101 alternative uses for your Christmas hat

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Christmas hats usually only last as long as your Christmas lunch. Surely the production of that much paper to appease the Christmas masses can’t be good for the environment. So we’ve developed 101 alternative uses to turn your Christmas hat into a multi-use beast.

1. Toy boat
2. Toilet paper
3. Confetti
4. Shoebox diorama
5. Coffee filter
6. Soup strainer
7. Papier-mâché
8. Piping bag
9. Belt for a small child
10. Use 2 hats as cuffs to spice up your collared shirt
11. Fancy pocket square
12. Tissues
13. Germinate seeds
14. Scrapbooking
15. Stick it in your diary as a 2018 Christmas reminder
16. Start a Christmas hat fight
17. Tie multiple hats together and have a tug-o-war
18. Kids Easter hat parade
19. Cut holes in it and wear it at a masquerade ball
20. Play kings and queens
21. Make a butterfly
22. Soak it in white paint to create coloured paint
23. Tea bags
24. Potpourri bags
25. Glasses cloth
26. Filter for your dryer
27. Pea-shooter ammunition
28. Wallpaper
29. Shove it in next years hatless bon-bons
30. Notebook
31. 3D glasses
32. Kaleidoscope
33. Oven mitts
34. Sexy underwear
35. Tie-dye shirt
36. Ankle socks
37. Short shorts
38. Christmas cardigan
39. Paper crane
40. Fold into chatterbox/paper fortune teller
41. Quilling
42. Decoupage
43. Papercutting
44. Origami
45. Tags for presents
46. Paper beads
47. Paper weaving
48. Colourful Wall art
49. Next year’s Christmas ornaments
50. Turn into abstract art and sell for a fortune
51. Gift bag filler
52. Keep your shoes in shape
53. Streamers
54. Wrapping up Nan’s cutlery
55. Wrapping up Nan’s crockery
56. Scarf
57. Balance your rickety table
58. Paper dress
59. Paper house
60. Paper airplane
61. Replacement Monopoly money
62. Clean your windows
63. Tablecloth
64. Flip book/flick book
65. Paper flower
66. Napkins
67. Office paper
68. Christmas cards
69. Sound proofing
70. Puppets
71. Silhouette show
72. Placard for your next protest
73. Makeshift handcuffs
74. Insoles for shoes
75. Home insulation
76. Fish and chip wrapping paper
77. Clean your BBQ
78. Patch holes in your old clothes
79. Ear plugs
80. Coloured rings
81. Gloves
82. Dip in hot water and paint your walls
83. Bedding for your guinea pig
84. Blanket for your rabbit
85. Sleeping bag for your pet snake
86. Vomit bag
87. Flag
88. Gift wrapping paper
89. Kindling
90. Bandages
91. Twirl into string
92. Fishing net
93. Curtains
94. Stained glass windows
95. Coloured window tinting
96. Car sunshade
97. Build a statue
98. Beach towel
99. Turn into a rug
100. Mattress protector
101. Festive collar for your dog

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