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Making a hat for the beach

Show off sea creatures and keep in the shade by following patterns found on the Internet

You may be planning a trip to the sea, the mountains or to visit your favorite aunt this summer. No matter where you go, plan on taking your favorite sea creature along for the ride — just for the fun of it.

But if your family really is taking a summer vacation at the shore, an aquatic sun visor like one of these is a must. You'll want to make sure you save some time before you leave to create at least a few.

Once you are dressed up to look like a sea critter, you'll feel right at home with the local ocean residents. Whether you prefer fish to crustaceans, or choose to sport a snappy shark chapeau, you can travel in style with a fun-in-the-sun visor to shade your eyes.

If you prefer to stay closer to home and spend a blissful day at your favorite lake or swimming hole, a sun visor will always come in handy. You probably can count on not meeting up with any sharks, but that's a good thing, right?

Your fish can be funky and whatever color you choose. The crab can be spunky, with great big eyes to better see its next meal.

The decorations you see on the visors in the photo, plus any other sea creatures you can imagine, can turn a plain, hobby store plastic visor into your own original creation.

I found instructions for the visors at Better Homes and Gardens on the Web. The site offers patterns and instructions to turn your caps into three different kinds of creatures. I used soft foam visors I found at a craft and hobby store because the colors blended well with the foam sheets I used for the animals' body parts. Hard, plastic visors will work just as well.

You will need a computer and printer to download and print the patterns. Once you have the pictures, you will need to enlarge the patterns on a photocopier. For instructions and patterns, go to http://www.bhg.com/health-family/activities/games/fun-sun-visors on the Web. If you don't have the equipment, simply use the photo to see how to draw your patterns by hand.

Supplies you will need:

• Plastic or foam visors (red for crab; green or blue for fish).

• Foam sheets in red, blue or purple.

• Scissors.

• 2 4-inch pieces of red chenille stem.

• 2 dark, 2-inch pompoms.

• 2 small white pompoms.

• Low-temperature glue gun.

Download the free pattern for the visors. You might need to download Adobe Acrobat software. Enlarge each pattern 200 percent.

Trace the shapes onto foam sheets and cut out.

For the fish, make the fins out of green foam and the lips and eyes out of a different color.

Glue the shapes to the visors.

For the crabs' eyes, glue the white pompoms to the larger dark pompoms. Glue a chenille stem to the back of the eyes. Glue chenille stems to the inside top edge of the visor, so the white pompoms face forward.


Kathy Antoniotti writes a craft column for the Beacon Journal. If you have a craft idea or question, contact Kathy Antoniotti, Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309-0640; 330-996-3565; or via e-mail at kantoniotti@thebeaconjournal.com.

 

You may be planning a trip to the sea, the mountains or to visit your favorite aunt this summer. No matter where you go, plan on taking your favorite sea creature along for the ride — just for the fun of it.

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