With graduating comes many responsibilities. However, one of the minuscule and more exciting aspects of graduating is decorating my graduation cap! And luckily for you, I may have documented my progress.
I started by browsing Pinterest and it's variety of graduation caps. I didn't find anything that I really enjoyed so I switched my focus to looking at quotes. I stumbled upon this ever famous quote.
The teacher in me decided to switch it up and change the verbage slightly, "Teach the change you wish to see." I didn't think I could fit the "in the world part" so I wanted to add the Earth in the cap somehow.
My final graduation cap!
So here's how I accomplished this:
I bought black glittered scrapbook paper from Hobby Lobby to use as the base for my grad cap. I traced the cap onto the paper and cut it out so it would fit atop the cap. I then had to cut a hole for the tassel-part of the cap.
After this, I needed to cut out a circle for the Earth part of the design. I had initially planned to use my Silhouette Cameo to cut out a circle but I was feeling a bit lazy and changed my planned. Instead I used my fishbowl and traced a circle onto a piece of cardstock.
Once again I cut out a center circle for the tassel and then drew my design on the piece of cardstock.
I covered all "ocean" areas with Modge Podge before sprinkling it with glitter. I placed the paper underneath the circle in order to attempt to collect the excess glitter in order to place it back in the container.
I repeated this process with the "land" pieces of the Earth. While I waited for the "Earth" to dry, I hot glued the black glitter paper to my cap.
(Sorry for the low quality photo here!)
I put the Earth in it's place on the cap and positioned the letters until I was happy with their position. The letters were just scrapbook stickers I bought from Hobby Lobby. For this quote, I only needed one package of stickers!
I then added different details to the cap. I love Disney and Mickey Mouse so I purchased these small gem stickers from Hobby Lobby and used them to frame the quote. I also bought school related scrapbook stickers and placed them on the corners of the cap.
I really wanted a bow on my cap so I created the one you see in the picture!
Once I was happy with the placement of everything, I glued down the "Earth" piece first. I then glued down the letters, the gems, the bow and stickers. I used hot glue for everything.
I am SO happy with how it turned out and I cannot wait for graduation!
