I’ve sold over 500 hats of various designs. Henry Cavill even owns one of my lion hats, which he wore while running a marathon. More info: Instagram | Facebook | quirkycactus.shop | Etsy At first, I only sold kid-sized lion hats, which were very popular, but eventually, I got people wanting adult-sized ones. Mainly for fancy dress or cosplay events, dressing up as Heracles, The Cowardly Lion, Luna Lovegood or to wear one whilst going to see The Lion King. All sorts of reasons. Things really took off when Henry Cavill wore one of my lion hats to run a charity marathon in. On his Instagram I saw he regularly ran in a fundraising event for The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and seemed to be a fan of silly headgear so I randomly sent him one. I popped a note with it saying something along the lines of “It’s a bit random but I’ve made you a hat. Feel free to keep it, give it away or use it to raise money for The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, I’ll leave it up to you.” I didn’t add any contact details or anything. Occasionally I’ll have someone message me if I can make a raccoon, an alpaca or some random creature, or I’ll have an urge to make a raven or a unicorn . I look at a lot of photos of whichever creature I’m trying to make and just wing it from there. The dragons are particularly fun to make because they can be made in lots of different themes. I’ve made a purple mushroom dragon, an aqua dragon, a coral dragon, amongst many more. The possibilities are endless. People can choose whichever colours they wish. I love adding little twiddly bits like flowers, mushrooms and leaves to them. Half the fun is picking out the different textures and colours to fit . Recently I sent off a unicorn and a dragon to a lovely couple who are wearing them to their wedding! That’s next week, so I haven’t had any photos yet, but I can’t wait to see them. Just for fun, I sent a black wolf to Jason Momoa. He got it but I’ve only seen a couple of photos and they’re not very good. Hopefully one day it might pop up again. Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Please use high-res photos without watermarks Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.
