You cannot have a Kentucky Derby party without hats! We have made hats out of newspaper and tissue paper before, but we decided to get a little fancy for the Kentucky Derby, so we headed to the dollar store. This is what we bought to make our hats:
Two straw hats, bath poofs, and a few leis
I cut the string that held the bath poofs together and we tied the netting around our hats to make fancy bows.
We then cut the leis apart and hot glued the flowers all over the hats.
We spent less than five dollars and the project took about ten minutes. Now, we have very frugal, fancy, flowery Kentucky Derby hats to wear for our Derby celebration.
I could have included a picture of me in my hat, but I do not look as cute as R, especially with the red, runny nose I have this week!
We learned that women wearing classy and fashionable hats to the Derby are often found in the Clubhouse and Paddock areas, but the infield seating hosts an open-season for mad hatters to display their creative and silly hats. Where do you think we would be found?
