How To Make A Pirate Hat

Angelina Jolie takes pirate Knox and princess Vivienne to Richmond's Pottery Cafe

While their father Brad Pitt shoots his new movie World War Z, his children have been living in Richmond with their mother Angelina Jolie.

And Angelina has been doing her utmost to keep her six children occupied during the summer with various excursions.

Today, Hollywood actress Angelina decided to take her family to Richmond's Pottery Cafe for an artistic afternoon of painting.

And it seems her three-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne thoroughly got into the spirit of the cafe's 'Pirates and Princesses' summer holiday theme.

A spokesperson at the Pottery Cafe's Richmond branch told MailOnline: 'They all had a lovely afternoon of painting, and we hope to see them again soon!'

While little Vivienne left the venue wearing pretty red glittery shoes and a Princess-style white frilly dress, Knox went all out with his ensemble - donning a black pirate hat and sunglasses, along with a black and red striped top, as mother Angelina led him out of the cafe.

And despite most of Angelina's days out with her family have seen her leave one or more of the children at home, today's excursion involved each of her six sons and daughters.

Angelina didn't appear to have enough hands as she attempted to load her brood into a people carrier after their afternoon of fun.

But a proud Shiloh, five, made her own way to the car, carrying a bag packed full of products from the afternoon's activity.

Maddox, seemed preoccupied with a balloon from the cafe as the family headed back to their temporary home, while Pax chomped on a cake after his tiring day out.

Meanwhile Zahara clung to her mother's hand as Angelina, who looked chic in a black dress and nude wedge heels, loaded her brood into the vehicle.

Angelina certainly wants to make sure her children are seeing all the sights London has to offer, and last week, took them to the city's Aquarium while Brad was busy filming.

The couple also took their children to the theatre to see Wicked over the weekend, to celebrate Maddox's 10th birthday.

Brad, Angelina and their children have been staying in a lavish £10million Richmond home owned by the widow of a fashion tycoon while Brad continues shooting his zombie movie World War Z.

The owner is known in Hollywood circles for providing one of the most discreet residences for actors to use while filming at nearby Shepperton studios.

How to Make A Pirate Hat | Easy to Make Halloween Costumes

While many people remember how to make a pirate hat out of newspaper from their childhood, in most cases such a hat will not suffice for your next costume, theme or Halloween party.

For those who are interested in making their own real pirate hat, here are some detailed instructions.

First of all, you will need to measure your head with a flexible tape measure. Make sure you measure it loosely, in order to make room for your hair, otherwise the hat may fit too tight.

Next you will need to make the inner headband, as the rest of the hat will sit on it. It should be one inch longer than the measurement previously taken, and approximately two inches wider.

Once you have measured the headband and cut it out of your black or brown material, sew the ends together using about a half-inch seam. Slip this around your head and make sure it is going to fit on your comfortably. If it does not, adjust it accordingly before moving on.

Next you will need to create the top of the hat. To do so you will need to make a circle out of your fabric. The circumference of the circle should be about twice as large as the original measurement of your head.

In other words, if your head measurement was 20″, your circle’s circumference should be 40″. Cut the circle out of the material and gather the edges and paste into place with fabric glue, preferably the same color as the material.

It should now fit smoothly into the headband that was created earlier.

Once the headband properly fits into the cut out circle, sew the gathered edges of the circle onto the headband. Remember to adjust the gathered edges evenly, and you will now have a hat with a mushroom like top, with the round part on top for your head, above the headband.

Now you will need to create the brim of the hat. In order to do so stand the mushroom like part of the hat on top of your remaining fabric so that the bottom edge of the headband is sitting on the material.

Next trace a circle around the bottom edge of the headband, then, carefully move out approximately four inches from the headband, and trace a large triangle around the headband, to form the brim.

Next take a pair of scissors and cut out the brim and remove the inner circle (you may dispose of it as the inner circle is no longer needed). Cut out the triangular edges of the brim and angle the corners to be slightly rounded. You will then want to sew the inside of the circle to the inside of the headband.

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