Craft graduation caps for your doll students...

Our doll's 5th grade graduation.

       Make a square graduate cap with a yellow tassel for your dolls to celebrate the end of their school year. Collect the following materials...

Supply List:

• construction paper for the cap
• yellow embroidery floss for the braided tassel
• white school glue 
• masking tape
• ruler
• cardboard

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. For a 14" doll cut a square 4"x4," and for an 18" doll cut a square cardboard 4 1/2" x 4 1/2." 
2. Cover this cardboard with a colorful construction paper and glue. The color you choose should be one of the school colors of your doll's school.
3. Cut 3/4" strip of construction paper 13" long  for the 18" doll. Cut a strip of construction paper 3/4" x 10 1/2" for the 14" doll. There is a bit of extra paper in these measurements so that the strip can slightly overlap around your doll's head. Tape the ends so that these fit snugly in place.
4. Double up the narrow strip again to make the attached cap pieces sturdy when fitted.
5. Glue down the narrow strip to the covered cardboard cap on the bottom side. Use a bit of masking tape to hold the two parts together until the glue has dried. (see photo below)
6. Gently remove the tape once the cap has dried.
7. Now braid the embroidery floss and add a small tassel to the end.
8. Make a small hole in the center of the cap top to insert the end of the braid. Glue this in place.
9. Now the tassel end can dangle over one side of the graduation cap while your doll struts her stuff down the aisle of her school auditorium for graduation day!

• See the caps and gowns of Memorial Elementary 5th Grade Graduation here.
• Graduation song "Thank You" for kids, children & babies with lyrics
• It's Been A Good Year by elementary students

Left, the cut square for the top of the graduation cap. Center, the construction paper band is
drying in place with a little help from a bit of masking tape. Right, the yellow tassels have
been strung and pasted in place in the center of the tops of the caps.

You may have a young doll, like a Wellie Wisher,  or an older one, like an American Girl doll or My
Generation Doll, who would love to celebrate her graduation with a small party and a neat,
graduation cap of her very own.