How To Make Cardboard Horns

[@darkmatter5477]

Love how imperfect your video was...refreshing, and genuine indeed.

[@HeyPatch]

Haha that’s me “genuinely imperfect” 😁😉👍

[@Sandy_Marley]

@@HeyPatch Can you love me?

[@HeyPatch]

❤️

[@og9520]

I love the typical creator/maker fails like: hot glue gun not plugged, not cutting all the way through 😂

[@HeyPatch]

Thanks, if you can’t laugh at your own mistakes than what can you do.

[@og9520]

Hey Patch 😀so true.... "Metric thug life" 😂😂😂

[@HeyPatch]

Yeah I mix measurement systems, I’m a bass 😂

[@aidenkaplan7699]

Sir are you gonna finish that Crossan

[@morganl2633]

These are a perfect base. I’m going to cover mine with moss and foliage for a earth spirit costume this year. I’m so excited. Thank you!

[@HeyPatch]

Fantastic, that sounds great 👍 hope the costume build goes well 😁

[@ilianavanity4233]

I’m doing a SUPER last minute bowsette cosplay and omfg you came in so much clutch with this thank you. I really needed this (currently is anime expo) 😂

[@HeyPatch]

Awesome, I’m glad my video helped. 👍

[@Who.is.Saracha]

Wait how are we in the same situation I’m also doing a super last minute bowsette cosplay 🤭

[@laureqedits4556]

@@Who.is.Saracha o-o

[@somejellyartywitchyhuman485]

I’m also doing a last minute cosplay for Halloween as bad boy halo, this tutorial was great

[@osiaal]

Thanks for the tutorial, I know a lot of cosplayers probably watched this, I plan on making this for a cosplay.

[@HeyPatch]

Thanks, good luck with your cosplay build 👍😁

[@poisonsquad3205]

Can you make a video on the helmet? It looks really cool, i want one pls.

[@HeyPatch]

Yeah definitely. I’m still refining the process and trying to make it as easy to build as I can, I think I got it mostly figured out. I’ll definitely make a video on it soon. So stay tuned 😉 ps.Thanks for commenting

[@KrazeeKraftZ]

I need 24 horns for a different kind of project, whilsy this may b8g e quite time consuming I reckon it's way cheaper than buying any I can find. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@Hunter_Hollo]

Dude is so underrated! This was the best tutorial yet

[@talaleclair_native8893]

Can't wait to use this for my demon cosplay!

[@zenwerkzarts4243]

Thanks... I covered the whole thing gluing paper towel pieces to give it extra hold, also gave it a rough look so when I painted it black I could rub on gold mica powder for highlights. Awesome!

[@HeyPatch]

Nice, that’s sounds like it’d look great 👍

[@TRWGVRNT]

I was struggling and stressing for my costume. Then I found this. You are a life saver. Now my costume is saved

[@HeyPatch]

i hope it helps 👍

[@TonyBullard]

That is such a simple, BRILLIANT way to manufacture the consecutively sized loops. Well done.

[@idolizationist]

JSCHLATT COSPLAY LES GOO

[@francesca8446]

AYYYYY SAME

[@pineapplepitza2262]

This was awesome... I'll definitely use it for my Halloween costume...

[@HeyPatch]

Thanks, I’m glad it helped, what costume do ya plan on making?

[@RustyNovaStudio]

I'm doing these for a Tubbo cosplay

[@RippingStars]

"for some reason" H O M E S T U C K

[@VincentAlt]

Im making 1 horn for halloween ( My hero academia ) Eri-

[@I-refuse-to-love]

SAME

[@maybringsflowers77]

im going as tubbo from the dsmp for halloween this year, and this was really helpful and well-explained! thank you!

[@ChaseDetrick]

This is great! My school is playing a Midsummers' Night Dream and I'm playing Puck, but we don't have the budget for costumes so it's up to us to make it. This is a life saver 🙌

[@FluffyPupperArt]

Thinking of making these for a sherb (animal crossing) cosplay that I wanna do whenever I can!! They look so cool!!

[@HeyPatch]

Thanks, I hope they work out for ya 👍

[@noctisnulla4068]

Hey! Do you happen to have a tutorial on how to paint these horns? Thanks for the amazing video! Very helpful!

[@HeyPatch]

No I don’t but that’s a great idea, I’ll have to make one. How I’d do it, first do a base coat of PVA, this will make em’ stronger and give them a better finish when painted. Wait until the PVA is totally dry and then go for your base colour (this should be the darker of the colours your using) then once thats dry shooed a lighter highlight colour and “dry brush” the horns with that colour, you can repeat the “dribrushing” with lighter colours each time until you get the look you want. Best of luck with your paint job, I’m sure it’ll look great 👍 and thanks for the comment 😁

[@noctisnulla4068]

Hey this is rather late, but thank you for the reply and tips on painting! If you do happen to make a video over it in the future, I'll be sure to keep a lookout for it! Thank you so much!

[@andrewshepherd-waring8684]

To strip of one side of the card easily, spray it with water. I used one for misting plants and came right off in one go. (Obviously don't use too much!)

[@HeyPatch]

That’s a great tip, I’ve done it before and it works great, complementary forgot to mention it in the video tho.

[@zachellison3026]

You were extremely helpful! And you made my cosplay ten times easier! Keep up the awesome videos

[@HeyPatch]

Thanks, I’m glad my video helped. 😊Good luck with the cosplay 👍

[@Greenfinch.linnetbird]

Using this for my aradia megido horns! Thank you!!

[@HeyPatch]

You’re welcome 👍

[@TheKupoQueen]

Seeing homestuck referenced anywhere within the last few years makes me super happy. Hope your horns turned out amazing!

[@comfrey6569]

This is such an amazing tutorial! I’m gonna use this for my ‘for fun’ cosplay I’m doing! ( I will be cosplaying Tubbo’s MC skin)

[@lizzy4013]

That’s my I’m here! I need horns for Tubbo lol

[@comfrey6569]

@@lizzy4013 Twinzies!!

[@Diana-xm1dm]

I am going to try this because I make handcrafted piñatas. I want to make a bull piñata with a little more oomph, lol; I think this would be amazing.

[@HeyPatch]

Wow. That’s wicked!! I’d love to try making a piñata some day, the horns will me a nice little addition 👍😉 also you should check out “Laurence Vallières” she is a sculptor that works in cardboard, her work is really inspiring. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpbLiH2fmLJomM0 hope these piñata making goes well 😁👍

[@itzeltepehua4665]

Thanks for the video, i love how make the Cardboard Horns ❤❤

[@lost_boyyo]

I love this so much it helped me make horns for my puppets

[@HeyPatch]

You’re welcome, I’m glad it helped

[@enihashim1603]

How could anyone possibly hate this video? It was so helpful and decent 🧡.

[@junghoseok1162]

I made some and this tutorial was amazing thank you they look really good

[@HeyPatch]

That’s fantastic, I’m glad my video helped 😊

[@Dellicatspurr]

Really cool

[@foxgreen2564]

Thanks a ton for this tutorial. Helped me a lot!

[@HeyPatch]

I’m glad it helped 😁

[@briansgalaxynote2]

I've been using old Amazon boxes recently for something similar! I'm happy I found your Channel!

[@HeyPatch]

Thanks Brian! that sounds cool, what have you been making? And what kind of amazon cardboard are you using, is it the thin cardboard (the kind they wrap books in) or just the standard box type cardboard?. I need to make more “making stuff out of cardboard” videos.

[@unkwn1644]

Great! This seem easy to make since I have alot of cardboard. Imma use this for my Kanna Kamui cos

[@monicafaithquijano7514]

I came here looking on how to make cardboard horns and found out how to make cardboard croissant 🥐 too

[@KrazeeKraftZ]

Well done on being able to work in metric and imperial lol FYI waverly lines are called corrugations!! 😊

[@missraven88]

This is a life saver thank you!!!

[@HeyPatch]

You’re welcome 👍 I’m glad it worked for you. 😁

[@areyoulostbabygorl231]

This is really helpful, I’m so excited to make them :D

[@alysha3322]

My friend and I want to be dragons for Halloween so this really helpful to make those

[@HeyPatch]

That sounds great! I’m glad my video was helpful to you, happy dragon building 😁👍

[@ArtsyCrafsyChick]

Brilliant! I'll be making these for my vampire skeletons !

[@lissd5324]

This is incredible! Thankyou!

[@HeyPatch]

You’re welcome 😊

[@dreagg]

im trying this either today or tomorrow so I can wear them for the WoW Dragonflight event, thank you!

[@Reis_T]

I needed this for my homework, great tutorial thanks! 😀

[@verod27]

This video is super clear and I found myself laughing a lot

[@HeyPatch]

Haha, thanks. I’m glad it was helpful and entertaining.

[@courtneyfong4335]

Super helpful tutorial. Thank you. Needed to make some horns for my halloween costume and was going to go about this in a completely different way but this method is much nicer.

[@peanutbutter7357]

Covid-19 hit so attaching these to my shield mask at work 😂

[@HeyPatch]

Hahah that’s awesome 👍😁😈

[@cupid7571]

Awesome! This helped a lot with a particular cosplay . Thanks !

[@HeyPatch]

You’re most welcome, 😁 hope the cosplay works out great 👍

[@Julia-qe9fn]

omg Connor, the android sent by cyberlice?? may I ask which cosplay it was for

[@Apollo_Blaze]

This is such a great video and I can see why it is so popular...its fun to watch and you show how to do this so easily and such a real looking horn it is at the end. Thank you for making this video!...You are very very handsome too.

[@trixabellian]

This makes me wanna cosplay joey claire 👀

[@simonhenriksson-w81]

thanks! Needed this for an akura ou cosplay :)

[@spongbobfanqueen]

Super helpful. Thanks so much.

[@HeyPatch]

You’re most welcome, glad it helped

[@LavenderMoon8467]

Thanks perfect for my long furby

[@HeyPatch]

That’s great, I don’t know what a “long furby” is but it sounds terrifying 😂

[@LavenderMoon8467]

@@HeyPatch oh you bet it is lol

[@HeyPatch]

… googled it.. ya know what?, they are actually kinda *cute* in the creepy 80s/90s movie (ie labyrinth) kinda way. Good luck with the long-furby build- it’s a super cool project. It’d be wild if you could wire up some servo motors and make it wiggle 😬

[@shelbynguyen9909]

if you want to make your horns more curly, try wrapping your marker more times

[@HeyPatch]

Yeah that’ll make your hours have me re segments, you can also make the horns more or less curly when glueing the segments together

[@dogmao1836]

It's still a pen though no big deal

[@estellesaylor4030]

Thank you I want to make my horns light wight

[@tr4sh3d__69]

This was very helpful

[@HeyPatch]

you're welcome 😊

[@kreaturaofthenight3792]

So cool!

[@TrashyEmoDe]

This is perfect for my demon costume :D thank you

[@sparkythecat]

Seems nice and easy! Using this for my jschlatt Halloween costume, all i need is a hot glue gun, wish me luck!

[@HeyPatch]

Good luck 👍

[@bon-bon2668]

I'm gonna use that as my costume or a cosplay I think...

[@buggies8810]

here my my tubbo cosplay

[@narwhool]

actually very clever!

[@HeyPatch]

Thanks 😊

[@MaraChris]

brilliant, thank you

[@HeyPatch]

You’re welcome 😁👍

[@AragornElessar]

this helped me to make bases for hellboy horns (the big ones). (edit: i made a typo there)

[@HeyPatch]

That’s wicked!! How do you plan on making the bellboy glove/ fist?

[@AragornElessar]

@@HeyPatch i already did (in august) from cardboard and a lot of red tape (and black tape to wear to the local lgbtqia+ pride demo). I built the hand around my right hand, bending strips of cardboard over my fingers and taping them.

[@HeyPatch]

👍 nice

[@razifixations]

jschlatt cosplay 👁👁

[@confusedcoi6686]

Omg yes

[@elroigonzales2827]

I hope I can do that!

[@HeyPatch]

I’m sure you can, and if it doesn’t work the first time then you can always try again. Cardboard is cheep if not free 😁😉👍

[@xxAnaElixx]

Thank you for the video! Very helpful :)

[@HeyPatch]

I’m glad it helped you out ☺️. Happy making.👍

[@haniepiyochan3070]

Thanks I needed this for cosplay

[@kyupiangel90]

Everyone: Foam horns! You: Cardboard wil perfectly do the trick and you cannot change my mind

[@HeyPatch]

Foam is great …. BUT cardboard is cheaper (usually free) so you can try it and if one makes a mistake it doesn’t matter.

[@aria2357]

Using this for my renaissance festival costume yay

[@HeyPatch]

That’s wicked! I went to a renaissance fair one, ‘‘twas bloody fantastic! I’d love to go to one again some day. Hope the costume turns out good and that you manage to find a knife 😉, a long bladed box cutter would work, and if your really stuck a serrated bread knife will work too but the cut will have tougher edges. Anyway best of luck with the costume and have fun at the fair. 👍

[@aria2357]

Thanks! I didn't end up finding a knife, but I measured pieces based on how much cardboard I had, and how wide I made the pieces, and when I glued them together, it turned out good! Your tutorial video really helped! I just finished mod podging them and putting tissue paper on them to add texture (I am being a ram-type creature) and I will paint them tomorrow or Wednesday, depending on my schedule.

[@HeyPatch]

That’s fantastic, I’m glad my video helped 👍

[@Miller0067]

Any idea how this technique would turn out as war horns? Perhaps if the cardboard was saturated and cured in resin after the horns are made they may have a good tone for blowing?

[@iratecityhallemployee4395]

Awesome!👍😍

[@HeyPatch]

Thanks man. 😁 ps. Awesome username 😂

[@Ku5T4rD]

Gonna slightly edit like the shape of these horns for my moxxie cosplay (cons in 12 days-) wish me luck!

[@AragornElessar]

using long tweezers to pull the layer of cardboard back makes it so much easier

[@HeyPatch]

That’s a great tip, thanks 👍

[@nullstudios2989]

Time to go straight down to hell using a Pentagram or something and Finally fit in with the people around me… if only

[@kuijira_3461]

I know this is kinda old but it helps me a lot with my ganyu cosplay so thank you🤭

[@No.te.conozco]

Me trying to make home made horn because of my money limit this helps a lot as the thug life 🤣

[@nash4981]

Could wrap hair around them for hairstyle

[@HeyPatch]

Yeah I don’t see why not. I’ve heard soaking a wig in fabric softener gets rid of the plastic shine of the wig and makes it look more like real hair. I haven’t tried it myself but I might be worth looking into. 👍

[@Some_Guy_Called_Raven]

Looks the same as the tutorial I saw on Deviantart. Any ideas on finishing these? Modpodge? Paint? Would you strengthen them some how?

[@HeyPatch]

Yeah you can layer them with paper and PVA(modpodge) it’d strengthen them and probably make em’ look more like real horns and of course you can paint the to look however you like.

[@kerryw133]

I personally was thinking of paper mache, which, my poor mans version is just watered down glue ( a little water, not too much) and old magazines that should strengthen em right up 😊

[@Some_Guy_Called_Raven]

@@kerryw133 that could work too! :)

[@ShotoTodoroki-hp2fj]

Who is watching in 2020

[@marshull1614]

I just had the perfect idea for a costume for this years Halloween but is there even going to be a Halloween this year?

[@HeyPatch]

Let’s hope so, I wonder how many people will dress up as a virus 😅 but I’m intrigued what your great idea is.

[@marshull1614]

HeyPatch Well, my idea was a dragon with three horns on her head with flowers stuck in the cracks of the horns, she also has brown hair so I’ll have to buy a wig because my hair is black and she has small tail, overalls a skirt, and white gloves with a sword. But I’d like to see other people dress as the virus 😂

[@HeyPatch]

That’s a great plan and you’ll have plenty of time to practice making the horns to get them just right. 👍

[@YOURCARPET176]

I’m going to show the krampus story to my bullies

[@HeyPatch]

That’ll show em’

[@mintyghost3204]

How about goat like horns is there a way to do that

[@HeyPatch]

You mean like curly ram horns? Yeah it should be relatively easy. Follow the steps in the video until you get to the part where you’re glueing the rings together, I’d start with the pointy bits , (sharp end of the horn) and work my way down from there in the same way I did in the video, glueing each segment in at an angle but this time rotating each segment slightly to get the twist. You might have to experiment a bit but I think it should work. Let me know how it goes, good luck and happy making. 😁👍

[@mintyghost3204]

HeyPatch thanks I will try it out and if I get it do then I will post it on I Instagram and link your video and channel

[@psychopie4598]

What if ypu don't have a hot glue gun? Will normal clear glue suffice ?

[@HeyPatch]

Yeah it should, or you could use PVA, but you might need to use some clothes pegs to hold the pieces together whilst they dry. To be honest I’d highly recommend getting a hotglue gun, they are super cheap and will come in handy for so many projects. Good luck and happy making.👍

[@NightmareSounds]

Do you cosplay? Also great video!

[@HeyPatch]

Thanks 😁 No not really, I dress up occasionally but I’ve never been to a con. Although i would like to one day. But mostly I just really enjoy building costumes and props. (They usually just end up in a shelf)😂

[@NightmareSounds]

Wow, you have such talent. You should go to one soon, you’d really admire the amazing cosplay people come out with, their quite inspirational. Are you into like World of Warcraft type fantasy cosplay and/or anime type cosplays? The A-Kon I went to this year there was two people dressed as Ryuk from Death Note. It looked like realistic perfection.

[@HeyPatch]

THANKS 😁. Yeah Hopefully I’ll get to a con sometime soon, Most of the props/costumes I’ve Mande or want to make are from movies. I’ve never played WOW, but I’m a fan of all sorts of stuff from pure sci-Fi to dystopian apocalyptic or fantasy I love it all. If i think it looks cool and I want it I’ll make myself one 😂.

[@cnj67]

I can at least say one reason a horn video would be extra popular: Have been trying to find nice horns for Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream) and practically all the horns I could get were "demonic" black or red. When all you want is a nice little trickster jester guy who is somewhere between a satyr and a forest fairy, those "alluring" "demonic" horns are just wrong and vulgar. (To my mind, if I should make Ole Nick himself, his horns would still be a natural ivory-to-earth-brown, not black or red). So even for someone like me who is not a real cosplayer, just *very* enthusiastic about halloween and carnaval ("fastelavn", where I come from), horns are something you end up having to make yourself. Well - from one frustrated fancy-dress enthusiast I can just say thank you for your thorough and simple explanation. I think I can do this. **** Actually, a video on how best to make them stick somewhere on your head without being glued to your hair would be quite welcome.

[@ameliashortt8224]

Where do you get cardboard strips like that??

[@HeyPatch]

I just cut them out of a large piece of cardboard. Make sure you cut 90 degrees from the ribs in the cardboard and not along them.

[@armin3035]

How long is each

[@mimifae777]

hello homestucks

[@damariswangui2937]

can you blow it and it makes the same sound

[@sofmethod]

Cardboard can grow mold

[@ama4578]

Does it get smaller going down the strip of cardboard?

[@HeyPatch]

No, it’s not tapered, it’s just a straight strip. If you want each segment of the horn to get shorter just tuck them in slightly more than the one before.

[@ama4578]

@@HeyPatch ok, thank you so much and have a great day

[@shadforthw3535]

would it be easier to make the smallest ring first and then just eye it around the outside , cut and glue a bigger one to it?

[@HeyPatch]

Yeah you could totally do it that way, but you’d have to repeat the steps “wrap it around the outside then cut it the glue it” a lot of times. The method in the video makes an identical set ( 2 horns) and you do all the cutting in the same step. But you can make em’ in whatever way you find easiest 👍

[@lucyleigh9268]

I have a couple of things I wanna say... 1st:I loved this video. It was very helpful, and it was amazing. I also loved how imperfect it was, again, amazing! 2nd: I have a question...I don't have any hot glue, and none of that stuff....Is there a way I can use tape to put it together? I have everything else I need, just not the hot glue... I apologize if this question is stupid, or bothers you!!

[@HeyPatch]

Thanks so much for your kind words, I’m glad you liked the video and found it helpful. There is no such thing as a stupid question, so let’s try and figure this out. you could use super glue.. but be careful if you do, super glue is especially good at glueing stuff to your fingers or even your fingers to each other 😅. Also if you do use super glue do it somewhere well ventilated, the fumes can be pretty bad. To be honest tape might be your best bet. I’d say masking tape would be best (because it’s easiest to paint on top of) duck tape would probably work but it’s hard to paint on and standard clear scotch tape will be the most difficult, I think but it might work. Whatever tape you have to hand give it a go. Just follow the steps in the video but use tape instead of hotglue and it should work out. If you need to make it stronger try wrapping the entire horn in tape, it’ll also give it a cool new look. Hope this helps, Good luck and happy making.👍

[@lucyleigh9268]

@@HeyPatch Thank you for your response. Your answer to my question was a lot more helpful, especially since you actually answered it, haha... Thank you so much for answering though. I hope you have a good day, or night. 😊

[@lexterthaisa2137]

I'm still somewhat confused on the marking step, do you put a dot for every inch?

[@lunawolf5314]

I'm making these so my little sister can cosplay

[@HeyPatch]

Thata great 👍 I hope she likes them

[@UrgentCabbage99]

I know this is like a SUPERRRR Late Comment but how would you attack them to a head-band? If anyone has suggestions I would greatly appreciate them o3o

[@HeyPatch]

I’d say hot glue would be best, fill the open end of the horn with a circle of cardboard then hot glue it to the headband for extra strength you could hot glue another circle of card underneath the headband (sandwiching the horn to the headband) also for stability I’d go for a wider head band and not a narrow one. I’m sure you’ll figure something out that works for you. Good luck and happy making 👍

[@bobbylhs5858]

Hi, really nice technique for making horns! I've made some myself using kitchen towel rolls and I've kinda eyeballed the measurements lol Though, do you have any idea how we can make the horns smooth? I've tried papier-mache, clay and putty but they don't turn out so well... Anyway, awesome work, keep it up! :)

[@HeyPatch]

Thanks man, If ya want smooth horns using the technique in the video I’d suggest using thinner card, like cereal box card or even construction paper, then do some papier-mâché on it, wait for it to dry and sand it down with some 80 grit sandpaper the do another coat of papier-mâché. Keep doing it getting finer with the sandpaper each time (80-120-240). Hope that helps 👍

[@bobbylhs5858]

@@HeyPatch Thanks for the tip, I'll be sure to try it out :)

[@HeyPatch]

No problem man, I’m sure you’ll figure something out 👍

[@kurt6755]

H3LLOOOOOO HOM3STUUUUCKKKKSSS

[@Littlelunasoul]

What could you use instead of a hot glue gun for this? x