My new Hat
@Ineeddentures (12383)
June 6, 2025 7:06pm CST
My New Hat.
Yes folks, the triangular thing in the picture is my new hat.
It's not the finished article yet but it's come along very nicely and will be finished as soon as I find a lace and make holes in it and put the lace though the holes. The lace ties up will keep my hat on my head.
It's the first hat I have ever made before.
Yvonne says because it's made of paper that rain might ruin it or wind might make it tear when it blows off of my head.
But I told her not to worry as I borrowed lots of these things I made my hat from at.McDonalds.today, along with 10 milk sachets, some stick stirrers and some sugar both white and brown.
I have been using the stick stirrers to practise my chop stick skills. And I look great doing it with my new hat on.
Do you like my hat,
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
@LadyDuck
I bet the sun wii get through it easily enough Anna
But it looks great atop my head
I am happy with it
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
Yes
A hat on my head
Secured by thread
White like bread
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@Melanie_Marie (2207)
• St. Clair, Michigan
7 Jun
This is impressive work. @moffittjc and I would like to formally invite you to join our Annual New Year’s Eve Hat Competition.
We think you’ve got what it takes, you clearly have a passion for hat-constructing and this is what we attempt to do every year.
We also get super-excited if we can even find other members to join in.
Usually we choose a theme, but I’m thinking.. why not just build off this model right here? Jeff will most likely add something Disney-themed if I know him, I will probably just glam it up with sparkles and New Year’s Eve decor, and Jim, you can just leave it as is.
Or add on!
Then we all take pics wearing our hats, as always, and really nobody wins or loses. We’ve never really had a judge, come to think of it.
We just do it.
You interested? No pressure. You have allll the way to Dec. 31st to decide.
Either way, great work.
We just do it.
You interested? No pressure. You have allll the way to Dec. 31st to decide.
Either way, great work.
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@Melanie_Marie (2207)
• St. Clair, Michigan
7 Jun
@Ineeddentures We want you to join in! We’re gonna copy right off your model here. (If you don’t mind.) Just add some New Yr’s Eve stuff to it and you’re good to go.
Just brainstorm until Christmas. That’s what I’m gonna do.
Let me know if you’d like to see some examples from past competitions. I may still have a few hat pics I’ve designed (from scratch!) on my old computer.
You’ll see how this event works.
It is F-U-N
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@kareng (78242)
• United States
7 Jun
@Ineeddentures 
It's nice to have a hat,
That impresses the cat.
But that is not the kind to get,
When your head gets all wet.
It's nice to have a hat,
That impresses the cat.
But that is not the kind to get,
When your head gets all wet.1 person likes this
@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
@kareng
It may rain
It may pour
But napkin hats
I've plenty more
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@marguicha (228048)
• Chile
7 Jun
@Ineeddentures You could make a hat with an old garment.
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
Well it sat on my head!!
It covered my big bald patch
And it will, when it is finished being assembled, tie up under my chin and I will look really cute
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
@marguicha
I could but my napkin hat was easily folded into shape and fitted really well
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@rakski (145014)
• Philippines
7 Jun
@Ineeddentures
Yes you need some more
If it got tore
So you don't have to go to the store
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
@rakski
Very good
I can tell
That was written
By Raquel
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
Yes I might need more
If this one tore
But it wouldn't be sore
I have a store
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@moffittjc (125124)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Jun
How soon until you go into full production? I might want to order a few of those hats, assuming I can afford them after tariffs.
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@moffittjc (125124)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Jun
@Ineeddentures Do you give discounts for buying in bulk? I was thinking about ordering 500 of them. And yes, they would probably be tariff-free if you shopped them directly to me.
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
@moffittjc
Better still
Go into McDonalds and do what I did
Take them
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
I think I could sneak the base product to you in quantities of 100 and you could design your own.
Yvonne said why don't we just use them as toilet paper.
Tarrifs free I would think if posted direct to you
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
Well thanks Heather.
I thought I might sell them.online and start a trend.
Imagine people walking around with that on their heads, tied on with string
These are a few of my favourite things..
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@GardenGerty (165026)
• United States
8 Jun
You would fit right in with the very young children. You also have stirred up a memory of a Ladies' group where we twisted a molded newspaper into a fancy hat for tea.
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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8 Jun
@GardenGerty
It's strange but the school always asked me to go on the trips the nursery school kids went on because the kids thought I was funny
Neighbours here basically told the kids go play with Jim in the garden , so I built them a playpark basically.
Am I childish ?
Or childlike?
@Jenaisle (15950)
• Philippines
7 Jun
@Ineeddentures I am excited how you would water-proof it.
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
No joke it's a hat
Or it will be very soon
Must find a way to waterproof it
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
@Jenaisle
Tent waterproof spray
Then leave.to dry on towel rail in the bathroom
Hopefully the tent waterproof spray will not destroy the paper
@ptrikha_2 (48268)
• India
7 Jun
Sounds quite innovative indeed !
May be your new hat would be good for quite a number of selfies!
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@ptrikha_2 (48268)
• India
7 Jun
@Ineeddentures
Keen to know how your trials go !!
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
Now that's pushing it a bit methinks.
Let's see how it does in the rain first and the wind.
I have not perfected how to tie it on to my head yet
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@allknowing (150618)
• India
7 Jun
Looks like a DIY project. Paper hat may not last long though. You need not make holes. Just stick the ribbon with gum We get what is called FEVI QUICK
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@allknowing (150618)
• India
7 Jun
@Ineeddentures Lert's see how it looks after the ribbon is stuck on it
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
I was intending just poking holes in it.
This paper is robust, it's a napkin from McDonalds and I have previously used them as toilet paper
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@wolfgirl569 (120055)
• Marion, Ohio
7 Jun
@Ineeddentures am sure you can figure it out
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
@wolfgirl569
Quite possibly.
I have drawn a diagram on a piece of paper instructing Yvonne where to make the holes.
I hope she does it right or I will have to fold another napkin
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
Yes it is Eva.
And have you seen the number of people who actually doubt it will function as a hat.
One says I need a punch to punch a hole in it for a ribbon to tie it to my head
I need strong and a pen
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@Traceyjayne (3662)
• United Kingdom
8 Jun
You have too much time on your hands !!!!
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@Traceyjayne (3662)
• United Kingdom
8 Jun
@Ineeddentures Chicken and egg situation ...
did you go to Maccys to get things to decorate your hat with
or
did you go to Maccys then think about what you could make with all the freebies
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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8 Jun
Not at all.
I just make good use of the time I have and a fertile imagination
@Ineeddentures (12383)
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8 Jun
@Traceyjayne
My next project is complicated
It's a gazebo
Made from the wooden stirrers and the same napkins the hat is made from
@LindaOHio (196205)
• United States
7 Jun
If you like it, I like it. Too bad you couldn't use a bandana or some waterproof material.
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@LindaOHio (196205)
• United States
7 Jun
@Ineeddentures This will be your first experiment...more to follow possibly.
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
I never.thought of that Linda.
I saw these napkins and my first thought was " let's make a hat"
And I have plenty spare parts..
Last time we were in McDonalds I grabbed a lot.
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
@LindaOHio
Well I was wondering how they would look decorating a wall.
Yvonne says no to that though.
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@Shivram59 (44327)
• India
7 Jun
@Ineeddentures WOW!! You tie it in your head so that it stays there.
What if wind starts blowing fast??
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
•
7 Jun
It is a hat.
I had it on my head
Where it sat
Until it fell off lol
I will attach string or a ribbon and then it will be tied on my head .
Hope it doesn't rain if I wear it outside to the shops or in the garden
But here's the best but, I have hundreds of these things, all free of charge from McDonalds
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
Well at the moment it's a folded paper MC.Donalds napkin which is a hat but not a hat which will be secure on my head
@RasmaSandra (87444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Jun
As long as it stays on your head and the wind does not blow it away
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
Ah bu.t if it does get soaked or blown away I have plenty spares I can make other hats with.
My problem is I need strong to make a thong to tie the hat under my chin
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
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7 Jun
I will do.
I cannot find some white string to make a chord to fasten the hat around my chin but I might use another colour chord
@JudyEv (359856)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Jun
@Ineeddentures Of course not. Silly me.
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@Deepizzaguy (112461)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
8 Jun
Your new hat looks nice on this post.
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@ogbenishyna44 (646)
•
8 Jun
Have you completed the hat or you are still making it? Hope it turns out well and fit you.
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@Ineeddentures (12383)
•
8 Jun
I h ave folded the square napkin in half to form them triangle.
Now the paper must remain like that until I make a tie for it to secure to the head.
Then it will be ready
It does not fit me but that does not matter.
It would fit a small child like person or maybe a wee doll
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