Easy DIY witch hat decor you can make from a basket! No-sew Halloween craft idea for stunning, boho-inspired witchy decorations.

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Around here, we’re all about making life more joy-filled. How? Through creative problem-solving. When we smooth out the little snags and friction points in our lives, we make room for joy to come waltzing in.

And we do it by flexing our creativity muscle — not through complicated art theory, but through crafting, DIY, and clever projects that make our homes and lives sparkle with personality.

On my latest thrift trip, I stumbled into what I can only call a basket bonanza.

It’s funny how treasures often seem to appear in themed clusters. This time, it was baskets galore — but four of them were so unusual, I couldn’t leave them behind.

The star of the day? The cornucopia. (You’ll have to come back for the others’ star treatments.)

But here’s where the fun begins: turn that cornucopia upside down, and suddenly it’s not a horn of plenty anymore… it’s the perfect crown for a witch’s hat.

And that’s the best part of our creativity journey — looking at things differently, from new angles, through a fresh lens. Sometimes, all it takes is literally turning something on its head to discover a whole new kind of magic.

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This one’s almost too easy — but the effect? Pure magic

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Quick DIY Witch Hat Decor Steps

Yield: 1

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Active Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Estimated Cost: $25 - $50

(No-Sew, Easy, and Totally Customizable)

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Materials

• Cornucopia basket
• Wide brim straw hat, (see the tips in detailed Step 2)
• Ribbon or fabric for hat band
• Spray paint - flat black
• Assorted embellishment

Instructions

1. Spray paint the cornucopia black —

inside and out, using thin coats from multiple angles to hide all the wicker color.


2. Pick the perfect brim —

choose a large black straw hat sized to fit your cornucopia’s scale. (more notes on this are in the detailed step 2)


3. Assemble your hat —

simply set the cornucopia over the crown of the hat.


4. Dress it up —

wrap the joint between brim and crown with ribbon, fabric, or seasonal accents.

Then add a few embellishments and your DIY witch hat decor is ready to enchant your porch, mantel, or Halloween table.

Notes

Tip: This is a no-sew witch hat craft — the brim and cornucopia aren’t attached, so you can reuse that fabulous sun hat later.

• Cornucopia or Horn of Plenty
• Flat black spray paint
• Large straw brimmed hat, see notes in step 2
• Ribbon, tulle, or torn fabric
• Fall flowers, pumpkins, leaves, spiders or other accents

Give the cornucopia a full coat of flat black spray paint — inside and out. Wicker can be a little stubborn to cover, so go slow and use thin coats, hitting it from multiple angles until every bit of that caramel color is history.

For mine, I used this very large-brimmed black straw hat I ordered from Amazon. Because my cornucopia is huge, I needed a big brim to match. Seriously, it’s 22-inches tall and 14-inches across.

Size Tip: The hat size depends on your cornucopia’s opening. A brim that’s 5 inches wide from a woman’s hat isn’t the same as 5 inches from the wider circumference of the cornucopia. Measure before you buy!

So if you use this cornucopia, which measures 7-inches across and approx. 12-inches tall, I’d suggest this hat

This may be the easiest “crafting” step you’ll do all year — simply set the cornucopia over the crown of your straw hat. That’s it. Hat made.

Bonus: No sewing or gluing required. And since the brim and cornucopia aren’t attached, that fabulous sun hat is still ready for your next cruise.

You could stop here… but why would you?

A little decoration goes a long way.

A band between the wicker and straw makes for a great transition between the two textures.

I used a pinstripe of black on a deep bronze taffeta. But if I was adding dried florals, I’d go with a washed linen or tea-stained muslin band.

Once again, you could stop here. But seriously, why?!?!

The simplest is to start with a seasonal floral pick like I did.

Then I filled it out a bit more with a few velvet pumpkins I took off a longer stem and a generous handful of neutral leaves. And a few sweeping dried eucalyptus branches finished it off with style

But there are seriously so many ways to decorate this witch’s hat to coordinate with your style

This is what I used:

• One floral pick
• Three small velvet pumpkins with one coil
• Handful of neutral leaves
• One set of three dried eucalyptus branches

But if you crave a bit more color and and find yourself in your sage green era, you might opt for a combination like this, tossing in a few bones for a touch of Halloween creepiness.

And if you are more of a Halloween traditionalist, embrace the orange. Choose a pick with an orange pumpkin, more colorful leaves, some muted orange mesh ribbon, a few glitter leaves and velvet spider from the Dollar Tree.

Or of course, you can go for the bright orange!

Or black and white and grey!

No limits here!

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And there you have it — a cornucopia turned fabulous DIY witch hat decor with nothing more than paint, a brim, and a bit of flair.

But the real magic isn’t just in the hat.

It’s in the way we looked at something ordinary — a thrifted harvest basket — and imagined it as something entirely different.

That’s the heart of what we do here: we flex our creative muscles, see things from fresh angles, and turn “everyday” into “extraordinary.”

Whether it’s a cornucopia, a coffee mug, or a scrap of fabric, there’s joy in reimagining it into something that makes you smile.

And when we fill our homes with those joyful little transformations, we make space for even more joy to sneak in.

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