Free Witch’s Hat Pattern for Huggling Monsters at Halloween
Halloween is one of those magical times of year when creativity gets to run completely wild, and if you’ve ever found yourself staring at your collection of Huggling Monsters wondering how to make them even more festive for the season, you’re in exactly the right place. Today I’m sharing a completely free witch’s hat pattern sized specifically for Huggling Monsters, so your cuddly little creatures can join in on all the spooky fun. Whether you’re a seasoned crafter or picking up your needle and thread for the very first time, this pattern is designed to be approachable, enjoyable, and most importantly, adorable.
Let’s dive in.
What Are Huggling Monsters?
If you’re new to the world of Huggling Monsters, welcome to one of the cosiest corners of the stuffed animal universe. Huggling Monsters are soft, squishy, wonderfully expressive plush toys that have become a favourite among children and collectors alike. They come in a range of shapes, sizes, and colours, each with its own endearing personality. Their rounded bodies, big eyes, and soft textures make them ideal candidates for little accessories like scarves, capes, and of course, miniature witch’s hats.
Because Huggling Monsters vary slightly in size depending on which version you have, I’ve included sizing notes throughout this pattern so you can adjust as needed. The base measurements here are designed to fit the standard medium-sized Huggling Monster, which typically measures around 20 to 25 centimetres tall. If yours is smaller or larger, I’ll walk you through how to scale accordingly.
Why Make a Witch’s Hat for Your Huggling Monster?
You might be wondering whether it’s worth the effort when you could simply buy a ready-made Halloween accessory. And look, that’s a perfectly valid option. But there’s something uniquely satisfying about crafting something yourself. A handmade witch’s hat lets you choose your own colours, add your own embellishments, and create something that feels genuinely personal. It also makes for a wonderful activity to do with children in the lead-up to Halloween. There’s the excitement of creating together, the pride of finishing something, and then the joy of seeing a beloved toy transformed into a tiny, pointy-hatted witch.
It also happens to be a relatively quick make. Depending on your pace and chosen embellishments, you could have a finished hat in an afternoon. That’s the kind of project that feels achievable even during the busy pre-Halloween rush.
Materials You’ll Need
Before we get into the actual pattern, let’s gather everything together. There’s nothing worse than getting halfway through a project and realising you’re missing something crucial.
For the hat itself you will need felt in black (this is the classic choice, though deep purple, midnight blue, or forest green are all wonderfully witchy alternatives), a small piece of coordinating felt or ribbon for the hat band, fabric scissors, a ruler or measuring tape, a pencil or fabric marker, craft glue or a needle and thread, and straight pins to hold pieces in place while you work.
For embellishments, the options are genuinely endless. Some favourites include small plastic spiders or spider web trim, star-shaped sequins or glitter glue, tiny buckle charms (you can find these in most craft stores near the ribbon and trim section), miniature artificial flowers in orange, purple, or black, and even small feathers if you want something a bit more dramatic. You can keep the hat completely simple and sleek, or go absolutely wild with decoration. Either approach looks fantastic.
You’ll also want a compass or a large round object to trace for drawing the brim, and some cardstock or thick paper if you’d like to make a template first, which I highly recommend especially if this is your first time making a miniature hat.
Understanding the Pattern Pieces
A witch’s hat has three main components: the cone (the tall pointy part), the brim (the wide flat circle at the bottom), and the hat band (the strip that wraps around the base of the cone where it meets the brim). Each of these pieces is straightforward to make, and once you understand how they fit together, the whole construction becomes intuitive.
The cone is made from a sector of a circle, meaning a pie-slice shape, which when rolled and secured forms the classic pointed hat shape. The brim is a flat ring, like a donut shape, with a hole in the middle sized to fit the base of the cone. The hat band is simply a long thin strip.
Getting these three pieces proportioned correctly relative to each other is the key to a hat that looks balanced and sits properly on your Huggling Monster’s head.
The Free Pattern: Step-by-Step
Step One: Making the Cone Template
On your paper or cardstock, draw a straight line 11 centimetres long from a central point. This is your radius. Now, keeping your compass or pencil anchored at that central point, draw an arc that spans roughly 240 degrees. You’re essentially drawing most of a circle but leaving a gap. The two straight edges of this pie shape will become the seam of your cone when you bring them together.
Cut out this shape. Roll it gently into a cone and adjust until you’re happy with the height and angle of the point. For a classic witch’s hat, you want it fairly tall and narrow rather than wide and squat. When you’re happy with the shape, secure it temporarily with a piece of tape just to check the proportions, and then unfold it again to use as your template on the felt.
Trace this template onto your black felt and cut it out carefully. When you roll the felt cone together and glue or stitch the seam, you should end up with a cone that’s approximately 10 centimetres tall with a base opening of around 7 to 8 centimetres in diameter. These dimensions work well for the standard medium Huggling Monster.
If your Huggling Monster is on the smaller side, reduce the radius of your arc to 9 centimetres. If it’s larger, try 13 centimetres. The beauty of making your own template is this flexibility.
Step Two: Forming and Securing the Cone
With your felt cone shape cut out, it’s time to form it into a three-dimensional hat. Overlap the two straight edges of the sector shape, adjusting the overlap until you reach the cone shape you want. A smaller overlap creates a taller, slimmer cone, while a larger overlap creates a shorter, wider one.
Once you’re happy with the shape, apply a thin line of craft glue along one straight edge and press the other on top, holding it firmly for at least a minute. If you prefer to sew, a simple whip stitch along the seam works beautifully and gives the hat a lovely handmade quality. Set the cone aside to dry completely if you used glue.
Step Three: Making the Brim
The brim is a flat ring of felt. To draw it, start by drawing a circle with a radius of 6 centimetres on your felt. Then, from the same centre point, draw a smaller circle with a radius of 3.5 centimetres. Cut around the outside of the large circle first, then cut out the inner circle to create your ring shape.
This inner hole should be roughly the same size as the base of your cone. Test the fit by placing the cone down into the brim hole. Ideally the cone should sit snugly in the hole without falling through and without being forced. If the hole is too small, carefully trim a little more around the inner edge. If it’s too large, you can either make a new brim or work around it by adding a hat band that covers the join.
For a slightly more structured brim that holds its shape well, you can cut a second brim piece from thin cardstock and sandwich it between two layers of felt, gluing them together. This creates a brim that doesn’t flop or curl, which looks much neater and more polished.
Step Four: Attaching the Cone to the Brim
This is the step where your hat really starts to come together. Apply a thin ring of craft glue around the base of the cone and carefully press it down into the hole in your brim, making sure it’s centred and sitting straight. Hold it in place until the glue begins to grip, then set it aside to dry fully.
Alternatively, if you’re sewing the hat, you can use a small running stitch or whip stitch to attach the cone to the brim from the underside, which creates an invisible join from above.
Once the glue is completely dry, give the hat a gentle press to make sure everything is secure before moving on to embellishing.
Step Five: Adding the Hat Band
Cut a strip of felt or ribbon approximately 1 centimetre wide and long enough to wrap around the base of the cone with a small overlap. A contrasting colour works beautifully here. Deep purple against black is a classic combination. Orange against black is bold and festive. Even a metallic gold or silver ribbon looks wonderfully witchy.
Glue or stitch this strip around the base of the cone, right at the point where it meets the brim, covering the join and giving the hat a neat, finished appearance. If you’d like to add a buckle charm, this is the moment to do it. Simply thread the ribbon through the buckle before gluing it in place for an instantly recognisable witch’s hat silhouette.
Embellishment Ideas
Now comes the truly fun part. Your hat is structurally complete, which means it’s time to make it your own.
Stars and sparkle are perhaps the most traditional witchy embellishment. Use glitter glue to paint a scattering of tiny stars across the cone, or glue on star-shaped sequins for a more dimensional effect. Gold and silver both look stunning against black.
Spider web trim can be purchased by the metre in most craft shops around Halloween. A small strip of this glued around the brim creates an instant spooky atmosphere.
Miniature flowers might seem counterintuitive for a Halloween project, but a small cluster of dark purple, black, or deep red miniature roses tucked into the hat band is both witchy and beautiful. Think of the kind of aesthetic you see in dark botanical illustration.
Ribbon bows in complementary colours are quick, easy, and always effective. A simple bow tied around the hat band softens the hat’s silhouette and makes it feel more playful, which suits the Huggling Monster’s naturally cheerful character beautifully.
Painted details using fabric paint or even nail polish allow you to add tiny moons, bats, or potion bottles to the surface of the hat. If you have a steady hand and a fine brush, the results can be absolutely magical.
How to Attach the Hat to Your Huggling Monster
There are a few different approaches here depending on whether you want the hat to be permanent or removable.
For a removable hat, the simplest solution is a thin piece of elastic stitched to either side of the brim. This creates a chin strap of sorts that loops under the Huggling Monster’s head (or around whatever feature works best on your specific monster) to hold the hat in place without any permanent attachment. The elastic should be just firm enough to hold the hat without distorting the plush’s face or features.
Another option is a small square of hook-and-loop fastener (Velcro) glued to the underside of the brim and a corresponding piece lightly attached to the top of your Huggling Monster’s head. This creates a very secure but still removable attachment point.
For a more permanent display piece, you can simply use a dab of craft glue directly on the underside of the brim where it will contact the plush. This obviously limits the hat to that one toy, but if you’re creating a dedicated Halloween display or a special edition Huggling Monster for a photo, it gives the cleanest result.
Scaling the Pattern for Different Sizes
As mentioned earlier, Huggling Monsters come in various sizes, and you may want to make hats for a few different ones. Here’s a simple guide to scaling the pattern.
For a smaller Huggling Monster measuring around 12 to 15 centimetres tall, reduce all the measurements by approximately 25 percent. So the cone radius becomes around 8 centimetres, and the brim outer radius becomes around 4.5 centimetres.
For a larger Huggling Monster measuring 30 centimetres or more, increase all measurements by around 25 to 30 percent. The cone radius becomes 14 centimetres, and the brim outer radius becomes 8 centimetres.
The hat band width scales proportionally too. As a general rule, it should be about one-eighth the height of the finished cone.
Making Multiple Hats: A Group Halloween Display
One of my favourite things to do with this pattern is to make a whole collection of hats in different colours and styles for an assortment of Huggling Monsters arranged in a Halloween display. Imagine a shelf or a mantelpiece with five or six Huggling Monsters, each in their own individually decorated witch’s hat, surrounded by miniature pumpkins, fake cobwebs, and tea light candles. It’s an incredibly charming seasonal display that takes very little space but makes an enormous visual impact.
You can create a coven aesthetic by giving each monster a hat in a slightly different shade of the same colour family, or you can go maximalist and make each hat completely different from the next. A black hat with gold stars next to a purple hat with spider web trim next to a green hat with ribbon flowers is a combination that somehow feels perfectly cohesive because the Huggling Monsters themselves provide the visual unity.
Tips for Getting the Best Results
Take your time when cutting the felt, especially around the inner circle of the brim. Felt can shift as you cut it, and a slightly uneven inner edge will be visible on the finished hat. Using sharp scissors and cutting slowly reduces this problem significantly.
If your cone keeps unrolling while the glue dries, use a few straight pins pushed into the seam to hold it in place temporarily. Remove them once the glue has set.
If you’re working with a child, the embellishment stage is perfect for little hands. Let them choose the decorations and apply the glitter glue. The structural construction is better handled by an adult given the scissors and glue involved, but everything after that is wonderfully child-friendly.
Store your finished hats in a small box or container between Halloween seasons to keep them from getting crushed. Given how quick this pattern is to make, you could also simply remake them fresh each year as a lovely annual tradition.
Final Thoughts
There’s something genuinely joyful about dressing up a beloved toy for a special occasion. A Huggling Monster in a handmade witch’s hat is a small thing, but it’s also a lovely thing, the kind of detail that makes a home feel festive and cared for. This free pattern gives you everything you need to make that happen with minimal materials and maximum charm.
Whether you’re making one hat for a child’s favourite toy, creating a whole Halloween display, or crafting a set as gifts, I hope this pattern serves you well. If you make your own version, I’d absolutely love to see it. Share your photographs in the comments below, and don’t forget to pin this pattern so you can find it easily again next Halloween.
Happy crafting, and happy haunting.
