshin in Patna:

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From Sukhmani in Selma " My origami hat,made with my grandma's newspaper,compared to a regular sized home phone!! Isn't she beautiful?! :D "

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From Breanna in Glendale "A hat!"

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From Mike in Littleton " Thanks for the hat pattern. I used it with a cow pattern to qualify for a free sandwich at Chick-fil-a. "

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From Lillian in Alexandria " The hat is made out of four pieces of paper. It barely fits my head. I made it for a crazy hat day. "

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From Megan in Vancouver " This is my monkey kooks wearing the origami hat i made him! i even added a chin strap! so cute! "

Love how you added the chin strap!

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From Robbie in USA " Welcome to McDonalds! may I take your order? "

Haha....!

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From Alanah in London " I know i started this and i haven't really finished it but i just wanted to show my 0.5 cm hat! It's half the size of my last one! :D "

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