Graduation Season: Three Cute Ways to Decorate Your Cap

Hey everyone, welcome back to handmade! I'm Gabriella, and it's officially graduation season. As many of you know, I did decorate my cap in college, but now that I've had a few more years of experience, I have so many more ideas for how to do it. Today, I want to school you on three cute ways to decorate your cap.

The first way to make your cap stand out is with flowers. Flowers are very visually impactful and can be a great way to add some color and personality to your graduation cap. For this method, you'll need some faux flowers in your favorite color (I chose pink, of course!). You'll also need a glue skillet – yes, you read that right! A glue skillet is a special type of skillet that contains raw glue, which you can cook by placing it in the microwave or oven until it's melted and gooey. This makes it easy to apply to your cap without having to worry about messy glue. Simply cut the stem off of each flower using wire cutters, and then use the glue skillet to attach them to your cap.

To make this project even easier, I recommend starting with a small test run before you start decorating your entire cap. You can place a few faux flowers on your cap to get an idea of how they'll look and where they'll be most visible. And don't worry if it looks a little rough at first – you can always trim any excess glue or adjust the placement of the flowers as needed. I'm happy to report that this method took me only 10 minutes to complete, and the end result is absolutely adorable.

Of course, not everyone may feel comfortable with fake flowers, so let's move on to a few other ideas. One of my favorite ways to decorate your cap is by paying homage to your pets or favorite hobbies. For this method, you'll need some craft supplies like glitter card stock, scissors, and glue. Start by tracing the shape of a pet's head onto the paper using a plate as a template. I used a cat-shaped plate for my own graduation cap, which features my beloved feline friend Wilson.

Once you have your template cut out, use scissors to trim any excess edges or smooth out the shape. Next, cut out some whiskers from wire and glue them around the nose of the cat. You can also add on other details like eyes or a mouth using markers or paint. Finally, write a message on the cap that's specific to your pet or hobby. For me, I wrote "I went to college for my cat" – it's a bit silly, but it's a great way to commemorate your furry friend.

For a final method, let's talk about roller skates! If you're like me and love to skate, then this is a fun way to incorporate your hobby into your graduation cap. I found some cute roller skate stickers that looked just like my own wheels, so I decided to decorate my cap with them. All you need for this method is some scrap paper, scissors, glue, and a pen.

Start by cutting out the shape of a pair of skates from the paper, using the same plate template as before. Then, cut out individual elements like the wheels or the laces. Write out a message on the cap that's related to your skating hobby, such as "I'm rolling into graduation!" or "Skating my way to success." Finally, glue on the skates and any other details you'd like to include.

Overall, these are just a few ideas for how to decorate your graduation cap. Whether you're a fan of flowers, pets, or roller skating, there's a way to make your cap stand out with personality and style. Thanks for joining me on this handmade journey – don't forget to subscribe and share your own DIY projects in the comments below!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey everyone welcome back to handmade i'm gabriella and it is officially graduation season and i must admit a little and i did decorate my cap in college but now i have so many more ideas so i'm going to school you on three cute ways to do it let's get started one of the main points of decorating your cap is so that your friends and family can spot you out easily during graduation and flowers are very visually impact packed full and impactful and faux flowers are one of and faux flowers are very visually impactful so i picked of course my favorite color pink and got a bunch of faux flowers and i'm just going to glue them and stick them onto the cap do you know what this is this is a skillet but it's not just any skillet it is a glue skillet you can literally cook your glue all you do is just take some glue that's raw i just said raw glue i'm still really excited about it so i got this for the third time you literally just put glue in this and it melts and then you just dip and stick that's wild so this is one of the faux flowers i'm using and i'm just going to use these wire cutters to cut the stem off and make sure you try to cut as close to the base of the flower as possible so it's easy to stick onto your cap guys this might be a little rough so give me a sec you guys maximum effort gabby don't screw this up this is really hard yes and you can trim if you need to dip look at that look at that look at that so this was maximum style and minimum effort it literally only took me 10 minutes and it's so cute and if this one was a little too involved for you the next two are even easier so obviously the only reason i went to college was to give my cat a better life so this next one is a shout out to my cat wilson so for this one i'm using a piece of glitter card stock and this plate is the perfect template for the cat's head so now use the same piece of paper to cut out the ears the button on the hat is gonna be the cat's nose so use a craft knife to cut out an x over the button and just fold it in you can use the craft knife to fold the corners underneath the button so now just start gluing i'm going to glue the little ears first because i want to put them underneath the head like i said i went to college for my cat so i'm gonna put that message on to my cap but you guys can do whatever you want it's best to lay your letters out first and then stick them on i cut some whiskers out of wire and i'm just going to glue them around the nose wilson would be so proud it looks just like him but wait we have one more and it's the easiest one yet roller skates roller skates roller skates i'm roller skating roller skating roller skating roller roller it's a you have sediment it's hard roller skate stickers i found these really cute roller skate stickers i found these really cute roller skate stickers and they were the inspiration behind this cat was that was that good all you need to do for this cap is glue on the road and stick on the letters and the skates this is just made out of some scrap paper and black cardstock i'm spelling out roll out because well roller skates and then finish off with a pom pom see these were super easy and they didn't take any time at all and i honestly think they came out really cute and the best thing about this is that you can pick your favorite colors or even your school colors let me know in the comments below which one was your favorite and don't forget to give us a thumbs up and subscribe see you guys next time youhey everyone welcome back to handmade i'm gabriella and it is officially graduation season and i must admit a little and i did decorate my cap in college but now i have so many more ideas so i'm going to school you on three cute ways to do it let's get started one of the main points of decorating your cap is so that your friends and family can spot you out easily during graduation and flowers are very visually impact packed full and impactful and faux flowers are one of and faux flowers are very visually impactful so i picked of course my favorite color pink and got a bunch of faux flowers and i'm just going to glue them and stick them onto the cap do you know what this is this is a skillet but it's not just any skillet it is a glue skillet you can literally cook your glue all you do is just take some glue that's raw i just said raw glue i'm still really excited about it so i got this for the third time you literally just put glue in this and it melts and then you just dip and stick that's wild so this is one of the faux flowers i'm using and i'm just going to use these wire cutters to cut the stem off and make sure you try to cut as close to the base of the flower as possible so it's easy to stick onto your cap guys this might be a little rough so give me a sec you guys maximum effort gabby don't screw this up this is really hard yes and you can trim if you need to dip look at that look at that look at that so this was maximum style and minimum effort it literally only took me 10 minutes and it's so cute and if this one was a little too involved for you the next two are even easier so obviously the only reason i went to college was to give my cat a better life so this next one is a shout out to my cat wilson so for this one i'm using a piece of glitter card stock and this plate is the perfect template for the cat's head so now use the same piece of paper to cut out the ears the button on the hat is gonna be the cat's nose so use a craft knife to cut out an x over the button and just fold it in you can use the craft knife to fold the corners underneath the button so now just start gluing i'm going to glue the little ears first because i want to put them underneath the head like i said i went to college for my cat so i'm gonna put that message on to my cap but you guys can do whatever you want it's best to lay your letters out first and then stick them on i cut some whiskers out of wire and i'm just going to glue them around the nose wilson would be so proud it looks just like him but wait we have one more and it's the easiest one yet roller skates roller skates roller skates i'm roller skating roller skating roller skating roller roller it's a you have sediment it's hard roller skate stickers i found these really cute roller skate stickers i found these really cute roller skate stickers and they were the inspiration behind this cat was that was that good all you need to do for this cap is glue on the road and stick on the letters and the skates this is just made out of some scrap paper and black cardstock i'm spelling out roll out because well roller skates and then finish off with a pom pom see these were super easy and they didn't take any time at all and i honestly think they came out really cute and the best thing about this is that you can pick your favorite colors or even your school colors let me know in the comments below which one was your favorite and don't forget to give us a thumbs up and subscribe see you guys next time you\n"