DIY Mini Canotier Picnic Party Hats

Every good party needs a party hat. And attendance at any lake-side picnic requires sporting a canotier, or a boater, hat. My all-time favourite hat (I have a thing for hats as I am frequently susceptible to "bad hair days"), the canotier was first seen in public fashion towards the end of the 1880's and was worn by sporty-types, cyclists and recreational sailors - hence its name 'Boater' in English. It was immortalised by Renoir who painted happy, sun-loving Frenchies all wearing canotiers in his two paintings 'Le Moulin de la Galette' and then 'Déjeuner des canotiers'.

For last Sunday's picnic I combined the two to create party boater hats and then took along some supplies so my friends could make them, too!

DIY Mini Canotier Picnic Party hats

You'll need

 + One piece of yellow, straw-coloured scrapbooking card*
+ Scissors
+ A ruler
+ A compass
+ Sticky tape
+ Double-sided tape
+ Some brightly coloured or patterned washi tape for decorating
+ A headband or some ribbon

Full instructions after the jump... xx