High Fashion Skin Cancer and Concussion Prevention

On most construction sites around the world it is compulsory to wear a hard hat.

Hard hats are great for protecting your head from impact, but they don't offer much protection from the harmful rays of the sun.

Nothing beats a broad brimmed hat for preventing sun burn when you're working outside, but if you're already wearing a hard hat what can you do?

The solution is simple. Just grab some cardboard and make a lovely fashionable brim for your hard hat. 

• Measure the hard hat. 
• Sketch the shape the hard hat onto the cardboard.
• Cut out a hole to fit the hat.
• Cut out the shape of the brim as you like it. I have gone for the very wide brim for maximum protection. This style is also suitable for the members enclosure at the races or for royal weddings.
• Stick the brim on the hat. Some duct tape might help here.

This is admittedly a fairly light-hearted instructable, but there is a serious side to it. Skin cancer has killed a couple of my friends recently. It is an absolute bastard of a disease that kills really quickly and horribly. The only way to stay safe is to stay out of the sun, wear a hat (no matter how ridiculous), and use sunscreen.

I hope you enjoyed my instructable. Please feel free to post any comments you have.