ART TEACHER ON THE NET www.artmuseums.com ART HISTORY PROJECTS Cowboy Hat from Recyled Materials Materials Needed Dinner Size Paper Plate 16 oz. Plastic Carton (the kind that holds Salsa, Potatoe Salad etc.) Paper Hole Punch Shoe Strings (wide) Hatband created from seed beads, or drawn and glued on. Brown felt or paint. Instructions Turn the rim of the stiff dinner plate up and mold into a cowboy hat-like rim. Glue the plastic container on top and cover with brown felt, or paint it. Punch a hole about 1 l/2 “ from the rim on both sides. Attach the wide shoestrings. Create a hatband by gluing beeds or drawing a faux leather, bead, or other western design on to paper and gluing it to the bottom of the crown at the brim of the hat. You will find two famous American cowboy artists at the following sites: The Denver Art Museum http://expedia.msn.com/wg/places/UnitedStates/Denver/A10510024.htm Amon Carter Museum http://www.cartermuseum.org/libarch/docs/exhbhist.htm Take a virtual trip throught the old west sponsored by the Wichita Chamber of Commerce http://www.southwind.net/ict/wht/wht-01s.html (c) Art Teacher on the Net, l998