Shortly after Halloween my son’s dollar store fire hat that went along with his Pickles costume bit the dust. This made him quite sad, and made me quite sad because he would occasionally wander about the house calling out for it, thinking it might materialize out of thin air.

One afternoon when he had had a mini meltdown over it, I decided we would make him a new hat, together. A quick Google search brought up this tutorial, which was super easy to follow. We simply molded a brown paper bag over his head, as I quickly ran painter’s tape around his noggin. Then we folded the hat up and he painted it to his liking.

As you can see by his face in this last picture, he loved the painting part. He got so excited that those nice green curtains in the background now have beautiful paint splatters across them. But he’s so darn cute in the hat, I don’t mind the mess.

This is the best picture that I was able to snap of him wearing it because he quickly swapped it out for another.

That said, he wears the fire hat all the time (honest to God he is wearing it as.I.type.this) and it has held up for two months now without any repairs needed. Not bad for a quick diy.

Happy Playing!