Miniature Toboggan Caps

Miniature Toboggan Caps

Age: 5 and up.  Younger children may require parental assistance with measuring and cutting.

Parental supervision recommended
Difficulty: *****
Time: About an hour

If you can tie a knot, you can make this cute little hat. 
Completed crafts can be used as ornaments, tied on packages, or displayed on small stuffed animals. 

Materials Needed (located at your favorite craft store):

• Toilet paper or Paper towel tube
• Yarn
• Ruler
• Scissors

How-to Steps:

1. Measure and cut a ½ inch ring from one end of the tube.  (Save the rest of the tube for another project if you’d like.)
2. Measure and cut 8 inch lengths of yarn.  You will need 30-40 pieces.
3. Fold one piece of yarn in half.  Insert the folded end through the tube.  Bring the loose ends through the folded end and pull into a knot.
4. Repeat with additional pieces of yarn. (Be careful not to flip your project.  All of the knots need to point the same direction.)
5. When you have covered the ring with knotted yarn, push all of the yarn back through the tube.  (This creates the brim of the hat.)
6. Straighten out the yarn.  Wrap one more piece of yarn around the gathered pieces, about ½ inch from the ends, and tie it in a double knot. 
7. Trim the loose ends if needed to form the pompom. Try using two colors or making caps in your favorite team’s colors.