Thrifty Decor Chick

Posted: 03 Dec 2021 09:02 AM PST

Ho Ho Ho! These cute DIY Santa hat decorations are made with foam cones and red velvet.

You can make your own blinged out Santa Claus hat Christmas decor with a few craft supplies. This is a great project for adults and kids during the holiday season!

This project is one of my all time favorite holiday crafts -- it is SO fun and doesn't cost a ton of money to make.

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I created this Santa hat craft project after I saw more expensive options in the store. They turned out even better than my inspiration and ended up costing way less.

I saw some cute Santa hat/suit decor things in Stein Mart and knew I could totally make them for cheaper.

Well, I decided to go for it. I started with three foam cones, in different sizes:

I got them all for about $10. I think I used a coupon on the largest. If you can catch them on sale, you could spend even less!

I found red velvet at the craft store for less than $5 – I only got 22 inches (the width is 54") and didn't even use all of that.

I figured out the size by rolling the cones and then cutting the fabric in a semi circle shape:

I used my hot glue gun to secure the fabric down the back seam and then on the bottom and top of the hat to secure the ends:

Cut your excess fabric with scissors and you can tuck it under and glue for a finished look.

I almost used sparkly red felt, but went with the velvet to the get look I really wanted. If you're making mini Santa hats, you could use red construction paper or cardstock!

Either would be adorable and would be even cheaper than the velvet.

Then I got four inches of black vinyl (that looks like leather) to make the "belt."

This was less than $2 and I didn't even need four inches…I only ended up making it 2.5 inches wide:

Again, just with some hot glue, I wrapped it around and secured it.

Then, the fun part -- the fur. 😍

I got some fluffy faux fur trim in the ribbon section at Joann's to use for this:

Isn't it adorable? It looks like Santa's beard! This fluffy white trim is similar.

For the buckle, I found a package of little square crystals. This package had 52 and I used most of them. I figured out the size and shape I wanted before I hot glued them on:

I've discovered these are harder to find in craft stores now. I did find these exact crystals here though.

I added a fluffy white pom pom on top, and it was done.

I squealed when I stepped back to look at them!:

I don't think I could love these more than I do:

I wasn't happy with the old Christmas candles I had in this tray (which was a $1.99 tray I got at Goodwill and spray painted white).

I hadn't even spray painted the bottom of it well enough yet, so I just filled it in with some Dollar Store ornaments:

I got all of those to make another Christmas ornament wreath, but I like them here much better anyway!

My favorite part is the blingy buckle!:

They aren't perfect, but you don't even notice. :)

These cuties have held up for 12 years! They are now the perfect, festive, fun touch to our basement family room!:

A few more ways to use these foam cones and Santa hats:

Display them in a tray surrounded by ornaments, pine cones or faux snow!
You can use green velvet or fabric to make decorative Christmas tree cones.
Use these hats as Christmas tree toppers by hollowing out the foam underneath, or just stick the top branch into the bottom.
Make these cone hats for much cheaper using paper instead of foam -- you can use different colored paper for all of the details.

What do you think? The Stein Mart version is first, then mine:

Stein Mart had three sizes – I think about $9, $15 and $20 each.

My three cost about $25 total. (And I had so much fun making them!) Adorable.

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