Elephant hat

It was World Book Day yesterday. Harriet wanted to be Oona the elephant from the Michael Morpugo novel  Running Wild.  The hat was a slight challenge.  My starting point was one I had seen by Red Heart.  I liked the look of it but wasn't sure about the pattern.

http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/elephant-hat

In the end I made a basic ear flap hat from this pattern

http://craft-chic.com/free-crochet-pattern-basic-ear-flap-hat/

I liked this pattern as it was worked in half doubles/trebles (US/UK) so the hat came out nice and cosy but robust - ready for the heavy ears and trunks to be added.  The ears flopped when on the head but I thought it looked more elephant like.

And then I winged it with the embellishments. The pattern for the ears I wrote down but the rest was improvised.  It did the job I think.