Making Gourd Headpieces: Decorating and Creating Headgear for Every Occasion

Use gourds to craft these unique headpieces, hats, and more, adding the perfect artistic touch to anyone's style.

With simple tools and supplies already in the house or from a local craft shop, you can make tiaras, seasonal headbands, barrettes, and hatpins, plus also use gourds to decorate your hats and bonnets. In fact, with a gourd thinking cap, like the one shown in this book, you can create your own projects!

These headpieces, along with expressing unique style, are also a great use for gourd scraps and misshapen gourds. Expert gourd instructor Angela Mohr helps you make fun things to wear on your head with easy step-by-step demonstrations of how to construct and decorate a variety of headpieces.