DLTK's Holiday Activities for Kids
Graduation Cap Craft

They grow up so fast!!!

	sheet of poster board in appropriate color (school colors)
	scissors
	ruler
	stapler
	OPTIONAL: wool in an appropriate color (school colors)

	You can use white poster board and paint it an appropriate color, but I find the board curls a bit when painted. You're better off purchasing the poster board in the color you need.
	Measure out two equal sized squares onto the poster board. The squares should be about 12" across.
	Cut out the squares.

Set one aside. On the other square snip triangles out of the corners to form a sort of cross shape as shown in the image to the right.

	Fold the sides of the cross (see yellow dotted lines in image)
	Staple the edges together where they meet (see yellow circles in the image)
	Repeat with the other sides to form a "cup shape" that the child will wear on their head.

Staple or glue the square on top of the cup shape to form your grad cap.

OPTIONAL: Make a tassel with wool:

	wrap a piece of wool around a 3 1/2 inch disk, your hand or a piece of cardboard about 20 times
	Tie a long piece of wool (about 24") through the loop
	remove wool from base and tie a 4" piece of wool around the loop you've made about 3/4" down from the top
	Snip the ends at the bottom to form the tassel.
	Staple or tape the tassel to the cap

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