New Years Party Hat

Party Hat Styles for New Year’s

There are dozens of styles of festive party hats to celebrate the New Year. Popular options include:

• Top hats of varying heights
• Classic cone hats with straight or scalloped edges, glitter, tassels, or other embellishments
• Any hat style with the New Year number on it
• Generic “Happy New Year” hats that can be reused in successive years
• Tiaras with rhinestones or glitter
• Hologram designs
• Fedoras, derbies, sombreros, cowboy hats, or other specific styles
• Headbands with bopper antennae
• Fabric hats shaped like champagne bottles
• Hats made from elongated balloons
• Hats including clocks set to midnight
• Patriotic designs
• Birthday party hats to symbolize the birth of the New Year

Different styles of party hats can be worn straight on the head, cocked at an angle, or even layered for an outrageous celebratory chapeau.

Make a New Year's Party Hat

It is easy to make New Year's hats to match any party theme or color palette. Plain hats can be decorated with glitter, tassels, bows, ribbons, confetti, words, or the year. A crafty individual can even make a complete hat from scratch:

1. Cut stiff paper (cardstock is best) into a circle at least 18 inches in diameter. Larger circles will create taller hats.
2. Cut a slit in the circle from one edge to the center.
3. Wrap the hat’s edges around the slit to double up the paper until the hat is the desired size.
4. Tape or glue the edges to secure the hat.
5. Add string, ribbon, or elastic to the edges of the hat so it can be secured to the head.
6. Decorate as desired.

In addition to being a less expensive option for crafty individuals, making party hats can be a fun activity leading up to midnight.

Party Hat Games

Party hats are for more than wearing – there are several fun party games using hats to help pass the time before midnight on New Year’s Eve.

• Pass the Hat: Participants stand in a circle and attempt to pass the party hat from one head to the next without using their hands. If the hat falls off, the two people attempting it must practice their New Year’s kiss!
• Hat Toss: All the party guests write their names in their hats, and toss them after a practice “countdown”. Everyone catches a hat (other than their own), and practices a New Year’s kiss with the person whose hat they caught.
• Basket Games: A party hat can be used as a basket for any number of games, such as playing basketball with a small foam ball or catching playing cards in a card toss.

Finding Party Hat Suppliers

All party supply stores offer a range of festive New Year hats in a rainbow of colors. Even general discount stores, dollar stores, and other mainstream retailers will have a selection of party hats in different colors suitable for a New Year’s celebration. Most hats are on sale as early as November in preparation for the New Year, and party planners will want to shop early for the widest range of styles at the best prices.

Online retailers also offer a selection of party hats that can frequently be purchased individually or in bulk for substantial discounts. Costs may range from less than 50 cents to more than $5 per hat depending on the design, the specific retailer, and the hat’s materials.

Online retailers offering different New Year's party hat designs include:

• New Year Favors
• Caufield’s Novelty, Inc.
• Der Ver Ber Distributors
• Webhats
• Party Pro
• Party Options
• Party Cheap
• Party Secret
• Oriental Trading Company
• eParty Unlimited

Party Hat Warnings

While party hats can be fun, festive accessories for ringing in the New Year, it is important to remember that they can also cause injuries if used or worn improperly. Elastic bands can snap and break, the sharp points of conical hats can cause eye injuries, and the smooth edges of paper hats can cause deep paper cuts. Children should be supervised when wearing party hats, and inappropriate behavior should be discouraged.

Happy New Year!

Celebrate in style!

In addition to festive hats, a party celebrating the end of one year and the beginning of a new one can use a range of different party decorations, favors, and supplies to create a fun, enjoyable atmosphere. Popular New Year’s decorations include:

• Novelty eyeglasses
• Noisemakers
• Confetti
• Sparklers
• Bead necklaces
• Glow-in-the-dark necklaces
• Leis
• Piñatas
• Balloons

By adding colorful, crazy New Year's party hat designs to the décor, any end-of-year party is sure to count down to a great time.