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Floral Hat Visit DIY's Craft Lab to learn how to create a unique floral hat. From "Craft Lab" episode DCLB-127

Guest Kate Killean joins host Jennifer Perkins and demonstrates how to create a fun flower covered straw hat.

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	Guest Kate Killean creates a floral hat, an embellished ivy topiary, an all-green floral arrangement and a hurricane with potpourri and candle in this episode of DIY's Craft Lab.
	And she starts with this fun-loving, eye-popping straw hat—covered with flowers.

Project designed by Kate Killean.

Materials:

straw hat
hot glue
delphiniums—125 blue florettes, 90 dark blue florettes
roses—25 small pink flowers
gladiola—1-2 florettes
celosia cockscomb—2 hot pink pieces

Floral Hat

1. Get hot glue gun ready to use.

2. Begin by covering the crown of the hat with the pale blue delphiniums. Do that by preparing a pile of delphinium florettes cut very short—no stem at all. There are many florettes on one stalk.

3. Take each florette, one by one, and pull the petals back and dip the base of the florette into the hot glue. Adhere to hat by pressing for a couple of seconds, starting at the top of the crown.
4. Affix the florettes very close together and continue doing this until the entire crown of the hat is covered.

5. For a centerpiece corsage, gather one gladiola florette, two pieces of cockscomb and two roses in your hand and make a pleasing little arrangement. Dip the entire bunch into ho glue and affix to the front of the hat. Add more flowers to fill out the centerpiece.

6. Create a band by affixing roses cut very short (back to the base) in a line around the base of the hat, using the same hot glue technique.

7. Cut dark blue delphinium florettes back to the base and affix to the brim of the hat, covering the entire surface, using the same hot glue technique.

Tips:

• Use any type of color flower you wish.

• Cut dark blue delphinium florettes back to the base and affix to the brim of the hat, covering the entire surface, using the same hot glue technique.

• The bigger flower you choose requires less flowers and gluing.

• You can use a pretty ribbon to cover the base of the brim.

• This arrangement can be worn or hung on a wall or used as a centerpiece at a spring luncheon. In any event the flowers won't stay fresh long, but may dry nicely depending on the flowers you choose.

RESOURCES :

Aquapic®
Syndicate Sales, Inc.

GUESTS :

Kate Killean
Katie Killean Floral Design
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