You can starch doilies, Christmas decorations or your Christmas Bonnet that you have crocheted. Here are step-by-step directions.
Pattern to make your own Christmas Wall Hat http://hubpages.com/hub/Christmas-Wall-Hat-Pattern
Here’s one of my finished hats 
Sugar starch
Ingredients:
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup water
Mix the sugar and water together in a small saucepan, place on the stove and heat on low, stirring often until the sugar is no longer
grainy and the mixture is smooth.
DO NOT BOIL!
Remove from heat and let cool.
Place doily (hat) in sugar water to thoroughly saturate, squeeze excess mixture. Do not twist your piece.
I use an old Styrofoam piece covered with a plastic shopping bag so my piece won’t stick to the Styrofoam. You can also use a piece of a cardboard box or a cork board. Just make sure whatever you use, cover it with saran wrap or a plastic bag so your hat doesn’t stick. It makes it very easy to just unpin and peel off when it’s dry.
Once your hat is starched, shape the head piece around a small custard dish (or whatever is handy) covered in plastic wrap. Here I have used a Kitchen Aid 1/2 cup measuring cup to shape my hat. Set it on whatever you’ve chosen for your pinning board.
Pin your hat to your board and let dry. It may take several days to dry, depending on how well you wrung out the piece. Once your hat is dry, unpin it and peel from the plastic. Now, you can add your embellishments to your hat or leave plain.
I like to use a nice Christmas color. Silk red roses and a thin ribbon work well to adorn your hat.
These are great for low-cost Christmas gifts and they’re even more special because they’re hand-made by you! I have given several of these for Christmas the last couple of years. Have fun and Merry Christmas.
