Gather all supplies.  Base coat one jumbo wooden craft stick and six of the regular wooden craft sticks with white craft paint.  Let dry and apply a second coat, if necessary.  Basecoat nine of the regular wooden craft sticks with red craft paint.  Let dry and apply a second coat, if necessary.

Paint the mini wooden clothespin with white craft paint.  Let dry and apply a second coat, if necessary.

Measure and cut a scrap of white cardstock 6” by 3.5”.  Dry fit the regular craft sticks as follows: three red, three white, three red, three white, and three red.  Place the one white jumbo craft stick at the bottom as the hat brim.

Attach the white jumbo craft stick to the bottom of the cardstock with a glue gun and glue sticks.  Continue to glue the regular craft sticks to the cardstock, alternating three red and three white.

Measure and cut white cardstock into 3” by 5” rectangles.  Pick out your favorite Cate in the Ht and Dr. Seuss quotes.

Using red and blue markers, hand letter your favorite quotes onto the 3” by 5” rectangles of cardstock.  Outline with a black marker, using a loose and sketchy style, like the Cat in Hat illustrations.

Attach the hand lettered quotes to the craft stick hat with the mini clothespin to create a display for Read Across America Week.