Ndebele Huts to Hats in Se7en Steps…

The Hoods have a thing about hats – the evidence is clear:

• Alpaca Hats in Se7en Steps…
• Go Dog Go – Do you like my Hat? – in Se7en Steps…

This week we made Ndebele huts to hats:

And we haven’t made anything hattish for a long time. Meanwhile we have been reading about the Ndebele people and looking at photographs of Ndebele Art:

So we decided to make some Ndebele huts into hats. This is what we were aiming for:

Let’s Meet the Players:

• A strip of paper long enough to reach around their heads, plus a bit extra.
• Another piece of paper big enough to make a large circle for the roof.
• Some black markers or crayons for geometric shapes.
• Bright colors: watercolors, pastels, markers or crayons.
• Staples and a stapler – or tape.
• Masking tape.

Let’s Play the Game:

Step 1: We started by drawing geometric shapes and patterns on a long rectangle of paper – long enough to wrap around their heads with a bit of extra.

Step 2: Then we added bright colors, you can use pastels, markers or watercolors. We used colorix crayons:

Step 3: And we had se7en colorful strips:

Step 4:Then we wrapped the strips around their heads and stapled them. Don’t guess the size – every head is different!!!

And we had se7en tubes:

Step 5: We used a big plate and made circles for each hut to have a roof.

Step 6: Followed up with a wild (brown) crayon frenzy to make the reed roofs.

Step 7: Then we found the center of each roof, cut a slit towards the center and staple a cone that fits on top of the cylinder. Tape the roof to the base.

And you are done. Here are the huts:

That’s it! Have Fun!