Circus Inspiration

My husband and I surprised our little man with an evening at the circus. He was beyond amazed at all the sights that lay before him. In fact, I am not sure he closed his mouth once during the whole show! So with my trusty Hipsamatic phone app, I shot as much as my battery would take. The costumes and sights inspired the artist within. Here are some of my pics! Please note: not all are in focus, but the it all created interesting effects and content.

This reminded me of a project that I made for a little girl's tea party. My son was invited and I decided that we would have fun with it. So, I made him a top hat inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Anyone could easily make this into a Ring Master's hat!

Supply List:
• Foam Derby hat
• 2 Adhesive backed foam sheets (same color as hat)
• Wide colorful ribbon
• Any decorations you wanted to add

Directions:
• Use one piece of foam to make the top section of the hat, pulling away backing only in the areas that will adhere to the derby hat base.
• Next you will need to cut a circle out in the size of the top of the hat, making sure to leave tabs every few inches. The tabs are used to adhere to inner part of the foam that wraps around the hat. You will peel off the more of the backing on the main foam piece to stick the tabs too. You might have to adjust the tabs as you go.
• Last decorate your hat as you please! Wrap ribbon and add decorative items. I used pieces of jewelry to mine. The hat pins are simply dowels painted silver and little tea pots jewelry pieces.

Enjoy!