How to make a paper witch hat cutout
Paper Witch Hat Cutout: try all 3 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.
An Origami Tutor witch's hat: fold a square in half, cut one outline through both layers, then open a tall pointed hat with a wide brim.
- You need
- Thin paper, a pencil, a ruler and scissors.
- Start
- Begin with a 12 cm square of black or purple paper, colored side up. Keep an edge at the top.
Your model is ready
Smooth the centre fold flat. Glue on a strip of paper as a hat band, and a small buckle if you like. Display the hat in a window or on a card. The finished witch's hat, with its point above a wide brim.
Step-by-step diagrams
- 1
Fold the square in half
Bring the left edge to the right edge. Match the corners and press the vertical fold. Keep the folded edge on the left.
- 2
Cut the hat outline
Begin on the folded edge at the point of the hat. Cut down the slope of the cone, out along the top of the brim, and round the brim's tip. Come back along the underside and end on the folded edge. Keep the hat beside the fold.
- 3
Open the hat
Open the centre fold carefully. The two halves meet down the middle of the hat.
- ✓
Finish
Smooth the centre fold flat. Glue on a strip of paper as a hat band, and a small buckle if you like. Display the hat in a window or on a card. The finished witch's hat, with its point above a wide brim.
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