I graduate this Saturday…4 days away. I know I’ve been doing a countdown for so long and now its finally almost here. As I’m studying for my Statistics final, packing up my apartment, and figuring out whats next with my life, I decided to take a break and decorate my graduation cap. I love a good craft project and graduation cap decorating (with a glass of wine) is a great de-stresser! Here’s what I did:
Supplies Needed:
Rhinestones
Decorative Paper
Hot Glue Gun
Hot glue-sticks
Kitchen knife or X-acto knife
Jewel Glue
1. Turn the decorative paper upside down and center your graduation cap on top of it. Trim the excess border and hot glue the paper to the cap. Let it sit for a few minutes,
2. Once the paper has had time to dry, find the center of the cap where you attach the tassel and cut around the circle.
3. Outline the edge of the cap with rhinestones. Depending on your paper type, you may need to use the jewel glue or the hot glue. Since, my paper was a glittery un-smooth surface hot glue worked best.
4. Hot glue rhinestones into the center of the hat where you attach the tassel.
Let what you’ve done so far dry overnight.
5. Verify that you have all the letters needed to spell out your name or phrase.
6. Arrange your letters how you want them placed. Don’t push them all the way because you will most likely need to re-arrange them.
7. Once you have arranged your letters where you want them to be, you can push them all the way down and add hot glue around the edges for extra reinforcement.
8. Then you are done! Let it dry completely before wearing. You can spray sealant to keep everything in place.
Graduation is such a big deal and I hate we have to wear those awful outfits, but I will surely stand out with this pink, glittery, rhinestone graduation cap! I’ve made a Pinterest Board with lots of ideas for decorating your graduation cap, hopefully you will be inspired!
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I hope you know I have been waiting on the edge of my seat for this post!!!! And of course you did not disappoint! Look at that perfect graduation cap! It screams Taylor!!! Eeeek I’m so excited for you!
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Lol! I’ve finally delivered! I’m glad you enjoyed this post and I’m glad that you can see ME in this grad cap…you know I’m trying to stand out! 🙂
I totally love the graduation cap, It screams TaylorBrione all day long!!!
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I know! I want to get it framed for my new office! What do you think mom?
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Where did you get the decorative paper from?
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Hobby Lobby!! 🙂
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Hi Taylor,
How you doing was just going through the internet in search on what I need to decorate my graduation cap and I found your website and I decided to email you, so I just wanna ask on Where I can get the supplies needed n how to go on it. Hope to read from you soon.
Thanks
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Absolutely fabulous! I’m getting ready to decorate mine.. I was wondering what size letters you used? That looks about the size I want.
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