Instant Birthday Hats, pspet or With Candles From Fingers of Discarded Gloves Outfit 552

Instant Paper Hat Crown or Tiara

I had saved some hats from Xmas crackers, but no time to look for them. I spotted a pice of pink tissue paper.

If you need a birthday hat in a hurry, grab some tissue paper, fold concertina wsie. Cut a v shape at the top through all the layers. Write happy birthday using a black felt tip pen

 if you have more time

and you are handy with a needle, or not handy with a needle, consider a glove birthday hat. Two gloves gives you up to ten candles. You can sew the complete gloves, or just the fingers. You could add the fingers on top. \

Or cut holes in the hat and pull the fingers through from underneath. If necessary, then cut the palm of the glove away from the fingers. 

Depending on the size of the hat and the glove fingers, you might leave the fingers in a line. Or put the smaller ones at the front, the larger ones behind towering over the front ones.

How do you get the fingers to stay upright? Stuff them. If necesary, with a stiffener in the middle, such as a toothpick, with the sharp ends removed, a cut plastic toothpick. Or a lolly stick. Or a used or unused stirrer or two from a coffee bar or supermarket.

You can paint or colour the cloth candles. Or sew on sequins. Or glow in the dark paint for the flame on top.

You can make flames for the candles from a second pair of smaller gloves.

Stuffing - Buy or DIY

Stuff the glove fingers. What with? With old cloth, leftover bits from torn clothes, small clothes, stained items. 

Cut up face flannels. Check your bathroom cabinet for paper tissues, or cotton wool.

Maybe your lounge has over-full cushions. Check the bedroom. Do you have a big pillow, which is already uncomfortably too full? Pull out a little of the pillow filler. 

You will have a totally original birthday hat!