What Halloween masquerade does without a charming witch? And what a sorceress without a symbolic outfit: a pointed hat, a broom under her arm and a strict tight-fitting dress on the floor? Witches have long been regulars in Halloween parties. The image of the evil sorceress is really multifaceted: it can be a gray-haired old woman with a hooked nose, a charming young witch with a perky look and even a very small mischievous girl. There are dangerous, gloomy, mysterious, fairy-tale, lovely and cute witches. You can adjust the image with the help of makeup and details of the outfit, but one thing remains the same - a signature hat with a sharp tip, which seems to rip up the sky above the head of a dark sorceress. The attribute of the image can be purchased at the finished goods store, but it’s much more fun to make a headdress with your own hands. For elegant witches - fatal beauties who have switched to the dark side, they choose luxurious outfits of black velvet or silk, corsets, stylish jewelry and neat Halloween hats that crown elegant hairstyles.An awkwardly large headgear on disheveled hair, dresses that are slightly sharpened by the time, and “terrible” makeup (teeth, long noses, warts) are suitable for the image of an old witch. Outfits for “dolls” that mothers sew at home are selected for little sorceresses: neat little short dresses are combined with funny striped sleeves and stockings. Let us consider in stages the processes of creating three types of witch hats: from felt, from fabric and from paper.
The witch's image and the history of the appearance of pointed hats
The evolution of the image of the sorceress is closely connected with the history of religious fundamentalism. If initially sorceresses were not treated so categorically, then in the era of the “witch hunt”, any woman could become a potential “girlfriend of the unclean”. All that was needed was a couple of tricks from the "well-wishers" and several hours of torture, so that the unfortunate confessed to all sins. It was believed that witches meet with the devil himself, kill children, spoil people in every possible way, and periodically flock to the covens in order to boast of atrocities and celebrate their impunity. Pointed hats are a mandatory attribute of a witch only in Western culture. Domestic Baba Yaga preferred shawls or headbands. Bulgakovskaya Margarita flaunted nudity altogether. Pointed hats were popular in different cultures. Moreover, they did not carry any negative color in themselves. At first, elongated hats appeared in Ancient Egypt. They were called atevs and, along with clafts (striped scarf), were considered part of the ritual appearance of the pharaoh.In Europe, pointed hats were worn by men everywhere. Women preferred the Annens - heavy “caps” with a frame of whalebone, wrapped in silk and decorated with a veil. There were no fields in such “hats”. Headwear was already weighty and caused the owner a lot of trouble while walking.
In the Middle Ages, witches appeared to people naked and with their hair loose. And usually the sorceresses had a magnificent red hair. A little later, witches became more modest and began to disguise themselves more carefully. Their clothes did not differ from the appearance of an ordinary city woman: a dress and a bonnet. Only in the XVII century in English books and engravings did the witches acquire pointed hats. Many researchers believe that it was with the help of an awkwardly sharp tip that it was easy to hint at the connection of the owner of the headdress with evil forces. The image, which is called "hit the mark." They began to use it everywhere (in fairy tales and songs) and now after a couple of centuries, not a single self-respecting witch was on the coven without this element of clothing. Finally, the image of a sorceress in a pointed hat was entrenched after the publication of Frank Baum's book “The Amazing Wizard of Oz”. The wicked Witch of the West had an unhealthy greenish complexion, was dressed in black clothes and a hat of the same color, whose tip in sharpness could argue with the spire of the highest tower. This look has become classic. It is complemented by a stylish broom, possibly a skull in his hand and a faithful companion - a wolf, a raven, a bat or a black dog. It would seem that the sorceress should look caricatured and ridiculous in this outfit, but the gloomy image of a woman who is on the “you” with otherworldly forces adds color to her appearance. Pointed hats are actively used during Halloween. They can be called a classic attribute of the witch's costume. Hats are often equipped with heavy buckles, like on belts.This is a Dutch tradition that gradually merged into the English image of the witch and in the symbolism of the Quakers. The combination really turned out to be surprising, because some are representatives of a religious organization, while others are evil spirits that they are fighting with.
Pointless field hats were part of the image of astrologers (astronomers). It was believed that the space under the cap symbolizes the "temple." The stargazer could be anywhere, but at the same time he was constantly “in the cathedral,” that is, he maintained contact with heaven.
Making a paper / cardboard hat
The witch hat is easiest to craft from cardboard or paper. Materials are available to everyone. Depending on the size of the finished product, it can be used for different purposes. For example, tiny hats are used to decorate the table for Halloween. Larger hats are suitable for decorating a child’s costume. It is worth considering that such a hat will quickly become worthless due to the fragility of the material. Usually it is used only once, and the next year will have to do a new one.
Necessary tools and materials
To work, you will need:
Scissors;
Pencil;
Cardboard or paper;
Ruler and compass;
Paint and brush.
Additionally, satin ribbons, bows, beads, coins, brooches, a veil, locks, feathers, buttons are used for decorating hats. As an ornament, you can take any attracted detail that will make the witch's hat more original. Instead of a sheet of cardboard, disposable plates are sometimes used for fields.
Making Tula and Hat Fields
First they make pointed tulle. It is folded from a pre-prepared pattern. The cone is the same as paper bags for seeds. The stock is specially made on the diagram, which will be glued. A “bezel”, that is, future hat fields are made up of circles. Three draw them: the boundaries of the fields and one more inner one. It will be cut into strips, bent and glued to the top.In another embodiment, the stocks are made on the cap and also glued to the "wrong" side of the hat fields. Then the paper is painted, thereby masking the junction of the two parts.
Decor and painting hats
To avoid subsequent staining, the hat is made of "smart" cardboard, decorated with a pattern. Models with black margins and patterned tulle will look beautiful. If plain paper was used, then it is painted with gouache with a brush. Do not recommend the use of watercolor paints. Due to the liquid consistency, when dried, the composition will cause deformation of the paper and the cap will “crumple”. On top, still wet paint is covered with glitter.
To fix the layer, it is sprayed with ordinary hair spray. It will add glossy shine. You can do drawing and apply an original pattern to the surface of the product. To decorate the headgear, any trinkets are suitable. The more original the hat will look, the more attention its owner will attract. It is pasted over with organza, veil, lace "rims", feathers, bows, sequins and even fur. Steampunk hats, decorated with locks from old clothes and gears from watches, look luxurious.
Home-made children's Halloween hats with a repeating pattern of spiders or bats will look cute and unusual. A large mother's brooch in a silver frame will complete the image of a mischievous witch.
Felt hat
Felt is an ideal material for a complex craft that should keep its shape. This is a soft, dense natural fabric (felt) obtained by felting. Berets, hats and even felt boots are made from it. For home experiments with Halloween outfits, creative kits can be bought at the store. The package usually includes multi-colored pieces of felt, but the necessary shades can be selected independently. For the image of a witch, black, red, orange (yellow) and lilac or blue colors are ideal.
Necessary materials and tools
To work with the material you will need:
Scissors;
Needle with thread;
Compass, pencil, paper sheet (for pattern);
Glue;
Several pieces of felt of different colors.
For decoration, beads, rhinestones, satin bows and felt bats are chosen, which are planted on the hats.
Operating procedure
The felt hat is created using the same algorithm as the paper model, but here you will not have to glue the elements together, but stitch them together. First you need to draw a pattern for the fields and tulles. Be sure to add "reserves". They recommend drawing on a piece of paper, after which the pattern is cut out and applied to pieces of felt. You can fix it with pins. Then, with small or remnant, the pattern is redrawn on the fabric, and cut out along the contours. Now you can start sewing. First, the edges of the tulle are connected, and then two hat parts are sewn into one product.
It is worth noting that felt hats, like foamiran, are usually made of small sizes. They are more suitable for children, dolls and Halloween pumpkins. Often used as room decor. A large headdress will not keep its shape; it will be necessary to produce a frame for it.
Decor
A decorative headpiece is decorated with funny tassels at the tips and a “belt” with a tone buckle. Details can be created from the same felt or use more airy fabrics (mesh, veil). “Furry” fur trim or black feathers are attached to the fields. The junction of tulle and fields is decorated with bows, imitation of cobwebs, miniature skulls, spiders in sequins, silk ribbons. Hats with “autumn” decor from maple leaves, grass-ears of wheat, tiny pumpkins (from New Year's balls) and scarlet rowan brushes will look unusual.
Fabric hat
Fabric hats are the most popular option. They are made for adult Halloween witches from any textile.Since the size of the product is large enough, frameworks that help maintain the shape of the headgear become a prerequisite for it. Some combine materials. For example, fabric tulle and cardboard fields. A hat made of textiles will last a long time and will be used on many Halloween, while retaining its awesome appearance.
Necessary materials and tools
To create a textile hat you will need:
Scissors;
Thread and needle;
The cloth;
Wire for the frame;
Nippers;
A sheet of cardboard for a pattern;
Decor
Witch hats can have a sharp tip directed towards the sky, or gently sliding to the side somewhere. The fabric for the fields and tulles will have to be starchy.
Work technique
To begin with, measure the girth of the head of the witch, which is intended to be a hat. On the basis of the obtained figures create a pattern on a sheet of cardboard with reserves of 1.5 cm. Then make frame "circles". Two pieces are cut from a coil of wire. One is equal to the circumference of the head, and the second to the length of the outer margins of the hat. The ends of both pieces are connected tightly twisting. You can use a soldering iron. Now the tulle is sewn, and a smaller wire circle is attached to the bottom. If the cap should gently “fall off”, then it is figuredly straightened and in the right places the formed folds are fixed with stitches. For the fields of the hat, two identical details are cut out. They are applied to each other and stitched. Now the fields can be turned on the front side. A wire circle of a larger diameter is fixed to the rim. Carefully sew the remaining stitch outside. If there is no wire at hand, it is replaced with a cardboard circle. He will keep the form a little worse. Then the fields are stitched with tulle. The place of fastening of the two elements is masked with a black or purple ribbon.
Decor
A pointed witch hat made of fabric is decorated with a translucent mesh. The veil is sewn to the fields "from the inside."A large "dome", which will hang from all sides of the headgear, is collected under black inconspicuous gum and put on top. Hats are decorated with bright lacing, bats, snakes, buckles, feather bunches, spiders, picturesquely sliding on a thread from a sharp tip. Looks great models made of black silk and decorated with bright orange "bouquets" of maple leaves. Modest, but mysterious hats are decorated with silver threads, entangling the cap. The decor is complemented by tiny rhinestones or stars. To emphasize the gloomy style, they use skulls, “claws” of small animals, miniature ravens that are planted on the headdress. The original decor can be crocheted. For example, a light cap of gray yarn (openwork knitting) will imitate a web on a black hat.
Witch's cocktail hat
A cocktail hat is a small, elegant hat. Usually it is attached using pins on the side. Such a hat is part of the image of an elegant witch who only hints at her belonging to the dark forces. The outfit resembles little caricature-masquerade clothes. A sophisticated dress embroidered with black lace corset and a tiny hat with a flirty veil are the image of a modern witch. Such a hat can be made of fabric with a cardboard frame. The black silk is covered with tulle lace and decorated with large beads. At the junction of the fields and the cap, a satin ribbon is fixed, which is crowned, like a cherry on a cake, with an elegant brooch instead of coarse decorative buckles.
Conclusion
A witch is always a welcome guest at a Halloween party. The image of the sorceress, one of the brightest representatives of “evil spirits”, will have to be collected in pieces, carefully considering every detail of the masquerade dress. The hat is perhaps the main symbol of the witch's nature along with the broom. It will become a “recognition mark”, which will immediately let other guests know what image the woman chose for herself.
What Halloween masquerade does without a charming witch? And what a sorceress without a symbolic outfit: a pointed hat, a broom under her arm and a strict tight-fitting dress on the floor? Witches have long been regulars in Halloween parties. The image of the evil sorceress is really multifaceted: it can be a gray-haired old woman with a hooked nose, a charming young witch with a perky look and even a very small mischievous girl. There are dangerous, gloomy, mysterious, fairy-tale, lovely and cute witches. You can adjust the image with the help of makeup and details of the outfit, but one thing remains the same - a signature hat with a sharp tip, which seems to rip up the sky above the head of a dark sorceress. The attribute of the image can be purchased at the finished goods store, but it’s much more fun to make a headdress with your own hands. For elegant witches - fatal beauties who have switched to the dark side, they choose luxurious outfits of black velvet or silk, corsets, stylish jewelry and neat Halloween hats that crown elegant hairstyles.An awkwardly large headgear on disheveled hair, dresses that are slightly sharpened by the time, and “terrible” makeup (teeth, long noses, warts) are suitable for the image of an old witch. Outfits for “dolls” that mothers sew at home are selected for little sorceresses: neat little short dresses are combined with funny striped sleeves and stockings. Let us consider in stages the processes of creating three types of witch hats: from felt, from fabric and from paper.
Content
The witch's image and the history of the appearance of pointed hats
The evolution of the image of the sorceress is closely connected with the history of religious fundamentalism. If initially sorceresses were not treated so categorically, then in the era of the “witch hunt”, any woman could become a potential “girlfriend of the unclean”. All that was needed was a couple of tricks from the "well-wishers" and several hours of torture, so that the unfortunate confessed to all sins. It was believed that witches meet with the devil himself, kill children, spoil people in every possible way, and periodically flock to the covens in order to boast of atrocities and celebrate their impunity. Pointed hats are a mandatory attribute of a witch only in Western culture. Domestic Baba Yaga preferred shawls or headbands. Bulgakovskaya Margarita flaunted nudity altogether. Pointed hats were popular in different cultures. Moreover, they did not carry any negative color in themselves. At first, elongated hats appeared in Ancient Egypt. They were called atevs and, along with clafts (striped scarf), were considered part of the ritual appearance of the pharaoh.In Europe, pointed hats were worn by men everywhere. Women preferred the Annens - heavy “caps” with a frame of whalebone, wrapped in silk and decorated with a veil. There were no fields in such “hats”. Headwear was already weighty and caused the owner a lot of trouble while walking.
In the Middle Ages, witches appeared to people naked and with their hair loose. And usually the sorceresses had a magnificent red hair. A little later, witches became more modest and began to disguise themselves more carefully. Their clothes did not differ from the appearance of an ordinary city woman: a dress and a bonnet. Only in the XVII century in English books and engravings did the witches acquire pointed hats. Many researchers believe that it was with the help of an awkwardly sharp tip that it was easy to hint at the connection of the owner of the headdress with evil forces. The image, which is called "hit the mark." They began to use it everywhere (in fairy tales and songs) and now after a couple of centuries, not a single self-respecting witch was on the coven without this element of clothing. Finally, the image of a sorceress in a pointed hat was entrenched after the publication of Frank Baum's book “The Amazing Wizard of Oz”. The wicked Witch of the West had an unhealthy greenish complexion, was dressed in black clothes and a hat of the same color, whose tip in sharpness could argue with the spire of the highest tower. This look has become classic. It is complemented by a stylish broom, possibly a skull in his hand and a faithful companion - a wolf, a raven, a bat or a black dog. It would seem that the sorceress should look caricatured and ridiculous in this outfit, but the gloomy image of a woman who is on the “you” with otherworldly forces adds color to her appearance. Pointed hats are actively used during Halloween. They can be called a classic attribute of the witch's costume. Hats are often equipped with heavy buckles, like on belts.This is a Dutch tradition that gradually merged into the English image of the witch and in the symbolism of the Quakers. The combination really turned out to be surprising, because some are representatives of a religious organization, while others are evil spirits that they are fighting with.
Making a paper / cardboard hat
The witch hat is easiest to craft from cardboard or paper. Materials are available to everyone. Depending on the size of the finished product, it can be used for different purposes. For example, tiny hats are used to decorate the table for Halloween. Larger hats are suitable for decorating a child’s costume. It is worth considering that such a hat will quickly become worthless due to the fragility of the material. Usually it is used only once, and the next year will have to do a new one.
Necessary tools and materials
To work, you will need:
Additionally, satin ribbons, bows, beads, coins, brooches, a veil, locks, feathers, buttons are used for decorating hats. As an ornament, you can take any attracted detail that will make the witch's hat more original. Instead of a sheet of cardboard, disposable plates are sometimes used for fields.
Making Tula and Hat Fields
First they make pointed tulle. It is folded from a pre-prepared pattern. The cone is the same as paper bags for seeds. The stock is specially made on the diagram, which will be glued. A “bezel”, that is, future hat fields are made up of circles. Three draw them: the boundaries of the fields and one more inner one. It will be cut into strips, bent and glued to the top.In another embodiment, the stocks are made on the cap and also glued to the "wrong" side of the hat fields. Then the paper is painted, thereby masking the junction of the two parts.
Decor and painting hats
To avoid subsequent staining, the hat is made of "smart" cardboard, decorated with a pattern. Models with black margins and patterned tulle will look beautiful. If plain paper was used, then it is painted with gouache with a brush. Do not recommend the use of watercolor paints. Due to the liquid consistency, when dried, the composition will cause deformation of the paper and the cap will “crumple”. On top, still wet paint is covered with glitter.
To fix the layer, it is sprayed with ordinary hair spray. It will add glossy shine. You can do drawing and apply an original pattern to the surface of the product. To decorate the headgear, any trinkets are suitable. The more original the hat will look, the more attention its owner will attract. It is pasted over with organza, veil, lace "rims", feathers, bows, sequins and even fur. Steampunk hats, decorated with locks from old clothes and gears from watches, look luxurious.
Felt hat
Felt is an ideal material for a complex craft that should keep its shape. This is a soft, dense natural fabric (felt) obtained by felting. Berets, hats and even felt boots are made from it. For home experiments with Halloween outfits, creative kits can be bought at the store. The package usually includes multi-colored pieces of felt, but the necessary shades can be selected independently. For the image of a witch, black, red, orange (yellow) and lilac or blue colors are ideal.
Necessary materials and tools
To work with the material you will need:
For decoration, beads, rhinestones, satin bows and felt bats are chosen, which are planted on the hats.
Operating procedure
The felt hat is created using the same algorithm as the paper model, but here you will not have to glue the elements together, but stitch them together. First you need to draw a pattern for the fields and tulles. Be sure to add "reserves". They recommend drawing on a piece of paper, after which the pattern is cut out and applied to pieces of felt. You can fix it with pins. Then, with small or remnant, the pattern is redrawn on the fabric, and cut out along the contours. Now you can start sewing. First, the edges of the tulle are connected, and then two hat parts are sewn into one product.
Decor
A decorative headpiece is decorated with funny tassels at the tips and a “belt” with a tone buckle. Details can be created from the same felt or use more airy fabrics (mesh, veil). “Furry” fur trim or black feathers are attached to the fields. The junction of tulle and fields is decorated with bows, imitation of cobwebs, miniature skulls, spiders in sequins, silk ribbons. Hats with “autumn” decor from maple leaves, grass-ears of wheat, tiny pumpkins (from New Year's balls) and scarlet rowan brushes will look unusual.
Fabric hat
Fabric hats are the most popular option. They are made for adult Halloween witches from any textile.Since the size of the product is large enough, frameworks that help maintain the shape of the headgear become a prerequisite for it. Some combine materials. For example, fabric tulle and cardboard fields. A hat made of textiles will last a long time and will be used on many Halloween, while retaining its awesome appearance.
Necessary materials and tools
To create a textile hat you will need:
Witch hats can have a sharp tip directed towards the sky, or gently sliding to the side somewhere. The fabric for the fields and tulles will have to be starchy.
Work technique
To begin with, measure the girth of the head of the witch, which is intended to be a hat. On the basis of the obtained figures create a pattern on a sheet of cardboard with reserves of 1.5 cm. Then make frame "circles". Two pieces are cut from a coil of wire. One is equal to the circumference of the head, and the second to the length of the outer margins of the hat. The ends of both pieces are connected tightly twisting. You can use a soldering iron. Now the tulle is sewn, and a smaller wire circle is attached to the bottom. If the cap should gently “fall off”, then it is figuredly straightened and in the right places the formed folds are fixed with stitches. For the fields of the hat, two identical details are cut out. They are applied to each other and stitched. Now the fields can be turned on the front side. A wire circle of a larger diameter is fixed to the rim. Carefully sew the remaining stitch outside. If there is no wire at hand, it is replaced with a cardboard circle. He will keep the form a little worse. Then the fields are stitched with tulle. The place of fastening of the two elements is masked with a black or purple ribbon.
Decor
A pointed witch hat made of fabric is decorated with a translucent mesh. The veil is sewn to the fields "from the inside."A large "dome", which will hang from all sides of the headgear, is collected under black inconspicuous gum and put on top. Hats are decorated with bright lacing, bats, snakes, buckles, feather bunches, spiders, picturesquely sliding on a thread from a sharp tip. Looks great models made of black silk and decorated with bright orange "bouquets" of maple leaves. Modest, but mysterious hats are decorated with silver threads, entangling the cap. The decor is complemented by tiny rhinestones or stars. To emphasize the gloomy style, they use skulls, “claws” of small animals, miniature ravens that are planted on the headdress. The original decor can be crocheted. For example, a light cap of gray yarn (openwork knitting) will imitate a web on a black hat.
Witch's cocktail hat
A cocktail hat is a small, elegant hat. Usually it is attached using pins on the side. Such a hat is part of the image of an elegant witch who only hints at her belonging to the dark forces. The outfit resembles little caricature-masquerade clothes. A sophisticated dress embroidered with black lace corset and a tiny hat with a flirty veil are the image of a modern witch. Such a hat can be made of fabric with a cardboard frame. The black silk is covered with tulle lace and decorated with large beads. At the junction of the fields and the cap, a satin ribbon is fixed, which is crowned, like a cherry on a cake, with an elegant brooch instead of coarse decorative buckles.
Conclusion
A witch is always a welcome guest at a Halloween party. The image of the sorceress, one of the brightest representatives of “evil spirits”, will have to be collected in pieces, carefully considering every detail of the masquerade dress. The hat is perhaps the main symbol of the witch's nature along with the broom. It will become a “recognition mark”, which will immediately let other guests know what image the woman chose for herself.