For The Simple Man, Who Likes Pretty, Dark-haired Women And Breakfast Food

As I promised in my last post, here's the tutorial for making a Pawnee Rangers hat.

Now, this isn't fancy, as befitting a man whose troop has only one guideline:

So it's TOTALLY DOABLE by even those who don't possess the crafty gene.

You will need:

a khaki-colored cap

ConTact paper

acrylic paint 

craft knife

small, spongy brush or stenciling "pounce"

 printer 

Instructions!

Print out "Pawnee Rangers". 

(Copy the image, and scale it to the size that fits your hat.)

FLIP IT OVER, and trace the back.

Tape down the paper, and tape a piece of ConTact paper,

with the peel-off paper on the TOP, over it.

As you can see, you should be able to read the blue words on the ConTact paper.

Now, carefully cut out the letters with your craft knife.

Don't worry about the insides of the letters like "A" and "P".  You'll fix those later.

After cutting out all the letters, peel off the backing paper
and stick the ConTact paper on your hat.

Remember all those inside bits for the "A" and "P"?  Don't bother saving the originals.  

Just cut out new bits from the leftover scrap ConTact paper.  It's easier,

especially if you first peel off the backing paper.

Once you have the ConTact paper all smoothed down, VERY CAREFULLY sponge the green acrylic paint on.  Don't brush it across the paper; dab it on with your spongy pounce.

All painted?

Then lift off the ConTact paper and behold the glory of your Pawnee Rangers hat!

Stick that bad boy on your head and you're ready to camp!

Bonus!

If you're interested in making the Pawnee Rangers patch, here's mine:

Instead of printing out the image like I did for the Pawnee Goddess patch -- I couldn't find a Ranger image -- I used Heat N Bond UltraHold and cut out the trees, fish, etc. and layered them like a collage.  I found this guy's handsewn patch to use as a reference.  I used a Pigma pen for the green outer words. (A Sharpie will bleed.)

I didn't have time to zig-zag the outside edge -- my husband decided at the last minute he wanted to join me in Costume Finery -- but it still looked pretty cool.  Don't you think?