Year Of The Tiger Hat

Materials:

• Cardboard Oriental Hats – White

Pack of 20 – 14391 • Foam Sheets – Small – Pack of 40 – 12282 • CleverPatch™ Acrylic Paint Tube – Red 75ml – 16877 • CleverPatch™ Tacky Glue – 250ml – 16494 • Wiggle Eyes Black – 2cm

Pack of 100 – 10817 • CleverPatch™ Fine Glitter – Gold 145g Shaker Tub – 15148 • Elastic – White – 10 Metres – 19747 • Other materials: scissors, pencil, marker and template (page 11).

1. Decorate your hat using red acrylic paint and gold glitter. Allow to dry. Assemble the hat and set aside. Download and print out the templates provided on page 11.

4. Glue the ears to the top of the tiger’s head. Glue the top half of the orange mouth piece to the bottom of the head piece. Allow to dry.

7. Glue two wiggle eyes onto your tiger’s face. Attach the whiskers using a small amount of glue or draw them onto the white mouth piece using a marker. Allow to dry. 2. Cut out the template pieces and trace them onto the coloured foam labelled on each piece. You’ll need double of the ear and side stripe pieces. Cut thin triangles for the whiskers or alternatively, you can draw them using a black marker.

5. Glue the bottom of the white mouth piece to the top of the teeth. Allow to dry.

8. Attach the tiger to the front of your hat using glue and allow to dry. Tie a piece of elastic to the holes on either side of the hat. 3. Glue the tongue piece to the bottom of the orange mouth piece. Glue the teeth above the tongue and allow to dry. Glue the white ear pieces to the orange ears. Glue the nose to the white mouth piece. Allow to dry.

6. Glue the top stripe piece to the top of the head. Glue two side stripe pieces to each side of the head. Allow to dry.

9. Your Year of the Tiger Hat is now ready to wear!