All About Me Baseball Cap

Crafting with kids is a great way to bring you closer with your child. Hit a home run with your little leaguer, spending time together crafting souvenir-style baseball cap personalized with tiny treasures.

Materials:

• STYROFOAM™ Brand Foam:
  • Ball, 4"
• Acrylic paint, your choice for baseball cap
• Craft foam: 2mm sheet, your choice for baseball cap bill; precut letters to spell name, assorted contrasting colors
• Sports-theme and other special mementos, including magazine/comic cutouts, stickers, acrylic charms, buttons, ticket stubs, etc.
• Serrated knife
• Old candle
• Small disposable container
• Stiff-bristle paintbrush
• Scissors
• Ruler
• Pencil
• Thick, white craft glue
  Pattern

Steps:

1. (NOTE: An adult should perform this step; children should never handle sharp knives.) Cut foam ball in half with serrated knife; for easier, smoother cutting, wax knife blade first with old candle.
    
2. Paint one half ball desired color. Reserve remaining half for a future project.
    
3. Using pattern, cut the bill from craft foam. Glue half ball to bill, positioning cap so back corners of craft foam are just covered and bill extends at front.
    
4. Personalize cap by gluing foam letters to spell name centered on front of bill.
    
5. Cut out desired images from magazines and comics. Arrange and glue these cutouts and other mementos to baseball cap as desired.

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