brett_ashley Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 my little boy wants to be the peddler for Halloween (they dress up as a character from literature for school). Any ideas for how I can make or buy a jillion flat caps for cheap and easy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 What a cute costume idea!!! I love it! :D I'd definitely start scanning local thrift stores, and let friends know what you're looking for too, in case they come across some. I'd think you could find them for a dollar or two apiece, but I'd start looking *now* before others are doing their Halloween shopping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferB Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 The funny, non-helpful answer would be from the peddler himself, only 50 cents a cap! p.s. I LOVE that idea! That's my favorite picture book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celticmom Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Do you sew? It is fairly easy to make berets using a dinner plate and a dessert plate to cut out the cloth and then a band around the inside of the "doughnut". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilliums Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 I'd try stuff felt and maybe oatmeal tubes. Very cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett_ashley Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 Do you sew? It is fairly easy to make berets using a dinner plate and a dessert plate to cut out the cloth and then a band around the inside of the "doughnut". yes! do you have a tutorial? off to google! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle My Bell Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Here is a tutorial. I actually made this hat for my son. http://mushroomvillagers.wordpress.com/the-eddie-cap-tutorial/ Here is another one, although it looks a bit more complicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Fun idea! Have you checked at a dollar store or thrift store? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Maybe you could fake a stack of caps by taking a circle of felt, sewing around it in big stitches, then pull the thread to pucker the circle. Stuff it slightly with whatever you have (even newspaper, shredded). Then hot glue a bottom piece of felt that fits the bottom of the now puckered circle and extends a bit out in a brim shape. Make a stack of these by adding a couple of dabs of hot glue to the top of each finished fakey cap and making a tower of them. Maybe not *too* tall, or it might fall over. Anchor it all to a real cap. ?? Might work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 :bigear: We wanted my hubby to be the peddler and our girls to be the monkeys last year, but the hats ended up being prohibitive. Some of these ideas may work, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 You could always put a modern twist on it and use a large stack of baseball-style caps. Many people would probably have some to borrow, or you could ask on Freecycle. Erica in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celticmom Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 (edited) Not a tutorial per se but I would just cut two circles using a dinner plate for a pattern and then cut a circle out of the middle of one using a dessert plate. Then put the two circles right side together and sew around the outer edge. Then bind the small inner circle with a strip of cloth. Edited September 28, 2012 by celticmom correct spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Not sure how much you want to spend per hat, but I just got the Oriental Trading catalog in today's mail, and they have a bunch of hats in it that might work. Child's bright cotton bucket hats, $16.00 per dozen felt berets with elastic bands, $21.00 per dozen neon cotton sailor hats, $16.00 per dozen bright glitter plastic shiny top hats, $16.00 per dozen shiny black plastic top hats, $6.50 per dozen bright accordion cardboard and paper top hats, $10.50 per dozen neon plastic gangster hats, $9.50 per dozen and a bunch more. orientaltrading.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 So did you do it? I thought it was such an awesome idea, I suggested it to my (13yo) son too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 So did you do it? I thought it was such an awesome idea, I suggested it to my (13yo) son too! Cute! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmos Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 Maybe you could fake a stack of caps by taking a circle of felt, sewing around it in big stitches, then pull the thread to pucker the circle. Stuff it slightly with whatever you have (even newspaper, shredded). Then hot glue a bottom piece of felt that fits the bottom of the now puckered circle and extends a bit out in a brim shape. Make a stack of these by adding a couple of dabs of hot glue to the top of each finished fakey cap and making a tower of them. Maybe not *too* tall, or it might fall over. Anchor it all to a real cap. ?? Might work! I would do something like this. The real caps on the 13yo above look great, but in our house Halloween costumes are all about improvisation. (ETA: That makes it sound like I'm criticizing the costume. I'm not -- it's fantastic! But we don't have any caps like that so we would have to improvise.) I think what I would do is cut circles from corrugated cardboard and then cut fabric a couple of inches wides than the cardboard. I would fold the fabric over the cardboard and staple down the edges (playing around to make it look like a cap). Then I would hot glue all of them together. Perhaps one real cap on top for authenticity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 ...But we don't have any caps like that so we would have to improvise... Yeah, we *did* have those caps lying around, so we stuffed them with tissue and sewed them (single thread -- it'll pull right out) together so they'd stay on. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneBlessedx4 Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 LOVE the costume above!!! What a great idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett_ashley Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 (edited) my little hermione granger and the peddler! i used this tutorial for the felt caps. http://bjdmagazine.com/2011/01/22/tutorial-create-a-simple-french-beret-for-your-bjd/ i used this tutorial for the checked cap. http://mushroomvillagers.wordpress.com/the-eddie-cap-tutorial/ i used this tutorial for the bowtie. http://seekatesew.blogspot.com/2012/09/double-bow-tie-tutorial-for-boys.html also added a picture of my little ones. they don't go to school so were not limited to a literary character. meet gabby douglas and the boxer! poor baby #5 had no costume. Edited November 1, 2012 by brett_ashley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett_ashley Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 So did you do it? I thought it was such an awesome idea, I suggested it to my (13yo) son too! he looks so handsome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Both peddlers look awesome! Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferB Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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