How to Make Animal Headdresses

Fold the green felt in half widthways. Draw a large arch on one side (measuring about 13cm x 16cm). Cut this out to create two snout pieces.

Draw around one of the felt snouts onto card and cut this out a little smaller than the felt arch. Glue onto one of the felt pieces.

To make the teeth, cut two 1in wide strips from the width of a piece of white felt. Cut triangles into the strips. Glue around the edge of the second felt snout so that only the triangles are visible from the other side.

Glue the two snout pieces together, with the teeth and cardboard on the inside. Fold the teeth down so they aren't lying flat - you can add a dab of glue to each one if they don't stay. Leave to dry, then bend the snout so that it matches the curve of the headband.

Cover the headband in green felt - cut the felt into segments that are wide enough to wrap around the band with a little overlap. Glue in place and trim any excess.

Glue the snout to the top of the headband.

Cut two circles from black felt for the eyes, about 2cm wide. Then cut two 1cm wide black circles for the nostrils. Glue the larger felt circles onto the cotton balls and the small ones onto two green pom poms.

Cut two strips of green felt measuring about 5 x 15cm. Add glue to half the cotton ball, on the opposite side to the pupil. Wrap the felt around the ball. Press the felt onto the glue, don't worry about the folds for now. Hold in place with an elastic band whilst the glue dries if necessary. Once dry, trim the excess folds of felt.

Glue the eyes on top of the headband and the nostril pom poms onto the end of the snout.

To make the lion's mane, place the headband on top of the brown felt and use a pencil to draw a wide a circle, filling the felt, roughly following the curve of the headband. Draw another line around the inside of the band, then another about an inch lower than this one. Cut this out and repeat to create two.

Cut slits in each piece of felt from the bottom up to the line where the headband sits. Then place one piece of felt underneath the headband, fold the slits up on each piece of felt and glue them to the headband. Make a line of glue just above the headband and place the second piece of felt on top, then glue the slits in the same way. Leave to dry.

When fully dry, cut slits in both pieces of felt from the top down to near the line of glue. Make sure to leave enough of a gap between your slits and the headband, to avoid it falling apart.

Draw a lion ear shape onto beige felt, about 5cm wide. Cut out and use as a template to cut three more. Cut two inner ear shapes from pink felt that are a little smaller. Glue the ears together in pairs, then glue the pink inner ears on top.

To make the speckled pom poms for the antenna, take the ends of the black and yellow wool together and wrap them around your hand about 80 times. Cut through the ends of the wool and pull the bundle off your hand. Tie another piece of wool tightly around the centre to secure. Alternatively, use a pom pom maker for this step.

Bend a black pipe cleaner around each of the pom poms, and twist together underneath to complete the antennae

Cut small rectangle pieces of black and yellow felt, and glue them on to the headband, alternating the colours.

Wrap the end of each of the pipe cleaners around the headband and glue in place. You may wish to cover the ends with another small piece of felt to hold it in place and to make it more comfortable.