DIY “Ocean Air, Salty Hair” Beach Hat

If you saw my Kentucky Derby party, then you saw my fun Talk Derby To Me or Hold Your Horses DIY hats! They were inspired by the Eugenia Kim “Do Not Disturb” straw hats which fetch $435/hat, thus this DIY version! So to get ready for summer vacation, I made some beach hats! My hat? Did not cost $435 to make. In fact, it didn’t even cost $5 to make. The “straw” hat is from the dollar store and the sequins cost about $3. I’m not even going to count the cost of the hot glue. Eugenia Kim must be killing it!

And I love that these hats don’t cost much to make because I am hard on them! If I pack a big hat to take on vacation, it gets smushed in my suitcase or in the overhead bin on the plane. If I go to the beach, it will get wrinkled or folded in the backseat or the trunk of the car. I cannot be trusted with a $400+ hat. Alright, let’s get into the DIY. You’ll need a few supplies: Supplies:

• Hat
• Sequin trim
• Scissors
• Hot Glue Gun

Step 1: Decide on your saying! Need some inspiration? Here’s a few:

• Ocean Air, Salty Hair
• Salty Hair, Don’t Care
• Do Not Disturb
• Wish You Were Here
• Beach, Please
• Out of Office
• Mrs. ______ (for a bachelorette weekend)
• Bride To Be

Or make a hat for the pony races: 

• Talk Derby To Me
• Hold Your Horses
• Go Baby Go

Step 2: You have a choice of how to design your words. You can draw out the words with chalk, or just write it with hot glue and get it done, but I prefer to just lay out the words in the sequin trim and then go in and hot glue everything down little by little. The reason I prefer that method is because the sequin trim is a bit tricky to work with and I like to make sure it’s going to twist and turn the ways I want before making it permanent. And that’s it! Two steps! Easy! Oh wait, Step 3: Pack your sunglasses and head to the beach! I also made the little yellow pompom hat that I took to The Flower Fields. Just a little less than a yard of pompom trim and another dollar store hat. The hat was a photo prop lifesaver because I NEVER know what to do with my hands. But when a hat is about to fly off your head in the wind, you have something to do with your hands! What will your beach hat say? Let me know in the comments.

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